In Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”‚ closure is provided as through successfully completing the level of expectations and questions‚ the story provides a conflict and just exactly as you’d expect it gets resolved. The suspense leading up also provides us with a more ‘satisfying’ sense of closure as a majority of loose ends are tied up. Though it could be said the main conflict of the story gets closure‚ the overarching homeless background and horrible conditions the main character is
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Act I: The first act of the play begins in the upstairs bedroom of Reverend Samuel Parris’ home. He is kneeling in prayer at the side of his bedridden daughter‚ Betty‚ when the curtain open. Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados‚ Tituba‚ enters the room‚ concerned about Betty’s well being‚ but Parris makes her leave. Reverend Parris’ niece‚ Abigail Williams‚ then enters the room‚ along with Susanna Walcott. Susanna tells Reverend Parris that Dr. Griggs was unable to find a cure for Betty’s illness
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An American Singer‚ Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi’s song Up Up and Away lyrics state “in the end they’ll judge me any way so whatever.” That “whatever” at the end is what society creates. People start acting the way that society perceives them to be because they are so irked of being criticized for actions they aren’t responsible of performing. In the book Frankenstein‚ the society had created an image for the Creature‚ calling him a monster‚ even though he wasn’t‚ but eventually he became what the
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THESIS STATEMENT Arthur MILLER’s timeless classic the crucible demonstrates the flight between good and evil through an engaging plot‚ well crafted characters‚ and well established theme. INTRODUCTION “Reverend Parris‚ I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth. Believe me‚ sir‚ you never saw more hearty babies born. And yet‚ each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth” Ann Putnam is the wife of one of the most persistent witch-hunters in Salem village; she is the
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“We go on and on about our differences. But‚ you know‚ our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common whether they see it or not.” –William Hall. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor were not as different as they seemed‚ they were alike in their love of the same man‚ John Proctor. These women each had their own role in what happened in Salem‚ their roles were very different but had big consequences‚ good or bad‚ in Salem. Elizabeth had the role of the loving
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QUESTIONS FOR ACT ONE OF THE CRUCIBLE 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? Salem‚ 1962‚ in the upstairs bedroom of Samuel Parris’ house 2. Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? To discover if there is witchcraft in Salem‚ Massachusetts 3. What do we learn about the events in the forest and Abigail Williams’ connections with the Proctor family? We learn that the events in the forest are evil and that the devil does his work in the forest and that evil
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How does an organization create customer value? Marketing experts Don Peppers and Martha Rogers said: “Without customers‚ you don’t have a business.” It is such a simple‚ nevertheless‚ a scary thought. We live in a world of consumerism‚ in which the customer’s wants and desires greatly exceed their basic needs. Even though many see this concept as a threat to modern world society‚ it has created the extremely competitive marketplace for businesses. The companies are competing everyday to win over
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Dear Diary‚ Well‚ he used it. You remember the thing I told you about‚ how there was no way that John would tell the court about our affair to save his wife? Well he did‚ and I almost did a backflip. I didn’t know what I would do‚ so I did what I had to. I lied to the court with a blank face‚ and denied the accusation with everything I had. I became indignant with the judge‚ and he decided that he would ask Elizabeth about why I was fired from her house. Neither John or myself was allowed
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Romeo and Juliet is a famous tragedy written by William Shakespeare and was originally published in 1597. This book contains several suspenseful events in which keeps readers hooked‚ but just how does Shakespeare achieve this? William Shakespeare uses different dialogue between characters to create suspense and to set the mood and tone of the story. Dialogue is an important thing to have in stories because it allows readers to get to know characters on a more personal level. The story of Romeo
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simpler to appoint “good” and “evil” characteristics onto a character and call it day. Although Shakespeare in his plays was never as blunt as “you are good and you are evil”‚ one can see how his villainous characters (and protagonists as well) developed more subtlety while he perfected his craft. Today we will examine how the select implementation of visceral imagery‚ the use of clever linguistic structuring‚ and the use of realistic conclusions makes villains
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