Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a social commentary on witch hunts in early America‚ as well as an Aristotelian tragedy. In Aristotle’s essay Poetics‚ Aristotle explains that a character flaw (imperfection or weakness in one’s personality or values) or an error in judgment can lead to tragedy. The word for this is hamartia. Aristotle also goes on to state that the tragic hero will find enlightenment through his or her lamentable situation. In Miller’s play there are two characters in particular
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Quote # 1: "Is the accuser always holy now?" John Proctor says this to Reverend John Hail in act II. This is when they have come to Proctors house with a warrant for his wife. Reverend Hail starts to say that if she is innocent then the court will prove it. Proctor cuts him off and says‚"If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent‚ or Abigail?" It means that he thinks that they should be looking at the people pointing the finger and see if they are so innocent themselves. They
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information‚ whether it be good or bad‚ to share with the others in the encampment. At this point it was rare to receive any good news as most news was bad and they always expected to worse. Arthur and Josek belonged to Simon’s small group and were his closest friends. Josek was very strong in his Jewish faith‚ but Arthur and Simon did not share his same strength. Josek would try to uplift and share his knowledge with them as much as possible. Josek had gone to the ghetto
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1. What did Arthur Anderson contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when AA consulting became its own separate entity‚ named Accenture. Revenues from consulting services surpassed revenue from auditing services. A natural competitiveness grew between the two rivals and this is where the problems began to start. Management held maximinizing revenues as their primary focus of success and promotions/bonuses were based on this factor. The CEO of AA‚ Joe
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Wider Reading Quotes! Train spotting- Irvine Welsh • “felt strange telling the truth” • “nervous silence at this strange moronic comment” • “They looked at him as if they hadn’t done anything illegal in their lives” • “amazing…how things like sex and Hibs were nothing to him when he was on smack‚ suddenly became all important” • “He felt his skeleton and central nervous system briefly rip out of his skin” • “mother superior‚ sick boy‚ Rents” Still I Rise – Maya Angelou • “You may
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My Favorite Quotes- * “When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams." – Dr. Seuss * “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”- Dr. Seuss * “It takes a minute to have a crush on someone‚ an hour to like someone and a day to love someone but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.” – unknown * “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”- Albert Einstein * “You have enemies? Good. That means
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Overview In order “to offer high-quality accounting services”‚ Arthur Andersen (AA)‚ a Northwestern accounting professor started a business to offer services to clients promoting “integrity and sound audit opinions over higher short-run profits”. The company’s “four cornerstones” was good service‚ quality audits‚ well-managed staff‚ and profits for the firm. Their strategy was to focus on quality and high standards of audits rather than profits‚ a very successful strategy that led to consistent
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to its highest. Committing a sin is considered to be unholy. Puritans were one of the most strict groups to obey and follow God’s plan. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn‚ many characters struggle to carry the burden of sin on their backs. Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a Puritan minister‚ struggled the greatest with his sin which eventually led to his death. Dimmesdale’s sin was the greatest because he sinned against God and the Church but he also sinned against Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth
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“Did you steal the gold from your father young boy?” I hear coming from the woman I despise or in other words my step mother‚ I want to ignore her but father is looking at us from upstairs‚ things will get problematic if I do. “No‚ I did not” I said in an elegant voice‚ she looked at me as I was blatantly lying to her‚ she clicked her tongue as she walked back upstairs‚ I see the two maids whispering to each other while looking at me‚ I thought to myself good thing he
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An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley Character Study Arthur Birling Arthur Birling is a wealthy‚ self-made middle class factory owner of the Edwardian era. We first learn about him from the stage directions. Priestley describes him as ‘rather portentous’ suggesting he is serious and self-important. This characterises his attitude throughout the play where his sense of standing in society and the rights this affords him‚ prevent him from learning the lesson of responsibility that forms
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