The character of John Procter in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was a great example of a truly tragic hero. He measured up to every one of Aristotle’s requirements. He was not a perfect person because he had many faults and was not completely good or bad. Best of all‚ he knew that he was not perfect and he recognized and regretted the errors that he made throughout his life. Then‚ after the reader stays with Procter while he confessed all of his horrible sins for the whole town to hear‚ he had
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Dear Mr President‚ I am reaching out to you with this letter to share some things and great reasons as to why I believe that Rev. Billy Graham deserves a national holiday to honor him and all the great things that he brings to this world. A true man of God such as Billy Graham an as humble as he is‚ he never set out to gain all the fame and respect that he has gotten in all the years. All he ever wanted was to be able to preach about God no matter the color or race of a person. Not all agreed with
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Friar Lawrence Friar Lawrence Cell‚ Verona‚ Italy Prince Escalus Royal Palace‚ Verona‚ Italy March 22‚ 2013 Dear Prince Escalus‚ Good day‚ your highness. I am writing this letter to seek for your assistance. You may have known that the Capulets and the Montagues have a long-standing feud. As time passes by‚ this feud is getting worse. Many innocent civilians got affected and lost their lives. For the citizens of Verona to live a peaceful life‚ this has to end. I believe we should
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Works Cited Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible‚ a Play in Four Acts. New York: Viking‚ 1953. Print. Hawthorne‚ Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. Pleasantville‚ NY: Reader ’s Digest Association‚ 1984. Print. The Scarlet Letter‚ and Abigail Williams‚ from "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller‚ have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However‚ there are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prynne is the more respectable Puritan woman of the two because she
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someone who deserves it for some specific reason‚ especially if the reason was personal or offends to the person giving the revenge. In both The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter there was revenge. However‚ they both had different types of revenge and how it was used. There was a lot of revenge in The Crucible. The first person that was using revenge in The Crucible is Thomas Putnam. From the beginning of the play‚ Thomas Putnam had grudges against Francis Nurse for preventing his brother-in-law from being
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Dear Dr. Jones‚ As a student‚ I am constantly running frantically all over the place. Go to school‚ go to practice‚ go to driver’s education‚ go home‚ do homework‚ go to bed‚ and repeat. These strenuous schedules currently bombard our everyday lives‚ leaving us no wiggle room and very few breaks. Ever since kindergarten our generation has had six hour school days. We have all built our lives around school‚ always remembering that school comes first. Changing this structured schedule that has been
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March 31 2017 Jerry Brown‚ Governor of California State Capitol‚ Suite 1173 Sacramento‚ CA 95814 Dear Governor Jerry Brown: I am from Danville California. I am writing with the intention of sharing my opinion on children living in poverty‚ and how it can affect their performance in school. This issue matters to me because I have a friend who I have known since I was four years old that I see all the time‚ who used to be really poor and had to move a lot and change schools all the time. He
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Journal Topics for The Crucible As you read the play over the next few days‚ choose any 3 of the following topics and respond to them in a google document or on paper. Each response must be at least 250 words. You must include references to the text and provide support for all of your claims. Please use your best writing- no grammatical/spelling/capitalization errors- divide ideas using paragraphs etc. Each journal entry is 20 pts. You may do one more extra credit. Again‚ we are working on
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Dear Ben‚<br><br>Hey Ben! I was talking with Sean yesterday when he told me the news‚ you’re planning to delay college. This came as a shock to me when I heard it. By not attending college‚ you may get a year’s rest and a chance to think your decisions through‚ but if you ever do decide to attend college‚ you will miss out on a lot of opportunities as well. I think you should consider going to college rather than driving the open road after High School.<br><br>The information you’ve learned in High
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