Have you ever craved to be the center of attention? Spun a lie to feel important? However what happens when that certain lie begins to spiral out of control? In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ this complex situation happens to Abigail Williams; she is a mere child of seventeen years old‚ who frightens her peers due to her belligerent behavior. Therefore‚ when she begins to falsely accuse townspeople of being witches‚ her peers begin to blindly imitate her. Their duplicity soon has their whole town
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centered around Proctor’s affair with Abigail‚ and he and his wife Elizabeth trying to recover form it. Abigail shows her desperation when she is alone with proctor and throwing herself at him trying to receive his love. “[Abigail] cannot sleep for dreamin‘‚ [She] cannot dream but [she] wake and walk about the house as though [she] find you comin’ through some door.” The quote is a great example of Abigail’s desperation‚ it shows how she
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BRAZIL’S COMMUNICATION Every country has unique‚ distinctive ways in which they interrelate and communicate with each other within their country. A country’s means of communication can be verbalized through verbal‚ non-verbal‚ and interpersonal communication channels. In the country of Brazil most people are not Hispanic but Latino‚ although many immigrant communities are from Europe‚ Africa‚ and Japan. The official language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese; however‚ Spanish‚ English‚ and French
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Explore how the theme of power is presented in ‘An Inspector Calls’. How would an audience react to this presentation? In ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ power is presented in different ways and by different characters. Each character exudes or uses their power differently. These different methods of portrayal may shock the audience‚ and make them see certain characters in a different light. At the start of the play‚ the first hint of power we see is through the appearance of Mr Birling when Priestly describes
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How are people presented in “At hiruhurama” Penelope Firtzgerald uses presents the characters in the play as having‚ very similar characteristics‚ especially white people and the men and women in the story. In the second page the when the doctor is first introduced he is seen as a quite‚ irresponsible‚ unreliable and extremely feminist man “you can ask a woman to live anywhere” the explicit meaning the whole quote is to say the doctor is quite sexist‚ however the doctor does use the word “ask”
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Steinbeck explores some of the multiple meanings buried in the idea of "meanness." A "mean" person is‚ like Curley who is nasty and a bully. Both George and Lennie express their hatred for that kind of people. George says that he "don’t like mean little guys". Curley’s thirst for violence and his constant urge to pick fights contrasts with Lennie’s "innocent" violence. After Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife‚ George says that Lennie "never done it in meanness" Lennie killed several animals
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During the production of The Gondoliers‚ written by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan‚ a particular character stuck out to me and that was the young and beautiful Casilda. Casilda is the daughter of the duke and duchess of Plaza-Toro. We quickly find out a secret that is twenty years old‚ which happens to be that Casilda is married to the royal heir of Barataria. Casilda does not like this whatsoever because she is in love with Luiz who is also the duke’s attendant. Casilda’s character was hard
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How does Sarah Watt explore the ways people deal with their personal tragedies in Look Both Ways? Discuss. In Look Both Ways‚ Sarah Watt explores a variety of emotions and experiences‚ focusing on the ways people deal with their personal misfortune. Including the death of loved ones‚ the fear of death‚ possible relationship breakdowns and the grief of feeling responsible for somebody’s death. Watt uses visual images; animations‚ flashbacks and periods of silence to show the effects these issues
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The way in which the protagonist‚ John Proctor‚ is presented in The Crucible somewhat changes throughout the play. Firstly‚ he is presented as quite dominant and violent‚ however as the story progresses‚ he is presented still as a violent character but a much more likeable one. He is also one to go with his first instincts‚ and has a lot of pride. These two characteristics are the main factors that lead to Proctors downfall. The first scene in which Proctor is introduced is set in Reverend Parris’
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