The Crucible Literary Essay How far is Abigail to blame for the events in Salem? Abigail is one of the main characters in Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’‚ and is often depicted as the villain of the play. Some of her actions lead to the witch trials and the hysteria in Salem. This essay will analyse to what extent the character of Abigail is to blame for the events that occur in Salem‚ and therefore if the opinion that many people have on her is correct. On the one hand Abigail can be seen as she
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Evaluation of a live performance draft – The Crucible by Arthur Miller York Theatre Royal – 10th May 2011 The Crucible‚ a 1953 play written by American playwright‚ Arthur Miller‚ was influenced by the Salem witch trials which occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. It is a dramatization of these trials where more than 200 people were accused of conjuring spirits and practising witchcraft and some were executed. Eventually‚ the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated
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Throughout the course of scene 3 of the play “The Tragedy of Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare‚ there are many hints that lead the reader to believe that Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s scandalis mother‚ knew that Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle/ father‚ killed his father‚ King Hamlet. One clue that the reader notices is as Hamlet is telling Gertrude how awful of a person she is and comparing Claudius and his dead father‚ Gertrude responds with‚ “Oh‚ Hamlet‚ stop! You’re making me look into my very soul‚ where
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After reading the story I feel that Enrique created his own problems. Eventhough his mother left him when he was young‚ he should not turn to drugs. I also feel sorry for him‚ because at that age he doesn’t know any thing. I can understand how he feels when he rearranged starting with one family home then onto the next‚ while his sister Belky goes to a decent school and is all around looked after by their close relative. He is also forced to do work by food and spices when he was a child‚ in order
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1) Describe a business that you would like to start. Discuss how you would use global outsourcing to accomplish your goals. 2) Your university wants to recruit high-quality high school students from your state. Provide examples of (a) the data that your recruiters would gather in this process‚ (b) the information that your recruiters would process from these data‚ and (c) the types of knowledge that your recruiters would infer from this information. The data will be the raw
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The entertainment industry have been known to use heavy foreshadowing in an attempt to create high levels of suspense. It helps to create an edge-of-the seat feeling to keep the audience fascinated in the work. The use of direct foreshadowing and the effect of suspense is commonly shown through John Steinbeck’s short novel‚ “Of Mice and Men”. Written about two migrant workers in the midst of the Great Depression‚ this useful technique helps illuminate the previous experiences of the characters as
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Small on their quest to make a better life for themselves. Getting to their goal does have its complications‚ however. Even the differences between the two main characters cause conflict. Along the way‚ they come face to face with difficulties including an overly flirtatious woman‚ a violent‚ pugnacious man who happens to be the boss’s son‚ and Lennie’s inability to realize his own strength. Steinbeck nearly perfectly creates an atmosphere that conveys mood‚ reveals theme‚ and builds dynamic characters
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“The Tell-tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe One of the main characteristics that mark every story that Poe writes is how he can not only create suspense but also how he can maintain that same intensity of suspense for the entire length of the story. In the case of “The Tell-tale Heart‚” Poe creates that feeling of uncertainty since the first line. The reason for this is that although the story starts by saying: “True! --nervous --very‚ very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you
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In act 3‚ Othello starts to believe Iago. After telling Iago to show him more and more prove‚ and Iago somehow miraculously coming up with the prove and luck being on his side‚ does it. Also‚ Desdemona promised Cassio that she would tell Othello to consider his position as lieutenant‚ which makes Othello believe Iago even more! When Desdemona and Cassio were talking about this conversation‚ they saw that Othello was coming towards them. Cassio‚ nervous about Othello firing him‚ leaves quickly to
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division within the community. Additionally‚ the gossiping neighbors function as a representative of the oppressive nature of fascism and how the pressure of fascist ideals are a destructive force. The discord in the community is also accentuated in the scene where the tenants of the apartment building break out into an argument over something as petty as how often people should use the elevator. De Sica uses the disharmony within the community to once again undermine fascist ideals and highlight
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