The motivations of The Crucible : reputation‚ jealousy‚ and guilt take part in the story as well as in McCarthyism. In McCarthyism many people were targeted and jailed for being a communist. These accusations led to people losing their jobs and to move from the United States. In The Crucible people were hung for accusations of witchcraft. Reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. In The Crucible Parris is worried about his reputation. Parris’s daughter
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The characters of Euripides ’ play Medea require to be viewed from a variety of perspectives. To say that the only characters that deserve the audience ’s sympathy are the children is not totally correct. As far as the plot is concerned the children are no doubt the innocent victims of this conflict between Medea and Jason‚ however there are other characters that also deserve our sympathy. Also to vaguely state that ’everyone else gets what they deserve ’ requires further analysis of the extent
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future and put the idea into his head first that he could one day become King of Scotland. All three witches have a say in predicting his Future. Macbeth has the chance to become king but the only way he can do that is by killing his friend Duncan who is already king. He has mixed reactions and wishes there would be no consequences‚ “If the assassination could trammel up the consequence‚ and catch With his surcease success.” Macbeth contemplating the prophecy shows that his thoughts jumped to the
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The long wait is finally over! Last week‚ the Duke of Illyria‚ Orsino‚ and the lovely Countess Olivia had met right outside of the madame’s house. Yet‚ the meeting didn’t meet our expectations‚ as the grieving Olivia had rejected Orsino once again. Whether the fault is on the unfaithful worker‚ Cesario‚ we don’t know! Orsino had fallen in love with the noblewoman Olivia‚ and his passion increased every time his messenger informed him that she had‚ once again‚ refused his confessions. Olivia has
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Walter Lord‚ author of the documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember‚ about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The RMS Titanic was the world’s largest passenger ship when it entered service‚ measuring 882 feet in length. The state-of-the-art Titanic came equipped with 16 watertight compartments. Though shipbuilders believed that the ship could not flood‚ they predicted that it could remain afloat even if a few of the watertight compartments flooded. Within the walls‚ there were watertight
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believe that she had a rolle in the killings‚ and I will also evaluate that role. Macbeth was always uncertain about killing King Duncan and Banquo until Lady Macbeth started talking to him about it. But it was not only her fault‚ for the witches who told Macbeth he would become King persuaded Lady Macbeth to persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan and Banquo‚with Lady Macbeth stating that Macbeth apparently is " too full of the milk of the human kindness" as Lady Macbeth reveals during the act. She plays
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imagine your life for the better‚ you begin to psych yourself up about it. Now imagine walking into your living room one day only to find the person who was presumed dead standing in front of you. Not only would your world be flipped upside down once‚ it would once again. That is basically what happened to Mrs. Mallard‚ a lady with a heart disease‚ who literally died of shock when her husband stood before her days after being presumed dead in a train wreck‚ although he was completely oblivious that
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Although there are people like John Proctor‚ who knows the girls are lying and are trying their best to change everyone’s opinion before people die for it‚ there are other people in the story are only trying to protect their own reputation. The main characters that represents the people are john Proctor‚ Abigail Williams and Judge Danforth. John proctor is an honest man who believes in helping others‚ but when his reputation is on the line he is forced to make a decision. On the other hand‚ Abigail
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The Crucible was a controversial piece of literature by Arthur Miller. The main character Abigail Williams demonstrates that Unjust people or pride will attempt to break them down by pointing fingers‚ turning Salem people against each other‚ running away‚ and stealing money from her Uncle “Reverend Parris” to defend her mistakes. Abigail is in love with John Proctor‚ whom she has an affair with. John is married to Elizabeth and when she finds out that John is sleeping with another woman‚ Abigail
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Sometimes people do things without thinking then regret their decisions later. In addition to that‚ people might not even consider all their options before making a big decision. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence does both of these things. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for these star crossed lovers deaths for many reasons. Some reasons are he tends to do things for the wrong reasons‚ he doesn’t think things through‚ and is quite forgetful. Friar knows that Romeo and Juliet are
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