Among the multitude of bewildering paradoxes in William Blake’s “Proverbs of Hell” is that which claims “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom” (class handout). It is bewildering in the case that traditional moral teachings recognize overindulgence as sinful. After all‚ it is routine to condemn the wealthy‚ who possess more than enough‚ while simultaneously pitying the poor‚ whose possessions are meager. So how is it that Blake distorts this view to illustrate excess as not only a positive
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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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completely checked out. He’s looking down‚ not smiling‚ and seems distant as if he was physically there but not mentally there. Robin Williams was a man who knew he had something special and used it to help people. Entertaining was the meaning of his entire existence and the thought of losing it caused him to take his own life. I grew up watching Robin Williams in Jumanji and Good Will Hunting. He was truly a gift to the world. He suffered with an abnormal condition for a very long time with his
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William Sleator’s short story‚ “The Elevator”‚ takes place in this old hotel with creepy old Elevators and a set of creepy stairs. Martin a thin twelve-year-old moved into the creepy hotel‚ he (Martin) said‚ “Of course he was always uncomfortable in Elevators‚ afraid that they would fall‚ but there was something especially unpleasant about this one.” Maybe the dimensions of the contraption that bothered him‚ so small that it felt uncomfortably crowded even when there was only one other person in
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Biographical Data on Character: In “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams is seventeen years of age. She is a white Puritan‚ and “strikingly beautiful” (Miller 169). She lives with her uncle‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ ten-year old cousin‚ Betty‚ and Barbados maid‚ Titubia. Abigail also worked for John and Elizabeth Proctor until Elizabeth fired her out. In sixteen ninety-two Abigail Williams was actually eleven years old. Her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ with the help of Titubia‚ an
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were talking about witches. Soon the whole lie turns into a huge debacle‚ and are forced to deal with Abigail’s actions. In this play‚ many grudges are held and personal rivalries take place. The Crucible is a play about rumors and lies. Abigail Williams is a young girl who thinks she is in love. She is found dancing in the woods with other girls‚ and back then that was frowned upon. When she is confronted by her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ she claims that it was witchcraft and a work of the devil. Abigail
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The Tyger by William Blake is a six quatrains poem‚ the first and last quatrains are identical except the word "could" becomes "dare" in the second iteration/repetition. The poem is made of questions as it contained thirteen questions and only one full sentence. The poet is asking a question that embodies the central theme: Who created the tiger?. What kind of being could have created the perfect strong and frightening creation which is the "burning bright" tiger? Was it God or Satan?. He wonders
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Biography of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in 1564‚ supposedly on 22 or 23 April‚ in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father‚ John‚ who was a prosperous glover there‚ preparing and selling soft leather‚ became alderman and later high bailiff. Shakespeare was educated at Stratford Grammar School. When he was eighteen‚ he married Anne Hathaway - eight years older than he and already‚ she was pregnant. Six months later their daughter Susanna was born. They had twins‚ a boy Hamnet and
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In the book Turnaround by William Bratton‚ the event that struck out the most is right when the narrator was about to become commissioner and before truly being commissioner was faced with an issue. Media tends to play a big role in our perspectives of the world‚ even if we deny it. Police commissioners usually do not back up their cops with the media because at times it can get very messy and in this book the narrator informs his police force that “If you do your jobs‚ I will back you to the hilt
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Topic 5 Everybody has been blamed for something they are not the only reason that happened like it did. This exact situation happened in the play The Crucible. Abigail Williams is a girl in the play. She is responsible for the blaming that started the witch trials in The Crucible. The person who is at fault in condemning the people to death is Judge Danforth. Abigail is the reason that the mess of the witch trials got started in The Crucible. In the first act of the play after Tituba confessed
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