RHETORIC Throughout the Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many forms of rhetoric to progress and shape the plot. Miller exercises three significant forms of rhetoric to shape the play; symbolism‚ irony‚ and suspense. Although only a few instances of deep symbolism occur during the story‚ there are many important symbols. The title itself has two different meanings; a crucible is a melting metal to be forged into something new and different‚ which parallels the story to how it is a new
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Hamrick 1 In this essay‚ “Is There a There in Cyberspace” by‚ John Perry Barlow‚ often speaks and writes about computer communication and online communities and real life communities. He compares the differences of the non-intentional community that he lives in‚ with a different community that he later found‚ the online virtual commons for the deadheads. One of the topics that Barlow compares and contrasts from his occupation to American society at the beginning and the end of the 20th century to
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Fear makes people either attack or retreat – Within my expository essay I have chosen to focus on elements of Arthur Millers‚ ‘The Crucible’‚ which Illustrates the notion that fear creates various and diverse responses in people. My essay revolves around characters who exhibit signs of attack in the face of conflict‚ and conversly those who retreat. I have also drawn on the documentry about the Tank Man to explore further the way in which people will react when faced with conflict. Considering
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Anzaldua would not really agree with Tan’s goal for her writing. In a society where perfection is practically expected but impossible to achieve‚ language is one of the many ways that anyone around us can judge us. It is as Tan said‚ “…the fact that people in department stores‚ at banks‚ and at restaurants did not take her seriously‚ did not give her good service‚ pretended not to understand her‚ or even acted as if they did not hear her. “ Tan even said how her mother’s English ashamed her‚ that
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Speech Variation In Restaurants There are three different dialects in Pennsylvania that will give away where you reside. Why is there so much contrast in speech among the residents of the city and country? The culture where I am from has molded my speech‚ attitude‚ and actions; it also has created who I am today. The “city life” is exceptionally different from the “country life‚” I know this because of my expedition to the middle of nowhere‚ Lock Haven‚ PA. Somewhere on the four-hour car ride
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Unanswered Calls for Help The Military Times states “New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day.” An editorial from the Denver Post suggest that this is an alarming rate and actions need to be taken to greatly decrease this. They found that oftentimes veterans literal calls for help were left unanswered. Often calls to the veteran suicide hotline are met with the ring of a busy signal‚ or simply sent to a voicemail. The writer of this editorial uses logos‚ pathos and grim diction to
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In Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay‚ she writes about the positions women adopt. A woman willing to be accepted must have a veneer of “niceness” with society‚ especially with men. Ehrenreich argues “The essence of ladylikeness is a persistent servility masked as niceness.” “Women tend to assume that it is our responsibility to keep everything “nice” even when the person we are with is rude and aggressive.” “Wherever we go‚ we are perpetually smiling”. This mask is what we are showing to people‚ constantly
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2.5 The Political Metaphor The political metaphor defines an organization as a group of people with different motivations and interests‚ who only come together to achieve a common goal or outcome. When there are divergent views in an organization‚ politicization can occur‚ as politics are an inevitable part of corporate life. Valve aims to structure its organization around being a democracy‚ where everyone has a say in what happens in the company. One can however also describe Valve as a technocracy
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Analyzing media can help you better understand what message an author is trying to portray. The Choice is a movie that was released in 2016. It is based on a book written by Nicholas Sparks. At the end of this movie there is a scene where Gabby is in a coma in the hospital and Travis visits her and talks to her. In this scene‚ the audience feels an emotional connection to Travis. The producer of The Choice uses pathos to appeal to the audience’s emotions. The producer appeals to the audience’s emotion
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Populist language has been utilized by American politicians since the nineteenth century‚ and that trend certainly did not end during the 2016 presidential campaign. Michael Kazin defines populism as‚ “a language whose speakers conceive of ordinary people as a noble assemblage not bound narrowly by class‚ view their elite opponents as self-serving and undemocratic‚ and seek to mobilize the former against the latter.” The majority of Bernie Sanders speeches included this language‚ and this helped
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