Lies and deceit is a significant theme in The Crucible. Abigail and John’s lies and deceit precede the play. They had an affair before the play begins. However‚ this affair considerably affects the plot of The Crucible. ABIGAIL: Give me a word‚ John. A soft word. PROCTOR: No‚ no‚ Abby. That’s done with. (Miller 1) Through this quote the reader learns that Abigail and John have both told lies. They deceived people about their relationship. Throughout Acts One and Two of The Crucible
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True War Story” and “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bang.” In the first story the character‚ Rat‚ had a best friend and someone he loved‚ who was killed. It is believable because of the details. However‚ the second story has details that are too fantastic to believe. The author wants us to make up our own minds about these stories‚ and he does not make it easy. “ A true war story never has a moral.”Rat and his best friend were playing around one day. They didn’t think anything about it. They just
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Macbeth SE. Themes Man’s conscious descention into evil in the name of personal ambition can lead to massive disorder. (and the corruptive influence personal ambition has). Chain of Being being constantly disrupted. -The king is killed. He is the highest in the hierarchy in the chain of being of man. When the king is killed‚ the weather and animals go crazy. indication that its bad. - Lady Macbeth wants to be a man. This is completely against the Chain of Being. The woman has
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November 14th‚ 2012 English IV Theme of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth The play “Macbeth”‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ demonstrates the dramatic change people make in themselves when they desire something very strongly. After Macbeth heard the witches’ first set of prophecies‚ his head‚ as well as Lady Macbeth’s head‚ was flooded with the desire for him to become king. This ambition leads the Macbeths to taking steps they would not have taken initially in order to obtain that position of power
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“The Lottery” is a story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948 and tells the story of a town that takes part in a barbaric ritual every year on June 27th. There are several themes in this short story. The main themes in “The Lottery” are our aversion to examine and challenge outdated ideas and rituals‚ that society will pick scapegoats to carry its wrongs and the horrors in following the crowd. The townspeople in “The Lottery” blindly go along with an appalling custom having lost the reason behind
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The Themes of Existentialism in “The Shawshank Redemption” Existential themes can be found in so many different mediums‚ such as in TV show‚ books‚ poems‚ music‚ dance and the list can go on and on. I must be fair in saying that “The Shawshank Redemption” is on a small list that I have as favorites. This film is full of existential platforms. The main character displays actions that lead us to believe that he believes he is free. The supporting character has a completely different
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Themes in Hamlet Impossibility of Certainty and Delay of Action Hamlet undoubtedly takes a long time to avenge his father’s murder‚ and his hesitation is his tragic flaw. He spends a great deal of effort thinking and analyzing and far less acting on his dead father’s request for revenge. Hamlet’s delay of action is a direct result of his attempts to obtain more certain knowledge about what he needs to do as well as the circumstances of his father’s death. However‚ had he not taken so long‚ the
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work harder but to work smarter. If you work too hard‚ it would lead to stress and despair‚ and to work smarter would be a quicker way to work and unstressful. Harold Courlander was the author of “All Stories are Anansi’s”‚ an african folktale. The theme of this story is “working smarter than harder”. “Working smarter than harder” means to work efficiently‚ to strategized‚ and quicker than to work hard which makes things harder. “Working smarter than harder” shows a lot in the story. “All Stories
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Throughout this semester‚ we have covered a wide range of topics. And many of these themes are displayed through art in our modern society. In particular‚ they are demonstrated in movies. Topics like adapting to new environments and changes‚ the culture in early societies and more fundamental ideas like human interaction and communication. The first film that I thought brought up a lot of themes from the class was Castaway. The general premise of the movie that a man becomes stranded on a deserted
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In addition‚ Cisneros’s main themes include the complex relations between Anglo-Americans‚ Mexican Americans‚ and Mexicans. Noted throughout her work‚ it is inferred that her purposes as an artist is to change the way in which people see their world. Her works thus often present a picture of Latino life from a point of view that reveals aspects that ordinarily might be hidden. For example‚ in “Los Boxers‚” opens with a child dropping and breaking a bottle of soda‚ setting up a situation in which
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