A Hero or a Fool John Proctor: A Hero or a Fool? In Arthur Miller’s famous allegorical play The Crucible‚ the main character John Proctor‚ a young defiant yet respected farmer‚ shows heroic characteristics through intricate situations of theocratic injustice. Set in hysteria and chaos‚ the witch trials of Salem village as the trials unfold Proctor finds himself in difficult situation in which his decision and actions decide not only his fate but the fate of many innocent people like himself.
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DRAM 284-King Final Essay Cierra “CB” Cotton PID: 720209797 On my honor‚ I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this examination. Essay Prompt: Do you prefer social drama‚ family drama‚ or alternative drama? Give an example of the genre you prefer and explain why that genre has contributed so much to twentieth and twenty-first century culture. Of the various and abundant
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Hailey Inge Mrs. Tinquist English II H 12/4/12 [TITLE] It is often an authors perception of a novel that he is creating that shapes the main character of a literary work. The title of a book is the way he focuses all readers in to what is truly important. Like most other authors‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a title‚ The Great Gatsby‚ to represent that some object‚ Gatsby‚ is great. You don’t find out until you begin to read this novel that Mr. Jay Gatsby‚ a poor man from North Dakota‚ is the one
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“Drinking makes such fools of people‚ and people are such fools to begin with‚ that it is compounding a felony” (Robert Benchley). The average person does not always make smart decisions‚ and alcohol tends to worsen that issue. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ many characters cope with their problems by drinking their lives away. But‚ what they do not realize‚ is that drinking makes their problems worse and makes their behavior portray them as unintelligent. Through the poor
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DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE FOOL IN THE FIRST 2 ACTS ALSO CONTAINS INFORMATION ON ALL OTHER ACTS Superficially‚ the Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear serves as comic relief‚ abating the dramatic tension with his witty insults and aphorisms. The Fool’s purpose‚ however‚ is not limited to tomfoolery. Ironically‚ he is the most insightful character in the play‚ making sound observations about King Lear and human nature. The full purpose of the Fool is to stress Lear’s poor judgment‚ to contribute to
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Wise Fools of Shakespeare “Infirmity that decays the wise doth ever make a better fool” – though uttered by one of his own characters Shakespeare does not seem to conform to this ideal. The fools carved by Shakespeare in his plays showed no resemblance to the mentally and physically challenged people who were treated as pets and used for amusement during the medieval period. Rather Shakespeare’s fools appear to be in the best of their wits when they are in possession of the wisest minds. Fools whether
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Although Fools Crow reflects the pressure to assimilate inflicted by the white colonizers on the Blackfeet tribes‚ it also portrays the influence of economic changes during this period. The prosperity created by the hide trade does not ultimately protect the tribe from massacre by the white soldiers. It does‚ however‚ effectively change the Blackfeet economy and women’s place in their society. Thus‚ it sets the stage for the continued deterioration of their societal
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Traditionally a fool is defined as ‘a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person’‚ ‘a person who is duped or imposed on’‚ or ‘a jester or clown‚ especially one retained in a royal or noble household’. (1) In Twelfth Night it is clear that at least one definition is relevant to almost every character‚ and this is why comedy is dependent upon the fool. Almost every character in Twelfth Night is portrayed as a fool in some sense‚ and there are two main categories of fools‚ the ‘Natural
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madonna‚ why mourn’st thou? Olivia: Good fool‚ for my brother’s death. Feste: I think his soul is in hell‚ madonna. Olivia: I know his soul is in heaven‚ fool. Feste: The more fool‚ madonna‚ to mourn for your brothers soul being in heaven. Take away the fool‚ Gentlemen… That was an argument between the “fool” by the name of Feste and the proven fool‚ Olivia. This argument between Feste and Olivia is one of the many examples that show that Feste is anything but a fool. Here Olivia mourns for her dead brother
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A Beautiful Fool The novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920’s‚ a time of partying and fun‚ but also a time of gender oppression. The idea of an intelligent‚ independent woman was disregarded. Men were the dominant gender. Woman were not very respected at this time and were expected to be clueless and giddy‚ almost like a toy. Daisy Buchanan‚ expressing that her hope for her daughter is that she will be a fool‚ demonstrates what Daisy has been taught is the purpose
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