that has been responsible for the crimes in the city? Well Abigail Williams is one of the many in the village in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail is a mean and vindictive person who always wanted to get her way. Others may argue that Abigail was not responsible for the crimes in Salem‚ but they have been mistaken. Abigail Williams has been committed‚ of lying and the affair that she has had in the village. “Abby‚ I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut my hand off before I’ll ever
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- 10-3-24 pm10:28 To what extent has globalisation influenced one or more aspects of the culture in your country? Illustrate your answer with examples Due to the development of globalisation‚ “a global culture was seen as being formed through the economic and political domination of the United States which thrust its hegemonic culture into all parts of the world” (Featherstone‚ 1995‚ p87). As well as economic change‚ culture change is heavily influenced by globalisation. Culture can be generally
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In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is seen as a tragic hero because he is able to overcome his tragic flaw of hubris‚ but still the circumstances led to his death. A tragic hero is a person who has sacrificed their lives for a principle. It is shown in the play that ordinary people can be tragic heroes. They believed so passionately in an idea that they were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice‚ their lives‚ for it. There are four main aspects that represent a tragic hero
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Leading a multitude of people to find the "truth" about a village’s most respected townspeople is Abigail Williams. She was the finger that accused dozens of people‚ who in all likelihood were innocent of the crimes brought against them. Abigail was not the single candle that showed the judges of Salem the way but merely the candle that lit the others. Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" makes Abigail the conveyance of everything the Puritans would have thought as evil. She had committed sins that
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Do you agree with the view that there was overwhelming support for the Boer from 1899 to 1902? Explain your answer using source A‚ B and C and your own knowledge Although there was support for the Boer War from some political views‚ and support from the respective countries involved in the war for their country to succeed‚ I don’t think that there was an ‘overwhelming’ support. My view is backed up not only by the sources‚ but the view of many other people‚ including many left wing Liberals who
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Oh heavens almighty‚ God‚ for your luminous power and the sacred land below us‚ let my cousin Betty awaken from this troubled sleep. It’s been long since I have been able to enjoy her presence‚ and Mercy has even begun to suggest I beat her. Everything has taken a turn for the worse‚ and I’m trying to understand it all. When we girls went deep into the forest‚ we did so out of a joyous mood‚ our limbs solely wanting to be free from the confined rules. There was nothing troublesome there. Our beliefs
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To characterise a man as “good” or “bad” is undoubtedly a near impossible task. There are few men (or women) in this world that can honestly be defined as purely one or the other. Most cannot be categorised as “righteous” or “depraved”‚ simply because there is no such thing as a one-sided personality. Each person has multiple faces‚ multiple identities. Such is the case of John Proctor. Proctor is one of the key characters in Arthur Miller’s satirical play “The Crucible”. Set in 1692‚ the play is
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“Having more security gives us less freedom!” Thousands of people may feel like freedom is more important than security because they say when you have to much security it leaves no room for us to have freedom. Yeah‚ freedom is just as important as security but there’s plenty of reasons as to why security may be a little more important than freedom. People that understand the importance of both and understand what advantages you will have with both will see how security works and how it’s good
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When Abigail threatens to accuse yet another innocent soul of witchcraft in her plot to have him to herself‚ John Proctor breaks forth‚ shouting‚ “It [Abigail] is a whore!... I have made a bell of my honor! I have rung the doom of my good name—you will believe me‚ Mr. Danforth! My wife is innocent‚ except she knew a whore when she saw one!” (Miller 3.3). John Proctor‚ the protagonist of the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ has an affair with Abigail Williams‚ a seventeen-year-old orphan‚ which
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girls‚ led by Abigail Williams‚ began to claim that they “saw people with the Devil”. They believed the accused were harming them through black magic. Throughout the months‚ there had been many trials and many of the accused were found guilty. The most notable accusation was of John Proctor and his wife. Abigail claimed
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