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    Pride In Oedipus Rex

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    the king‚ whose anger; pride and blindness towards the truth bring his tragic downfall. At the start of the play‚ Oedipus is depicted as a confident ruler‚ who saved Thebes from the curse of Sphinx‚ furthermore‚ he becomes the king overnight. He declares his name gladly just as it were itself a recuperating charm:  “Here I am myself— / you all know me‚ the world knows my fame: / I am Oedipus” (7–9). At the end‚ this pride becomes the curse for him (Sophocles‚ 1882). His pride and blindness towards

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    The Crucible questions

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    The Crucible- Act 1 Page 913 (1a-5b) 1a. The key to maintaining a safe and orderly society was to go to church and stay on the path of God. The government they established was Puritan Theocracy. 1b. The community’s structure and philosophies led to its falling apart because 2a. Reverend Paris is trying to figure out what happened the night in the woods and wants to know if Tituba was talking to the devil and performing witchcraft. Abigail immediately responds saying that no one was performing

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    only bad according to their religion? And what if these ‘bad things’ really are understandable and rational but because of your biased religious surroundings are they considered bad? Arthur Miller’s The Crucible illustrates this concept vividly using the 1982 Salem Witch Trials. During The Crucible‚ people are accused of an act they did not commit and have to go against their religion and sin or face being hanged which leads to mass hysteria and paranoia. Even though Reverend Hale sins according

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    Pride and Prejudice Essay

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    reason or emotion be the guide of their love life and if a balance between the two could be maintained. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen creates her protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ to be a strikingly unconventional female with respect to her time. Mr. Darcy is described to be the archetype of an aloof romantic hero‚ an aristocrat‚ a comparable Prince Charming. Austen ’s influential novel "Pride and Prejudice"‚ written in 1813 portrays the underlying satirized themes of women and femininity‚ love and

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    In The Crucible‚ Reverend Parris’s character clearly displays‚ through actions and characteristics alike‚ that Miller is using him as an allegorical counterpart to the American government during the time period in which the play was written. At this time‚ xenophobia and fear of communism were rampant within the United States‚ and towards the beginning of this era of panic‚ the government attempted to use this hysteria to distract from internal problems that they were dealing with‚ like lack of finances

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    Pride Prejudice ESSAY

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    Bidushy Sadika English 110‚ Section 4 Franchis Zichy February 5th 2015 Courtship & Marriage in Pride and Prejudice: From the Males’ Perspective Universally known and acknowledged‚ courtship and marriage are the two inseparable aspects of life and are interconnected with each other. These aspects stem from the desire of many people that is widely common - love. In Pride and Prejudice‚ the author Jane Austen talks about how the four male characters in the novel‚ Darcy‚ Bingley‚ Wickham and Collins

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    Don Carter Othello Paper 4/23/13 Othello: The Deadly Sin‚ Pride Othello is a character that takes on numerous amounts of responsibility not only for his own good but also for the good of the people. Taking such amount of responsibilities proclaims Othello as powerful respected figurehead in Venice. Othello has led his army as a soldier and a general facing many problems and turning them into a success. As a respected leader‚ we can assume Othello has accomplished many feats during his reign

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    used repeatedly to create the feeling of stark opposites. Even though she is wet and cold‚ Porphyria is glowing with passion. She is a roaring fire inside the cozy cottage. Then pride and pain come into the picture and the emphasis is put on the moral responsibilities of the young couple. Porphyria seems to almost take pride in her sexual aggressiveness towards the speaker. But the speaker makes it very apparent that it is not appropriate or in their best interest. He uses the word vain many times

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    The Crucible Summary

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    The play “The Crucible” was published in 1953 by Arthur Miller and takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem witch trials. The night before the actual action begins‚ Reverend Parris had discovered his daughter Betty‚ his niece Abigail Williams‚ his slave Tituba and some other girls in the woods‚ where they were performing an occult blood ritual and casting spells. Soon the rumor that something supernatural is going on in the village spreads and puts the village in turmoil. Abigail

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    Insanity In The Crucible

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    In the year 1953‚ a fresh young talent on Broadway released his latest dramatic tragedy known as The Crucible to the public. Arthur Miller‚ praised by critics since 1947‚ spun a thrilling tale of a village in Salem whose concept of reality was blinded by a threat -sometimes to the point of mental insanity- that did not actually exist. The plot surrounds an unforgettable series of deaths due to the witchcraft trials of the Puritans in 1692. Miller used his characters in the play to manipulate‚ lie

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