Nicholas Gangone Ms. Sottas Double Entry Journal Prompts March 20‚ 2013 “But men remembered little of all that‚ though some still sang old songs of the dwarf-kings of the Mountain‚ Thror and Dragon‚ and the fall of the lords of Dale.” (Tolkien 176) “I hope I never smell the smell of apples again.” (Tolkien 179) “But the Master was not sorry at all to let them go. They were expensive to keep‚ and their arrival had turned things into a long holiday in which business was a standstill.” (Tolkien
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and foolishness. Arthur Miller centers on Abigail Williams ‚ a troubled 17 year old girl ‚ who starts the main conflicts of the play. Her false confessions of witches convinces the local Puritans that witchcraft is among them. With false confessions ‚ her personal affairs are scandalous. Her relations with John Proctor have an effect on his marriage & his wife. In this essay ‚ I’ll center on Abigail Williams & how she affected the town. Abigail being so naive as she was she thought the world
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Abigail Williams is a deranged character throughout the play. Towards the end she gets even worse. It all starts out because she’s in love with John Proctor from whom she had an affair with. She does everything she does to try to get John to be with her. One night when Tituba and the other girls went out in the woods to dance around a fire Abby brought a chicken. She drank the chicken’s blood and sacrificed it into the fire in hope that Elizabeth proctor would die. When Betty wouldn’t wake up from
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Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams‚ an affair which set off the witch trials. While Abigail has many obvious flaws and may be defended‚ her role and the severity of her actions cannot be overlooked. Abigail may not deserve the entirety of the blame‚ she most certainly deserves the consequences of her actions. Abigail fell in love with John during their affair. “You loved me‚ John Proctor‚ and whatever sin it is‚ you love me yet!”(act one) Believing that he loved her‚ Abigail became desperate to
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Journal Entry 1: “The Custom House” Romanticism is a style of literature that involves literary‚ artistic and philosophical movement that was originated in the 18th century in Europe. How the author of the book Nathaniel Hawthorne family history contributes to his attitude towards “The Custom House” and his place of society is how he look back in time to his forefather that lived on land and how their religion must of been. Then also to just a give a background of his life that relates. How
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1 Abigail Williams Character Analysis In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the antagonist‚ Abigail Williams‚ makes it blatantly obvious to the reader that she will fill the role of villain in the play. Abigail shows no sign of remorse for her actions throughout the entire story which makes her seem downright diabolical. She is so full of revenge against Elizabeth‚ and lust for John Proctor that it seems as if nothing could stop her manipulation of the entire town. However‚ Miller gives the reader
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grades for the following assignments: A double-entry journal A rhetorical analysis (Rubrics are on the last page) Double-Entry Journal: The purpose of this activity is for you to be an active reader and thinker during your reading of the text; it is not formal writing. It is a place to record and explore ideas using writing as a tool for learning. This journal‚ in essence‚ is a log that records the conversation that you are having with the book. This journal will assist you in compiling textual evidence
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Luck is on Wiesel’s Side"I am too old‚ my son‚" he answered. "Too old to start a new life. Too old to start from scratch in some distant land…" (9)This scene where Elie’s father rejects his son’s request to liquidate everything and flee from the place where the extermination of Jews may occur‚ reminds me of a vivid conversation I once engaged in‚ with my two former North Korean grandparents. The Korean War (1950-53) and the Holocaust (1938-45) are in most aspects different‚ however‚ there is a heartbreaking
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Quote | Reflection | Regardless of the fact that these measures often are used to predict student performance‚ a teacher’s recorded school achieve-ment seldom has correlated strongly with classroom performance (Pg.3) | I can certainly agree with this quote given that academic performance of teacher does not mean he or she is well equipped or suited to teach a certain subject matter. This touches home with me because my background is business. While I did instruct and facilitate many times in
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1. Passage 1 (page[s] 170). “At Least half of my anger at you was sheer resentment that you had done something that I knew‚ buried deep in my heart‚ I should have done. But you weren’t the cause of my joining up either.. . you merely helped trigger it and you did control the service that I chose.” Here Juan’s Father is explaining to him why he decided to join the Mobile Infantry after he practically excommunicated Juan from the family a few years ago for doing the very same thing. Juan’s Father
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