The events of the Salem witch trials are widely-studied‚ iconic events in our history. There are many controversial topics surrounding the accuracy of The Crucible. Did these events actually happen‚ or was it made it up to scare people and teach life-long morals? Dedicated historians and investigators strive to answer and pose new questions‚ forming educated ideas to shape possible theories. Was Arthur Miller’s point really to tell the account of a scandalous time period in history? Many people feel
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Who is to Blame for the Death of Eva Smith? Introduction This coursework focuses on how each character contributes to the suicide of a poor girl Eva Smith/Daisy Renton. Part 1 Gerald Croft is a young business man. He has a good steady job‚ a fiancée‚ a promising future and is financially stable. In ’An Inspector Calls’ Gerald is described as "an attractive chap‚ about thirty". His father owns a company called ’Crofts Limited’ who are friendly rivals of the Arthur Birling’s business
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While there were many factors‚ which led to Neil’s death Keating played a major role. He was Neil’s inspiration and role model. It was predominantly Keating’s actions that led to Neil’s death. Keating held very Romantic ideals which clashed with the schools teachings and set the Dead Poet society members against the school and authority figures like Neil’s father. Keating led Neil to believe he could have the support of his parents and an acting career. Throughout the movie Keating encourages the
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salesman who has the dream of becoming both rich and popular. The Ancient Greek defines a tragic hero as a superb character of noble birth within a tragedy whose downfall eventually leads to his hamartia (Donovan‚ n.d.). In this case‚ Willy is not a great man and thus does not fit into the classic definition of a tragic hero. Considered as an ordinary man‚ Willy’s fall is attributed to hamartia‚ which is in line with the Aristotle view of a tragic hero. Aristotle also asserts that a tragic hero is
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accountable for the tragic deaths of the central roles. Their untimely demise can be attributed to four contributing factors: The poor advice of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse‚ the two feuding households‚ the impulsive behaviour of our chief protagonists and the cruel bitter irony of fortune. Friar Lawrence’s ill-thought out action was one of the main contributions to the downfall of Romeo & Juliet. His actions in marrying the two resulted in a long series of unfortunate events. He gave the poison
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Who is to Blame for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The mechanism of fate works in all the events that these star crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ come upon. Their feelings towards each other was never forced upon‚ Romeo already had feelings for another woman. Friar Lawrence’s plan was pretty well thought through and fool proof. The odds that two people from two opposing households could come together and fall in love head over heels for each other was never planned‚ but rather fate has brought
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Aristotle‚ an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his enduring influence on modern literature‚ built the basic foundation for the construction of a tragic hero in his most recognized work‚ Poetics. In Poetics‚ he often mentions Oedipus‚ the protagonist in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ as the most fitting example of a tragic hero. The plot of Oedipus the King begins with a terrible plague in the city of Thebes‚ where Oedipus rules as king. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to the Oracle of Apollo
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It hurts to realize that Romeo and Juliet could have lived through the tragic event that ultimately led to their demise. William Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ “Romeo and Juliet” took place in Verona‚ Italy. In this play‚ two star-crossed lovers were put through an extremely unfortunate series of events that eventually led to both of them taking their own lives. That being said‚ everything that happened in this story could have been prevented‚ had it not been for something as simple as carelessness. Even
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Human beings act the way they do because of their past. When he or she is traumatized or have lived through harmful events in his or her life‚ it can effect their present actions. Abigail Williams ‚ character from The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ has experienced dreadful events and emotions that have effected her actions. Though the affairs she caused were unnecessary ‚ it was not her fault at all. She is emotionally scarred and her acts were a cry for help. Abigail Williams‚ a poor traumatized girl
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about a tragic hero named Okonkwo living in the struggles of his changing Ibo culture. Okonkwo is a tragic hero with characteristics such as high social class‚ excessive pride‚ and most importantly‚ a tragic flaw. These characteristics described by Aristotle‚ a famous Greek philosopher‚ represents Okonkwo’s downfall that leads to his tragedy. Aristotle described that tragic heroes usually start off from a high position in society. This makes the hero’s downfall
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