wrote The Crucible is Arthur Miller and was published in 1950 but the play took place in 1692. John Proctor was a good man with great intentions. Proctor is an honorable man because he took the blame for the false lies so the innocent people who were accused wouldn’t die. An honorable man is a man who stands up for something he did or didn’t do and takes the wrath of whatever the punishment is. Proctor is an honorable man because he’s taking the blame to save the lives of the innocent and not blacken
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Edward‚ Edward is a ballad written in the seventeenth century. Edward‚ Edward tells the story of a man called Edward who has killed his father because he wants all of his father’s riches and is having a conversation with his mother about it. The ballad was a popular form of entertainment in the seventeenth century as people to sing them to remember them. A ballad is mostly a conversation between two people like Edward‚ Edward. Also Edward‚ Edward is written in first person and is told from Edward
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personally confronted with this request to lie from John Edwards has led me to a state of moral stress. If I allow myself to succumb to the pressure of this situation‚ I fear what kind of person I may become. Geuras and Garofalo (2011) state‚ “Those who submit become people without heart; not only does their sense of moral judgement atrophy but so do their feeling for others” (p.135). I know I do not want to become that kind of individual. Edwards wants an answer right away‚ but I must give this situation
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Some people say John Procter had the most conflict and Abigail didn’t because she was a bad person‚ but I believe even though she is bad she still had the most conflict. Despite others being in conflict‚ Abigail had the most conflict because she had to worry about who gets hurt in the situation and getting caught lying. She goes through plenty of trouble trying to escape from these things. Stress is on Abigail because he doesn’t want her heart to be broken by John. She still loves John Procter but doesn’t
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in Salem in a Puritan community. John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Reverend Paris‚ and Abigail are the main characters. The book is about witchcraft or what the town thinks is witchcraft. John Proctor is the tragic hero because he is loving‚ loyal‚ authoritative‚ but his tragic flaw is his temper. John is a loving husband. He proves that by telling Elizabeth‚ “It is well seasoned” (p. 48) in reference to the rabbit she cooked‚ in which he had
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Dear my lovely husband John‚ Today I am writing to you‚ thinking about all of our lovely memories we have had in Salem as a wonderful married couple. I am writing this letter to you because I wanted to day my last few words to you before you are hanged. How did everything go from having a lovely life to‚ you being sentence to death because you confessed about being in contact with the devil? Also‚ I feel this is completely my fault‚ and I am the breakdown of our family. I have a lot of regrets
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York City. As they traveled by subway‚ a gang of men climbed on board. This throng of men approached the mother and began to harass her. The young man‚ who quickly realized the intentions‚ separated his mother from the crowd. He was all that stood between the group of men and his mother. As they attempted to move him away‚ he stood firm. Facing the crowd with defiance his eyes glanced a small reflection‚ but before he could react he was stabbed. Bleeding to death‚ he remained vigilant in his protection
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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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John is the son of the Director and Linda. John is one of the protagonists who have grown outside of the World State. He spends his life at his village at the New Mexico Savage Reservation. He doesn’t fit to the World Sate society. For John‚ life is a problem reconciling different worlds. John has interest in the Indian religion ritual. However‚ he is not allowed to participate in their rituals. This shows the cultural divide between him and the World State society because Bernard and Lenina see
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Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill are two philosophers with opposing views on the morality of an act. Mill’s utilitarianism theory places the focus of right and wrong solely on the outcome of an act rather than on the act itself. He believe that an act is right if the outcome promotes happiness in the majority of others; “it is not the quantity of pleasure‚ but the quality of happiness that is central to utilitarianism” (Utilitarian Theories). Kant’s theory (Kantian) is concerned with the motive
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