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    25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Josh is an attentive and dedicated student. He enjoys drama and is always eager to

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    people they wanted the reason for all of what is happening to be witchcraft. Mrs. Putnam is the cause for the blame of witchcraft among the characters in the book because she has internal conflict going on in her life. Mrs. Putnam is very paranoid about her daughter‚ Ruth‚ and Parris’s daughter‚ Betty. She does not want there to be any other reason than witchcraft to be the reason her Ruth and Betty are ill. Mrs. Putnam quickly replies with certainty back to Parris‚ “I’d not call it sick; the Devil’s

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    strange books she reads at night. Corey is a frequent plaintiff in court‚ having brought dozens of lawsuits‚ and he stands with Proctor in challenging the girls ’ accusations‚ believing that Thomas Putnam is using charges of witchcraft to secure land. When Corey refuses to name the person who heard Putnam declare these intentions‚ Corey is charged with contempt of court and dies when the court orders him to be weighted with stones to coerce him to admit the name. Mary Warren The eighteen year-old

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    According to Putnam and Campbell‚ the three relevant seismic shocks occurred in three waves. The first wave occurred in the sixties‚ while the second happened in the seventies and eighties; lastly‚ the third wave spans from the nineties and beyond. For instance‚ the early signs of polarization transpired in 1960‚ where a Catholic candidate‚ John F. Kennedy assured the public that it is harmless to vote for a Catholic (Robert Putnam‚ 2010). This is where we see early signs

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    night of their birth” Ann Putnam is the wife of one of the most persistent witch-hunters in Salem village; she is the mother of one of the "afflicted" girls‚ who is at the forefront of the accusations of witchcraft; she has been driven mad by grief over the loss of seven of her newborn children. To be fair Mrs. Putnam might not mean any harm- she just wants to find out why her babies have been dying. Mrs. Putnam is sad and angry about the situation. When analyzed‚ Ann Putnam can be represented as

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    A Critical Analysis of Putnam‚ Robert D.‚ and David E. Campbell. American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. New York: Simon & Schuster‚ 2010. Print‚ pp 1-246 In a renowned examination to approach religion as a sociological study‚ respected scholars Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell trek through the social history of our nation over the past few decades and the affects that have consequently—or thankfully—been left on religious institutions. While the authors explore detailed cultural

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    Ms. Pennell’s Big-Bad Study Guide to help you pass The Crucible or the severe test or trial that will be the examinations for this literary work of genius by Arthur Miller. By the way‚ that was your first vocabulary word (crucible – heat-resistant container in which metals are melted or fused at very high temperatures; thus a severe trial or test). Get ready to have your brain melted!! List of Characters Reverend Parris -- vicious‚ shallow‚ cowardly‚ villainous‚ peacock of a man (former merchant

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    Thomas Putnam Many of the characters in The Crucible have motives behind their accusations of witchcraft. They all seek some form of personal gain‚ such as preserving a good reputation or acquiring more land. Thomas Putnam is one of these characters. He is vindictive and bitter‚ and willing to do anything in order to attain more land. Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ was a small settlement begun by Puritans. The Puritans were a very religious group of people who believed strongly in the existence

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    world‚ a particular of which being the brain-in-a-vat (BIV) experiment. Skeptics suggest that the BIV hypothesis can never be completely denied and this is thus evidence‚ that nothing substantial about the external world can ever be concluded. Hilary Putnam claims however‚ that when combined with semantic externalism‚ the BIV hypothesis cannot be true. This essay will demonstrate that Putnam’s argument against the BIV hypothesis is lacking. To accomplish this‚ this essay will: 1) define semantic externalism;

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    In Brains and Behaviors‚ Hilary Putnam argues against logical behaviorism by stating that that the word ‘pain’ is vague and that it is more of a reaction than a behavior. Putnam argues that there must be a general understanding of the concept of pain. In this paper‚ I will affirm the arguments presented by Putnam since there is no true definition of pain. To support this argument‚ I will first provide more details that help support Putnam’s idea that pain is not a term‚ but instead it is reaction

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