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    young Elizabeth and Abigail help to show how different they really are. Positive traits can be found in both young women‚ though more can be found in the former rather than the latter. Such as in all human beings‚ negative traits in the two are found throughout the story‚ whether hinted at or brought out into the open for all to see. As we being to list off some of their many traits and habits maybe you’ll begin to take bias to one of the characters‚ upon seeing how they truly act when the vail of falsehoods

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    How does Edgar Allan Poe create atmosphere and build tension in The Tell Tale Heart?   The Tell Tale Heart is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the story is written using  the ‘gothic’ style language and fits into this genre because Poe builds up the  atmosphere‚ suspense and tension this way‚ the story is set at night in a house‚ the  gothic style contributes to the readers mind and reaction of tension in several different  ways‚ Poe uses a narrator to tell the story and who murders an old man that he is living 

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    directions. Walter is a thirty-five year old man and is Mama’s son. In the play Walter depicts the antagonism and despondency of the African Americans during the 1940s. Walter is best characterized as depressed and opinionated. Walter in the play creates tension in the family because he wants the insurance money to invest in a liquor store. “A Raisin

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    The Crucible Act I and act II of the Crucible is composed of a hair-raising‚ lively and historical plot. The readers are introduced to many characters with unique traits that impact the play tremendously. Additionally‚ many of the characters are considered to be round and complex which infers that their personalities advance throughout the story. Three characters that go through an influential and drastic change in the beginning half of the play are Mary Warren‚ John Proctor and Reverend Parris

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    How are Parris and Abigail presented in Act 1 (Scene 1)? The scene opens with the character of Reverend Parris “kneeling beside the bed” on which his daughter Betty lies in what seems a state of unconsciousness‚ after being discovered to have been “dancing like heathen” in the virgin forest. Parris “seems about to weep” for what the audience believes is for his daughters condition however we later discover that his concern lies predominantly with what the villagers will think of him. “And

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    tools Poe uses to create suspense. One method is first person narration which allows to see inside the narrator’s mind. Another method is story pace which is how the author drags out the events of the story. The final method is how Poe sets the scene which is basically where‚ and when. First person narration creates suspense by showing inside the narrator’s mind. It shows their thoughts and reasoning for their actions. In some of his work‚ Poe uses First person narration to show how crazy the narrator

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    Almost every day people with great intentions try to create a utopia of any kind. In the path towards a utopia there are many things which one must sacrifice in order to achieve the utopia which has always been a dream of many. However‚ sometimes the price to create a utopia is too much to pay and in ‘The Giver’ the price is definitely too much to pay. Therefore‚ the ‘community’ is definitely more of a dystopia opposed to being a utopia because everyone behaves as if they are incompetent of feeling

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    of time. Even Adam blamed Eve when he ate the fruit from the forbidden tree. In “The Crucible” everyone was to dress and act a certain way. They believed that if you didn’t follow the bible and did one thing wrong you were headed for hell. In that Society that Church was in charge and‚ secretes got around quickly. In this time society believed that it made more sense to believe Abigail Williams over Tituba. This happens because Tituba is a slave and Abigail’s uncle is a big

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    AbiThesis- Abigail Williams used her manipulative skills to get her way and create hysteria in the town of Salem. 1. Why did Abigail flee Salem? She knows soon she will be questioned for the death of Goody Nurse and John 2. Why does Abigail admit to witchcraft? She knows she can get rid of her enemies by blaming them for witchcraft too 3. How is Abigail a hypocrite? She says she loves god in act 1 but she fuels the witch trials and is seen like a devil-like character 4. Why

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    Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her

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