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    Crucible Motives

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    The Crucible: Try to distinguish as carefully as possible what motives each of the ‘pro-witchcraft’ group: Parris‚ Mr and Mrs Putnam and Hale. How does each contribute to the web of supposition? In what way or ways does each lay claim to the “the clean white hand of moral duty”? Are they justified in doing so? Act one reserves no unknown agenda’s in the sudden hysteria of Satanism plagued by the community of Salem. With this‚ the audience is introduced to certain characters that retain the

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    Illusions in the Crucible

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    In‚ Author Millers‚ The Crucible‚ illusions are understood as reality by all of Salem’s inhabitants. The people of Salem ignorantly believe that a supernatural evil lurks within the world‚ and that they have to remove this evil by killing those accused of being a witch. Eventually Abigail Williams is claimed to be a witch‚ which is the niece of Reverend Parris. She is the most evil character in the play‚ and also ends up being the instigator of the Salem witch trials. Initially‚ it was she who

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    Communication is not the key‚ Language is. Language is key to Communication‚ Success and  Peace.  The phrase “Communication is key” has been going around our world for some time  now. I disagree with that phrase‚ because‚ although Communication is a very powerful tool‚ it is  nothing without Language. Language is the key‚ It is the key to Communication. It allows you to  express yourself in so many different ways. Whether it be French or English‚ Sad or Happy‚  Communication can be possible because language exists

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    Ashton Schaefer English 11 11/27/12 Crucible essay Between February 1692 and may 1693 there were a series of hangings because of people accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts. I think Abigail is the guiltiest person in the Crucible because she had an affair with John Proctor and tried to kill his wife. Abigail convinced a lot of people that witchcraft was real or intimidated them into going along with it. She also convinced the girls and herself to send many to their deaths.

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    In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the community in Salem is portrayed as being motivated by fear‚ greed‚ and revenge‚ as shown by the witch trials. Some people of the community fear for their lives of being condemned a witch‚ while others take advantage of those fears. Consequentially‚ people will resort to anything to avert such shame‚ including betrayal. In The Crucible‚ three types of betrayals are evident: betrayal of oneself‚ religion‚ and community. Betrayal of community is the most evident

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    Morality and the crucible

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    and wrong. It is the determination of what should be done and what should not be done; or what is right and what is wrong. Morals deal with behaviors as well as motives. All humans live by some set of morals especially religious people. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ this is clearly evident. It is about the puritan town of Salem‚ Massachusetts and the hunt for witches. Many people are falsely accused of witchcraft. Throughout this account of history key characters have to make choices that challenge

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    Crucible And Superstition

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    Crisis demands change in the behaviour of individuals to free the community from the conflict it faces. Geraldine Brooks’‚ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ and Arthur Miller’s‚ play ‘The Crucible’ both see characters undergo great tests in their morals as humans when faced with morality. Some such as Elizabeth Proctor and Anna Frith demonstrates loyalty and self-integrity‚ while other characters like Abigail Williams and Jos Bont use lies‚ manipulation and betrayal during the hysteria to better their own

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    THE THREE MOST POWERFUL MARKETING CONCEPTS Rachel Pechacek Tarleton State University Marketing Management MKTG 508 April 10‚ 2010 The Three Most Powerful Marketing Concepts The three most powerful marketing concepts are customer focus‚ marketing imagination‚ and market segmentation. Each of the three concepts when used alone establishes an intimate customer following (further described individually below); as they are aimed at satisfying a customer’s needs rather than persuading a customer

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    It has been suggested that behind every powerful man is a clever woman. It may appear in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth as though the main antagonist; Macbeth is able to critically handle any situation. That being said‚ without the actions of some fellow characters the play would have had a very different resolution. For instance‚ Lady Macbeth holds a strong ability to manipulate Macbeths decisions causing him to commit the atrocity of murder. As well‚ our leads paranoia during the time of his growing

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    accusations of disloyalty‚ subversion‚ or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques‚ especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller draws a parallel between the Salem Witch trials of 1692 and McCarthyism of the 1950s‚ when communism became the devil and a community of people used “evil” as an excuse to take out their personal spite on those they had always wished

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