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Reverend Hale False Confession
687 words
Throughout history, and Arthur Miller's The
Crucible, the name by which one is called, is more
than just a name. Your name represents your
actions, your reputation, and your beliefs. Your
name can carry on after your life as a proud
example of hero, or conversely, as an example of a
liar. Just as important as one's name, is the
signature that it represents. By signing
something, one shows that they recognize what is
written and wishes to show support for what it
represents. A signature is as uni...
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Accused Of Witchcraft Rebecca Nurse
532 words
A "hideous screech and noise" poured from the open
windows of the meetinghouse. Inside, the young
accusers who said they had been bewitched by their
neighbors twisted their bodies and cried in pain.
Frail and weak, Rebecca Nurse, the most unlikely
to be in league with the devil, stood to be
questioned. From the moment on that cold January
day when the specter of a coffin appeared during a
childish game, Salem Village convulsed with fear,
finger pointing and suspicion, and the normal
hierarchy of...
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P 2124 Line Love And Magic Othello
886 words
Repeated Image Clusters of Love and Magic in
Othello In Othello love is made to be deceitful
and evil, spawned from magic. References of magic
are used to define Desdemona's love for Othello.
Black versus white, good versus evil, these themes
are provided to the reader by a deceitful Iago.
Convincing Rodrigo, other characters and perhaps
the reader that their love could only be the
result of some spell cast by Othello to usurp her
love. Iago spins on his web of deceit. Desdemona's
love is not tr...
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King James Three Witches
966 words
Macbeth is a story of a man, whose visions of
power grew by the ambitions of murder and treason.
Until his thirst for power caused him to lose that
very source of his ambition to the blade of
Macduff's sword. It is the ironic and symbolic
elements of this play that have caused so many to
be inspired in many different forms of the arts.
Shakespeare's ways of creating and destroying a
scene with such great detail and imagery, gave
life to the open minds of inspiration. Through the
words he places ...
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Macbeth And Banquo End Of The Scene
831 words
In the first scene in act one we can see that the
witches have some kind of psychic ability from
when they predict that Macbeth will win the
battle. The witches appear to be having some sport
of shared vision. We can tell this from the second
quotation- When the hurlyburlys done. When the
battles lost and won. The witches clearly know
that King Duncan's side will win the battle. They
also know when they will meet with Macbeth- There
to meet with Macbeth. This addresses the theme of
witchcraft an...
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Hester And Pearl Hester Prynne
1,521 words
The story opens with Hester Prynne standing
silently on the scaffold in the middle of a town
square in 18 th century Boston. Hester, holding
her small child in her arms, is publicly on trial
for adultery. The town people, especially the
women, are not happy that Hester has been
sentenced only to wear a scarlet letter and to
stand on a public platform for a few hours of
public humiliation. However, the judge has decided
to be merciful to her because, over all, she has
been a good citizen up to th...
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Save His Wife John Faces Dilemma
1,067 words
We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage
of time; it is basically a problem of priorities.
We confess, We have left undone those things that
ought to have done; and we have done those things
which we ought not to have done. Charles E.
Hummel. In a time of national dilemma what better
way then a good book about over coming a dilemma.
The Crucible By Arthur Miller does just that you
could almost center the word dilemma around
Arthurs character John Proctor. Only Miller could
show how dilem...
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Im A Nervous Person Im A Nervous Ive
514 words
To the SWF with a PhD: Basically, Im a nervous
person. Ill tell you now that Ive never had a
date, but I just know that we were meant to be.
The things you look for, slim build, knowledge of
the Wicca religion, and the ability to
differentiate between Van Gogh and Picasso
describe me to a tee. I cant wait until our
wedding day, which should be soon because Im
nearly over two hills. Did I mention that Im a
nervous person? Concerning the line of your ad
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End Of The Play Rebecca Nurse
1,116 words
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to a
period in American history when there was
widespread fear of communism. It is set in the
sixteen nineties, during the infamous Salem Witch
Trials. Salem was governed as a Theocracy, rule by
God or a priestly order. In this time many
innocent people were tried and hanged for
witchcraft. A crucible is a severe trial. In the
play the whole community had been thrown into
pandemonium, but a few characters are also
fighting internal conflicts and trial...
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Salem Witch Trials Witch Hunt
374 words
The Crucible The Salem witch-trials, are an
historic event that occurred during the Puritan
era. It was the witch-trials that decided the fate
of so many of the accused. Arthur Miller, the
author of The Crucible uses the Salem episode as a
parallel to an event in the 1950 s known as the
" Red Scare" . He associates many
incidents of the " Red Scare" with that
of the Salem witch-trials. Such incidents as:
witch-hunts, hysteria, and cupidity which all
entwines with both the &qu...
