John Proctor is the protagonist in The Crucible ‚ by Arthur Miller. He stuck to his guns and didn’t give in to the witch conspiracy ‚ he was an honest man‚ and had strong morals. He was a man with pride. a women with tons of respect once said‚ "Do what you feel in your heart to be right‚ for you’ll be criticized anyway. " (Eleanor Roosevelt). When the play finally starts up‚ we are acknowledged John has had an affair with Abigail (his servant). Elizabeth Proctor; John’s wife‚ is soft hearted
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located in Massachusetts‚ several young girls fell ill. They experienced seizures and hallucinations and the town attributed it to the devil or evil spirits. Arthur Miller’s book‚ The Crucible‚ tells the story of these girls and the series of hearings and trials that destroyed the town. A critical theme in The Crucible is the role that hypocrisy can play in tearing apart a community even though the people of Salem are of Puritan belief‚ they practice and claim to have moral standards but they do not
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Avila 1 Pride in The Crucible Many people would never consider pride as to being a sin‚ however the Catholic Church considers pride to be a sin because pride is about "me"‚ "myself" and "I"‚ they only worry about themselves and no one else. Although people might not believe it‚ today’s society is filled with pride; from being proud of your heritage to being proud of your sexuality‚ pride is all around. However‚ the Catholic Church believes that pride is the foremost among the seven deadly sins
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HIDDEN LOVE A boy & a girl met each other one day. They became friends & then slowly best friends. The girl fell in love with the boy but she was unable to express her feelings for him. “Hey! I’m getting married. Please do come in my wedding. As you are my best friend I’m giving the first card to you” said the boy to the girl one day. The girl was heart broken but still she hid her feelings for him & smilingly congratulated him. Slowly-slowly she started avoiding him but‚ one day
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Almeida‚ J. 2008. ‘Brazil in Focus: Economic‚ Political and Social Issues’. Nova Publishers Belik‚ A. & Rocha dos Santos‚ R. ‘Institutional Environment and Large Scale Food Distribution in Brazil: Toward Greater Flexibility and Efficiency’. Instituto de Economia - Unicamp Bruinsma‚ J. 2009. The resource Outlook to 2050: ‘by how much do land‚ water use and crop yields need to increase by 2050?’ Paper presented at the Expert meeting on how to feed the world in 2050. Rome: Food and Agriculture
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In the article‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Gerald Graff‚ is arguing that street smart people are unable to apply their intelligence to academic work. Graff wants schools to expand avenues of what is taught in class. Graff expresses that the educated life is narrow and exclusive with subjects and text that are boring and heavy. I believe schools should allow students to learn about topics that interest them. Schools should create a setting where no subject is discriminated. If we talk about actual
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Iago character and motives In the play Othello‚ the character Iago proves to be one of the most interesting and mysterious character of any Shakespearian play. In Othello‚ Iago attempts to ruin the high ranking military officer‚ Othello‚ and Othello’s wife through a series of manipulation and cruelty. However‚ throughout the play‚ Iago never completely explains his desire to ruin Othello and certainly doesn’t provide legitimate cause to put so many of these characters through such torment. This
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John Proctor “I say I say‚ God is dead”. John Proctor said this in Act 4 when John refused to give his written confession to Governor Danforth John Proctor is a middle aged man who was married to Elizabeth Proctor. He is a hard worker and a sinner but he’s also loyal and a good leader at times. I think of myself as John proctor when it comes to his traits because I am hard working‚ loyal‚ and a good leader. One way i’m like John Proctor is by hard work. John has worked all of his life even on Sundays
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media should stay the same. The popular saying‚ “If it’s not broke‚ don’t fix it” demonstrates this. However‚ our society demands open-mindedness to revolutionize education and media to institute a more involved level from the public. In the essay‚ Hidden Intellectualism‚ written by Gerald Graff‚ he supports the argument of education becoming more open minded when he says‚ “The challenge‚ as college professor Ned Laff has put it‚ ‘is not simply to exploit students’ nonacademic interests‚ but to get
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determine how humanistic impulses prompt decisions‚ based on ideal motives. Quixote’s world of fiction‚ at first glance‚ is often considered contrary to the ordinary world. There is not much difference between the two; depending on what each specific character wants to accomplish. Some characters find themselves sharing Quixote’s madness. The events that transpire in Don Quixote’s world of illusion stem from actions prompted by his ideal motives. Even though he is considered delusional (which Cervantes
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