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    The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school was a horrific event that happened in Newtown‚ Connecticut by Adam lanza. It caused many deaths of students and teachers. Lanza also Shot his mother in the head four times before going to the school. It all started on the morning of December 14‚ 2012 in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Students and teachers were all preparing for the day of school ahead of them. They had no idea that the tragic event was going to happen. At around 9:30 a.m. the shooter entered the

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    Symbolism In The Crucible

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    defines a “crucible” as “a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted”. Also‚ The Crucible is the title of Arthur Miller’s play. While is is not completely obvious at first glance how the two are similar‚ after further examination‚ it’s apparent how they are incredibly similar. The Crucible is a highly symbolic title. As the definition states‚ as more heat is applied‚ more substances come out‚ which is what happens in The Crucible. The actual crucible is Abigail

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    "Touching the Earth" was written by Bell Hooks. Hooks starts off his writing by saying "when we love the Earth‚ we are able to love ourselves more fully." By opening with this‚ Hooks tells the reader that he is appreciative of the Earth‚ and believes that by loving the Earth‚ a person can love themselves. Hooks recounts his childhood‚ where he watched his family grow food on their land. The sharing of tips for growing and harvesting crops between Native Americans and African people is mentioned to

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    The Crucible

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    THE CRUCIBLE BY ARTHUR MILLER CAST (in order of appearance) |Reverend Parris |Fred Stewart | |Betty Parris |Janet Alexander | |Tituba |Jacqueline Andre | |Abigail Williams |Madeleine Sherwood

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    The Crucible Theme

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    The Crucible The Crucible is a book that could lead the mind into many different ways. More of a play or act‚ The Crucible has many different themes and subject matters from different opinions. Themes are the primary and original widespread ideas spread in literature. The Crucible‚ takes place in the Puritan Society where people are condemned of witchery‚ guilty or innocent were taken upon very harshly. The Crucible has many different themes‚ as mentioned before. One of the themes is narrow-mindedness

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    The Crucible and Fear

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    The Crucible “I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria‚ who were frightened of life‚ who were desperate to reach out to another person…These seemingly fragile people are the strong people really (Williams: Twenty Years after Glass Menagerie).” Tennessee here captured the very essence of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is all about the desperation‚ hysteria‚ and fear of Salem’s people. The main theme of The Crucible is fear. Hysteria and fear are

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    with little evidence‚ and it was in itself a witch hunt like those described in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller was inspired directly by McCarthyism when he was writing The Crucible. The many claims of witchcraft made by characters in The Crucible--lacking sufficient evidence--share great similarities with the “witch hunts” of the McCarthy Era. The first great example of McCarthyism in The Crucible appears in Act One when Reverend Parris first becomes a major character in the tragedy

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    Trials In The Crucible

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    The Crucible According to the Encarta® World English Dictionary‚ a definition for the word crucible is a place or set of circumstances where people or things are subjected to forces that test them and often make them change. In the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ various citizens of Salem‚ Massachusetts face the witch trials. Victims were tried and convicted based on only spectral evidence. John Proctor‚ Giles Corey‚ and Reverend Hale were a few among the many that went through these severe

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    Crucible and McCarthyism

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    McCarthyism took place in 1948 between 1956‚ the mid twentieth century. These two proceedings are known as two of the greatest mass tragedies in America. The Crucible is an allegory of McCarthyism or in other words the second Red Scare. During McCarthyism the United States was petrified of Communists influence. Many people in both the Crucible and McCarthyism who feared the court provided names of suspects in an attempt to save themselves. Throughout these two proceedings‚ there is the concept

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    The Crucible Analysis

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    The Crucible Reading plays and watching them being performed live on a stage provide two very different representations of the same idea‚ with one highlighting themes that the other might understate or vice versa. While reading The Crucible‚ I found that I while I could easily sympathise with Proctor and his wife‚ I did not emotionally connect to the other convicted characters‚ such as Giles Corey or Goody Nurse. However‚ after watching The Crucible performed on stage‚ I realised that I felt much

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