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Mary Warren Act Iii
496 words
Of the characters in Arthur Millers The Crucible,
Mary Warren, a minor character, is actually one of
the most important, dynamic characters. She goes
from being a lonely, shy, frightened teenager to
being a brave witness with a backbone, in court.
But her change is short-lived, however, and she
retreats to being a scared, wimpy girl. Mary
Warren, the scared, wimpy girl that she is, is
lonely at the beginning of the play and has been
spending time with Abigail Williams. When there is
talk in the ...
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Prime Example Moral Code
567 words
Definition of Integrity The definition of
integrity according to Websters Dictionary is, a
rigid adherence to a code of behavior. There are
though many ways to look at a persons integrity. A
person with integrity possesses many qualities.
Three of these qualities are honesty, the ability
to follow a moral code, and loyalty to yourself
and your beliefs. In The Crucible, a prime example
of a person with integrity is Elizabeth Proctor.
Elizabeth shows her personal purity when she
refuses to persuad...
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Good Versus Evil Hester Prynne
420 words
The Scarlet Letter is a wonderful and not so
traditional example of the good versus evil theme.
What makes this a unique instance of good versus
evil is that either side could be considered
either one. Hester could very easily have been
deduced as evil, or the bad guy, as she was by the
townspeople. That is, she was convicted of
adultery, a horrible sin of the time. As for
punishment, a sentence to wear a scarlet A upon
her chest, it would hardly be considered a burden
or extreme sentence in pre...
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Leslie Marmon Native Americans
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Racial Unity Through Ceremony Over the years,
after wars and famine, peace-time and floods, few
things have persisted to survive. Society, art,
and other intangible objects as these are
survivors of two millennia of human progress.
Intelligent concepts and premises have also
survived, as have emotions and morals. Even as
these outstanding examples of humanity have
survived, so have some less affirmative ideals
lived on through our fore-bearers. Cultural,
ideological, religious, and political sup...
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Groups Of People Group Of People
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In this essay I will argue that the key to end
racism is to understand race and ideology and how
this two concepts relate to each other. Appiah
claims that race does not exist. He uses
scientific methods to prove that individuals from
different groups of people have no greater genetic
differences between them than the genetic
differences in individuals from the same group of
people. He writes: human genetic variability
between the populations of Africa or Europe or
Asia is not much greater than ...
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Didn Acute T Lady Macbeth
1,424 words
After careful thought I do not agree with King
Duncan´ s death marks the beginning of
Macbeth´ s downfall. Shakespeare emphasises
throughout the play that Macbeth has free will and
can choose whether Chance will crown me. I think
his downfall began at the first meeting with the
witches when he was rapt withal at the prospects
they gave him. A major influence of the play was
the new King James I. Shakespeare wished to
compliment him so he carefully included
James´ obsession with...
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End Of Act Town Of Salem
922 words
Revenges Evil Ways Arthur Miller uses the theme of
revenge many times in the play The Crucible. The
hysteria in Salem in 1692 was escalated by the
element of revenge. The role of revenge
intensified the feelings of the Salem people.
Abigail Williams was an example of someone out for
revenge in 1692. The Putnam's were another example
of people setting out to settle vendettas of their
own during the witch trials. Reverend Parris was
another individual ready to settle is own feuds.
Abigail Williams...
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John Proctor Doesn T
595 words
The Crucible, a container that resists hear or the
hollow at the bottom of an ore furnace. However
its connotations include melting pot, in the
symbolic sense, and the bearing of a cross.
Elizabeth, John Proctor? s wife; a cold, childless
woman who is an upright character who cannot
forgive her husband? s adultery until just before
he died: she is accused of being a witch. Reverend
Hale, a self-proclaimed expert on witchcraft; at
the play? s end tries to save the accused. John
Proctor, a good ma...
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Group Of People Witch Trials
859 words
The deterioration of Salem? s social structure
precipitated the murders of many innocent people.
Arthur Miller? s depiction of the Salem witch
trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that
starts out looking like it is tightly knit and
church loving. It turns out that once Tituba
starts pointing her finger at the witches, the
community starts pointing their fingers at each
other. Hysteria and hidden agendas break down the
social structure and then everyone must protect
themselves from the pe...
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Young Goodman Brown Point Of View
707 words
MANKINDS INHERENT EVIL Nathaniel Hawthorne's short
story Young Goodman Brown tells the story of a
young man who lives in Salem, Massachusetts. In
the story, Goodman Brown takes a journey through
the heathen wilderness (201) and comes upon a
witchcraft ceremony. All of the townspeople are
there, which leads Brown to believe that they are
all evil. At the end of the story, Brown wakes up
in the woods and walks back into town. He does not
know if the previous nights activities were real
or if they ...
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