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    101 Inspirational & Motivational Quotes in Hindi 101  प्रेरणात्मक कथन    Quote 1: Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. In Hindi : महान सपने देखने वालों के महान सपने हमेशा पूरे होते हैं. अब्दुल कलाम  Abdul Kalam Quote 2: You have to dream before your dreams can come true. In Hindi :  इससे पहले कि सपने सच हों आपको सपने देखने होंगे . अब्दुल कलाम  Abdul Kalam Quote 3 :Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. In Hindi : किसी 

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    John Proctor vs. Reverend Parris In “The Crucible‚” it is clearly illustrated that religion is the foundation in which the society of Salem is built upon. This directly implies that morality is highly valued in the society. In the beginning of the play‚ Arthur Miller draws a distinct line between John Proctor and Parris from their backgrounds and moral standards. Proctor is a married farmer who had an affair with a 17-year old house worker‚ Abigail. Parris is a minister of the church‚ and his reputation

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    The Crucible as a Tragedy Today‚ Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is commonly believed to be a tragedy‚ but the standards for different types of literature have changed over time‚ and the tragedy in not a type of literature that has only been around since yesterday. So let’s ask the inventors of theaters and dramas and see what their opinion would be‚ if they would approve with our definition of tragedy. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy is defined as follows: “Tragedy‚ then‚ is an

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    Witch Trials Many people today have read Arthur Miller’s great play “The Crucible” and believe that the real witch trials were portrayed in the play but many of the facts are not particularly wrong but might be twisted. There are many proven facts that some of the story is not true to the real life events and this confuses many people because “Arthur Miller makes his characters so vivid and actually used the real names of the people that were in the trials”(Salem Witch Museum). It has been proven

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    number of problems. Salem was known to be the Puritan land. In the play “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ he talks about what happened in Salem in 1962. The Puritans believed that if any person disobeyed their religion‚ that they were part of witchcraft. The Puritans’ attitudes‚ along with the stresses of their daily lives‚ may have increased the likelihood of an outbreak of witchcraft hysteria. In “The Crucible”‚ Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty Parris‚ was caught dancing naked in the

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    devil they would be put in jail. Parris along with others choose not to have integrity. Those that choose not to have it wanted protect themselves‚ and were willing to let others be harmed. When Parris ’s daughter was almost dead he was concerned about how the girls dancing in the forest naked would‚ ruin his reputation with the people‚ and if it would cause him to step down from the pulpit “There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit” (Miller). Parris later in the story begged Danforth

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    The Crucible: Air of Hysteria and Paranoia The Crucible (1996) is a drama-film adaptation directed by Nicholas Hytner. The cast of the movie involves a myriad of performers such as Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder. Derived from the play by American playwright Arthur Miller‚ many plots and concepts from the film are identical to the original work. The Crucible is based on true stories about the witch trials held in Salem‚ Massachusetts. During this time period‚ witchcraft was socially unacceptable

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    An outlook on gender roles in today ‘s advanced society is drastic contrast to the views portrayed in the crucible written by Arthur Miller depicts women as weak . None of the females in crucible posses extreme power but the truthful pre-hearted and family oriented women seemed to be even less powerful than the others . Therefore‚ Miller has also shown women sufferance In crucible through interpretive evidence on how tituba was being accused for all witchcraft and how she demolished

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    quality of moral repression & paranoia that drive the trials. Miller immediately establishes Parris as a man whose main concern is his reputation & status in the community‚ rather than the well-being of his daughter.   How does Parris feel about his parishioners? Parris showed an obsession with damnation and hell in order to strike fear into his parishioners.   Why is Thomas Putnam willing to speak of witchcraft? Thomas Putnam demonstrates that his motivation involves his

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    The Crucible: Questions Act One 13. What is the function of Rebecca Nurse in the play? The function of Rebecca Nurse within the play is the voice of reason. In many occasions within Act One Rebecca is trying to find other ways to deal with Betty’s behaviour. And when Reverend Hale mentions that they need to execute the devil with in her she excuses herself because she cannot stomach this action. 17. What does Giles Corey reveal to Reverend Hale? Giles Corey reveals to Reverend

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