did not want anyone knowing that he had murdered Duncan. Every knock of the door he heard‚ he would ask “whose there?” Macbeth had an excessive amount of blood on his hands and thought that his hands could never become clean again. His guilty conscience was beginning to take over his mental thoughts. Lady Macbeth was a very powerful woman who was head strong in her decisions. The Lady was very wicked and did spiteful things like giving the soldiers alcohol to blame the murder
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Arthur Miller’s masterpiece‚ The Crucible‚ is a work of art inspired by actual events as a response to political and moral issues. Although the play provides an accurate account of the Salem witch-hunts and trials of 1692‚ its real achievement lies in the many important issues of Miller’s time that it deals with. The Crucible is a searing parable of conformity and the imbalance of power of the 1950s. In The Crucible‚ the need to conform to the church’s views is quite apparent. Characters find
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The Science Without Conscience Is The Ruin Of Nature The modern age is the age of science. The inventions of science govern our life. At every stage we are dependent on the inventions and discoveries of science. In the every day life of an individual science plays a very important and significant part. The discoveries of science such as electricity‚ wireless‚ telephone‚ railways‚ airplanes‚ medicines‚ etc. are extremely valuable and it is difficult to conceive of modern life without the amenities
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Arthur Millers ‘The Crucible’ is an extended metaphor representing the parallels between the Salem witch-hunts and accusations of communism during the McCarthyism era. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to the unwarranted persecution of many Americans‚ who were accused of communist ties or associating with Communist governments. Two of the themes presented throughout The Crucible are Witchcraft and Personal Integrity. Miller sets up the parallel between The Crucible and McCarthyism by presenting
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In 1692 nineteen men and women and two dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in a small village in eastern Massachusetts. By the standards of our own time‚ if not of that‚ it was a minor event‚ a spasm of judicial violence that was concluded within a matter of months. The bodies were buried in shallow graves or not at all‚ as a further indication that the convicted had not only forfeited participation in the community of man in this life‚ but in the community of saints in the next. Just how
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Community Service is a personal commitment‚ not a corporate responsibility. Community Service‚ in another word‚ means doing something that is meaningful for the welfare of the people who are in needs. To involve or not to involve in a social work depends on our own decision‚ not a corporate’s decree. Social Services is defined as the professional activity of helping individuals‚ groups‚ or communities in enhancing and restoring their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions
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that wants to succeed and contribute to society in productive ways. In the play The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ individuals display an ugly side of human nature and are motivated by less than noble goals. Throughout the story‚ justice is often replaced by the desire for personal gain. Perhaps the three best reasons are greed‚ selfishness and betrayal. Greed is a motivating factor among many individuals in the play. At many times‚ John Proctor talks with Hale about Parris’s need to become
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Of Mice and Mein The Dream of Commitment. Louis Owens The Eden myth looms large in Of Mice and Men (1937)‚ the playnovella set along the Salinas River "a few miles south of Soledad" (Of Mice and Men‚ p. 1). And‚ as in all of Steinbeck’s Califomia fiction‚ setting plays a central role in determining the major themes of this work. The fact that the setting for OfMice and Men is a Califomia valley dictates‚ according to the symbolism of Steinbeck’s landscapes‚ that this story will take place in a fallen
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Fitzgerald and Nick‚ the narrator‚ both reference the role of judgment and conscience in human nature throughout the novel‚ especially in Chapter Seven. In this chapter‚ Tom finds out the true nature of Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. When Tom and Gatsby are arguing over Daisy‚ Tom reveals to Gatsby and Daisy that he has investigated Gatsby’s past and his mysterious business practices. Tom has had his suspicions about Gatsby and Daisy‚ but does not seem too worried about Daisy leaving him for Gatsby
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