After studying Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ I have come to the conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the judge Hathorne. Each of these people‚ in some way‚ caused harm to blameless people‚ and I will‚ in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly or unknowingly did to contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1692. Abigail
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Why did the Salem settlement need a theocracy? The author’s notes say that the Puritans chose a theocracy to maintain unity in their settlement. Why had the settlers begun to turn toward individualism? ... How does Miller characterize Parris? He is a man who symbolizes the particular quality of moral repression & paranoia that drive the trials. Miller immediately establishes Parris as a man whose main concern is his reputation & status in the community‚ rather than
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Mac Morton 12 April 2013 English 12 Essay Question Although Miller’s The Crucible takes place in the late 1600’s‚ its lessons are still applicable to us in 2013. This short essay focuses on three specific lessons that I have learned from the play‚ which are the negative effects of mass hysteria‚ the consequences of deviating from social norms‚ and the dominance of patriarchy. The first lesson that I learned was that mass hysteria often creates harmful stereotypes. In the play‚ mass hysteria
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Columbia International College Tuesday April 8th‚ 2013 In the contemporary world‚ it might be common for men to have affairs with other women‚ but in the 1690s‚ America‚ it was unforgivable for men to do it and they would be punished. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor has an affair with Abigail‚ which is condemned in that society‚ so it is reasonable for John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth to marginalize Abigail to safeguard their reputation and family. For one thing‚ Mr. Proctor and Elizabeth need
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Introduction Class struggle is the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels‚ leading ideologists of communism‚ wrote "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”. Marx’s notion of class has nothing to do with social class in the sociological sense of upper‚ middle and lower classes (which are often defined in terms of quantitative income or wealth). Instead‚ in an age of capitalism
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Kathia Nunez Mrs. Burns Eng. 11 1 Jan. 2012 Appearance vs. Reality Appearance vs. Reality is a prominent theme in The Crucible as some people are carried and blinded by appearance while others actually look at the facts‚ John Proctor and Elizabeth are not carried away by lies while Abigail and the rest of her friends are ignorant and spread lies. The town of Salem‚ Massachusetts went through a yearlong period of witch trials. A group of girls led by Abigail the reverend’s niece manipulated
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the age of globalisation: Searching for anchors that hold Elirea Bornman Department of Communication Science University of South Africa ABSTRACT This article explores the intricate interrelationships between discourses on and struggles of identity and the multiple processes associated with increasing globalisation in the modern age. Globalisation is often exclusively associated with worldwide economic integration and the emergence of a borderless global market. However‚ globalisation
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Honor 11 2/20/13 Changing over time The most important parts of any story or play are the characters. Characters behave differently depending on the circumstances or changes in the environment. In "The Crucible"‚ the hero John Proctor shows dramatic change for the good. Arthur Miller shows this by Proctor’s intense dialogues and Miller’s stage direction. Miller reveals the growth of Proctor from a man who is arrogant and conceited to a man who is determined and stands up for what he believes in
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Analyzing The Struggle For Power In Four Novels: Fahrenheit 451‚ Invisible Man Lord of the Flies and Julius Caesar If you delve into the content of almost any novel‚ there is almost always some kind of struggle for power. It could be for rightful integration into society; power over an island; power over a country; or in some cases‚ even power over the minds of others. These not at all uncommon struggles for power are what keep us interested in the plot of a book. The ongoing battle
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MISUNDERSTOOD STRUGGLE Do we really have a great understanding of our past‚ to understand our future? As stated in Lerone Bennett’s “Black History/Black Power”‚ “History is not something added to life; it is not something you read about in textbooks and view from afar as a spectator”‚ the main truth about history is the specific knowledge from relationships of our people. Black people and black history have always had a middle blockade when it comes to the past and the future. Of course the
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