Sara North April 21‚ 2013 Why the “Crucible”? Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1951 in direct response to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communism scare. Miller wanted the American people to convey the pain caused by false accusations and relate it to the Salem witch hunts. Sen. McCarthy accused a huge number of high profile Americans of being communists. In doing so‚ he ruined those people’s careers. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ innocent people were convicted and put on trial for witchcraft
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preconceived ideas of Bastardy in Elizabethan society‚ it can be seen that the illegitimacy of Don John‚ “Shakespeare’s most passive villain” is the root of his villainy. Prejudgement‚ to pass judgement without sufficient knowledge‚ can lead to forming misconceptions that may transform someone or something’s image altogether. This pre judgemental attitude of Messina towards his birth circumstance crafts Don John to be an arguably uninteresting antagonist
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Anthony Rodriguez Mr. Milliken English Jun.17.12 THE CRUCIBLE Why does guilt hold from telling the truth? In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ in the early year of 1962 in the small Massachusetts village of Salem‚ many innocent people in the play were hanged during the Salem witch trials. Of course‚ there are many people that may be blamed. Many problems arise that deal with jealousy‚ hypocrisy‚ and hysteria. One may find
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The character John Bender throughout the movie was the criminal or in other words the bad kid. John really didn’t respect anyone in the movie he either made fun of them or made them feel like crap. John didn’t care what he did‚ in the beginning of the movie he walked across the street and the cars had to stop for him. Also John also bossed everyone around‚ when someone sitting in a chair he wanted to sit in he would make them move to another seat. John has a bad home life‚ when he was talking
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Explanatory Essay Antonio Kim John Steinbeck’s hero’s never reach or achieve their ambitions‚ ending up worse than before. In many of John Steinbeck’s stories the main characters (heroes) have goals or dreams that they desperately want. In the story “The Pearl” Kino is the hero that loses his child and prized find‚ the pearl‚ as well as the wealth he envisioned. In another John Steinbeck piece “Of Mice and Men‚” George is one of the main characters that lose one of his close friend as well
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Arthur Millers The Crucible‚ takes place in Salem Massachusetts‚ during the witch trials of the 1600s. Back then the idea of witchcraft was crazy but the people still believed every word of it. Abigail Williams is the one to blame for the cause of all the witch trials. Her lies‚ devious ways‚ and cruel intentions add to the idea that she was the cause of all this. Abigail used her power against people‚ is untrustworthy‚ and destroyed the lives of others. Many people in the book thought of
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and the strongest but this is where our main character‚ Bernard Marx‚ falls short‚ literally.
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towards him. Because of his actions‚ when Caesar died‚ he had great passion and wanted to take over to show his commitment to Caesar. Antony expressed the conspirators as noble‚ but changed his thoughts after they killed his leader. Antony was a dynamic character through the death of Caesar and changed his outlook and relationships with the conspirators as it changes from acknowledgement to hate. Antony follows Caesar’s orders with obedience and views him as a fatherly figure as he says‚ "When Caesar
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1) The irony is that they don’t want to allow any other religion in the church‚ because it might influence their religion. 2) The witch hunt years provided an excellent opportunity to "get even". 3) Tituba- African American slave Abigail- craves John Proctor‚ young‚ beautiful Betty- Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ fainted in forest 4) Out of all the children she had only one survive; Ruth‚ who is afflicted. 5) He was mad because he wanted his brother in law to be the next minister. 6) Parris doesn’t know
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Case #16 Proctor & Gamble: Selling Through Customer Business Development Questions for Discussion: 1.Which of the sales force structures discussed in the text best describes P&G’s CBD structure? In the 80’s‚ manufacturers began to spend money to better understand consumers‚ and P&G more than anyone. However‚ they never really asked‚ if these needs were the same in retailers. It was the period when P&G decided‚ to change the sales department into a more strategic department named Customer Business
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