John Proctor: Tragic Hero “A man cannot become a hero until he sees the root of his own downfall.” This famous quote from Aristotle highlights one of the main reasons that tragedies were created; to point out the flaws of a society to learn from them. John Proctor‚ from the tragedy The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ is a prime example of a “tragic hero”. He starts off the play as a respected and successful farmer whose main focus is himself above all else. While the Salem witch trials highlight this
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Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible‚ John Proctor is a well respected farmer. John is hiding his secrets from his past to protect his reputation throughout the town. John Proctor’s main traits are that he is brave‚ extreme and dignified. Bravery is a trait that suits John Proctor well. When Proctor tried to convince everyone that the girls were lying‚ this was an instance of bravery because children were thought of as the vice of god and they were free of sin. Proctor also fought the court trying to keep
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Elasticity of Demand? * Price elasticity of demand describes how much a change in price will affect the level of demand for a certain product or service. If a certain good or service has high price elasticity‚ demand will tend to fall quickly if the price of the good or service increases and demand will increase quickly if the price of the good or service falls. On the other hand‚ for goods and services with low price elasticity‚ an increase in price will cause a relatively small drop in demand and a
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The Crucible My name is John Proctor‚ I am the husband of Elizabeth Proctor and he father of my three boys. I am Christian yet feel dissatisfied with the way Rev. Parris runs our church. I feel I am a kind man but do admit to having a temper when provoked. In my opinion I think I have a self-esteem that picks me apart from anyone else in this community‚ especially compared to the Putnams which obey beyond belief. No‚ I speak when I should‚ as when injustice is taking place. Despite my prideful
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one character whose feelings drastically change is John Proctor’s. John was accused of witchcraft and of having an affair with Abigail. When the accusations first started arising he believed none of it and was denying everything. His wife‚ Goody Proctor was also accused of witchcraft and he denied that as well. He really committed no witchcraft at all and neither did his wife. He however did have an affair with Abigail. John saw right through all the drama and acting and was going to stand by his
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The Goodman Company is the manufacturer of small rubber automotive parts. Robert Goodman plans to expand his business to enhance the company productivity. However‚ he can’t afford to purchase new equipments. Therefore‚ the company had hired Ann Bennet‚ a production analyst to improve the efficiency of current equipments. After the implementation of the new manufacturing process‚ Mr. Goodman starts to question his decision of hiring Ann Bennet. The below will be discussing the overall problems which
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Page 1 of 4 Math 116 Review 1 1. Suppose that the total cost of manufacturing q units of a certain product is C q thousand dollars‚ where C q q3 30q2 500q 200 a) Find the total cost and the average cost of producing 10 units. b) Find the cost of producing the 10th unit. 2. Let f x 4 x 2 3x 2 ‚ evaluate and simplify the difference quotient f x h f x ‚ where h 0 . h 3. The average scores of incoming students at an eastern liberal arts college in
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The diagram shows Japan can produce camcorders at lower costs - its supply curve is lower than the UK. This means that Japan has a comparative advantage in producing camcorders. In the absence of international trade between the two countries‚ British consumers would have to buy at a higher equilibrium price than Japanese consumers. Since Japan is more efficient‚ it makes sense for Japan to specialise in production of camcorders and export their surplus output to the UK at a lower free trade
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Team 2 Markus Bernhuber‚ Daniel Dong‚ Tatyana Glushchenko‚ Francesco Pasquetti‚ Raffi Semerciyan |August 21th‚ 2010 | | P&G Case Report Introduction: The case takes us back in June 2000‚ facing two main issues slumping in stock price and leadership crisis when Jager the CEO at that time steps down and is replaced by Lafley. Jager initiated one year ago a reorganization of P&G called ‘Organization 2005’ in order to regain growth of sales.Mainly the new
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Financial Institutions Management project KIMEP University Kosherbay Aldiyar 20101117 Babashov Abylay 20101801 Spring 2013 Description of the Excel file I. In this project we are going to use two types of methods in order to calculate the 10 days VAR for our position in 10 year T-bonds with Risk Metrics method and position in Euros using Historic simulation. The models used to calculate VAR are Risk Metrics and Historic back simulation. And these are steps how
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