Abigail Williams In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ one of the main characters Abigail Williams is a big part of what caused the Salem witch trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail is a very mean‚ vindictive and controlling girl‚ who always tries to get her way no matter who might be hurt by her along the way. Throughout the play we can see her lies‚ accusations and just being plain mean and vindictive causes a lot of pain and suffering for many people‚ but she never seemed to care about anyone
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William Byrd was an English composer and organist of the Shakespearean era who is best known for his collection of masses‚ motets‚ anthems‚ services‚ fantasias‚ and secular works and is considered a master of all genres during his time. He was the son of Thomas and Margery Byrd. Records do not indicate the real date of his birth‚ but researchers believe he was born between the years of 1539 and 1540 in London‚ England. He was mostly known for sacred music written in Latin and secular music specifically
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William Carlos Williams wrote his most famous poem in 1934 entitled "This is To Say." He is credited with creating a writing style referred to as the minimalist set. His writings show the purpose of building real images. Williams set the tone of his poems with the use of simple words‚ short phrases‚ and plain talk‚ without the typical form or rhyming. So how then is it a poem? Was it just a note on the refrigerator door left for his wife? In today’s time‚ it would work nicely as a tweet. When asked
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Unit 2 Paper: A Modern Day Sir Thomas More After reading Utopia‚ I realized problems in today’s society itself. Hythloday compared and contrasted concepts of government between Utopia and European countries all throughout the book. The perfect Utopian society included all‚ but not limited to: rational thought‚ communal property‚ no love of gold‚ no class distinction‚ little to no crime‚ no poverty‚ religious tolerance‚ and little inclination to war. Many of these concepts are completely
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long journey such as the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight entails. The poem focuses on one man that shows what it truly means to be a chivalrous knight. During medieval times being a chivalrous knight was a huge deal that came with a lot of responsibilities such as being loyal‚ honorable‚ brave‚ and courteous. All traits Sir Gawain‚ the “youngest knight of the Round Table” (Dunn)‚ has gained along this powerful poem. In Part one of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Sir Gawain is portrayed as a self-deprecating
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Sir Alexander Fleming is “The Penicillin Man” "When I woke up just after dawn on September 28‚ 1928‚ I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic‚ or bacteria killer‚" Fleming would later say‚ "But I suppose that was exactly what I did". And we should thank him every time when we get sick and take the penicillin as single remedy for our disease. Because of his research and his discovery of penicillin‚ he has "the greatest contribution
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difficult‚ especially when an opportunity arises to go against them‚ where no one would know but you if you took it. If you were tested on a set of rules you were held standard to and no one would know your decision‚ would you stick by them or go astray? Sir Gawain was tested on his chivalrous code as a knight twice‚ first privately and the second publicly. Gawain fails the first test and passes the second. The natural urges for sex and instinct for survival are exemplified through the tests in this literary
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becoming well known for a bad reason? Nothing of great importance happens over night‚ just like becoming known as a legacy takes many years of great acts and small doses of recognition. With time being one of the greatest factors of determination‚ did William H. Harrison really leave a legacy if he was only president for thirty days? Today‚ almost everyone is considered famous and an inspirational public figure. It takes nearly nothing to gain hundreds of thousands of followers on any social media platform
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William Penn Summary and Legacy John A. Morettam author of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy‚ presents William Penn’s life in a very informational and positively biased story through his years. He looks majorily on the side that William Penn’s decisions were right and that his childhood and young adulthood‚ founding of Pennsylvania‚ and in his later years his selling of Pennsylvania were all done well. William Penn accomplished a lot and was an esteemed gentleman‚ and the author really portays
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In the early sixteenth century‚ Sir Thomas More began to create his own philosophical thinking and perception on European government and society. More served as a chancellor to King Henry VIII around the time Henry broke from the Catholic Church. The lack of social compassion‚ security‚ and sustainability in England pushed More into completing his political satire entitled Utopia in 1516. However‚ More’s Utopia attempted to shed light on English issues by creating his own description on an ideal
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