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    Reverend Hale In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ when characters are faced with adversity‚ they are forced to show their true morals and beliefs. The character of Reverend Hale fights a battle between what ideasl have been engraved in his mind by books and society‚ and what he feels in his soul is truly right. In the end his soul prevails and finds him completely changed. Because he is a character with such high moral standards regarding everything he does‚ he sees the flaws and falsities of the

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    The Crucible‚ a container that resists hear or the hollow at the bottom of an ore furnace. However its connotations include melting pot‚ in the symbolic sense‚ and the bearing of a cross. Elizabeth‚ John Proctor’s wife; a cold‚ childless woman who is an upright character who cannot forgive her husband’s adultery until just before he died: she is accused of being a witch. Reverend Hale‚ a self-proclaimed expert on witchcraft; at the play’s end tries to save the accused. John Proctor‚ a good man with

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    Motives of Exploration

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    There were many motives of explorers to investigate the new world in the years of 1450 to 1600 such as wanting to gain knowledge of the new world‚ trading throughout the world and to spread religion on their explorations. One of the motives of explorers to explore the new world was to wanting to gain knowledge of the new world. Some of the documents that support this are documents one‚ four and six. One and six are very alike because both Christopher Columbus and John Cabot were sponsored by

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    Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is centered around the mass hysteria created by accusations of witchcraft in the Puritan village of Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. These accusations can be blamed on Abigail Williams’ affair with John Proctor‚ the secret grudges that neighbors hold against each other‚ and the physical and economic differences between the citizens of Salem Village. Because suspicions were at an all-time high‚ petty accusations were made out to be witchcraft‚ and bad business deals

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    Secondary Motives

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    SECONDARY/ LEARNT/ PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVES ·Besides the basic biological needs‚ the expression of psychological needs is also of great significance:through society and culture in which one lives. · Non-satisfaction of these motives may lead to mental illness. Main psychological needs are: i. Achievement ii. Curiosity iii. Need for appraisaliv iv. Need for affiliationv v. Need for powervi vi. Work as motive 1.Achievement · Self- actualization or attaining excellence in relevant

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    The Motive for Metaphor

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    other forms of art which is imagination as well. Frye teaches us that English language and the language of literature helps us bond closely our personal imagination and experience with that of the outside world‚ which is why he calls his book the motive for metaphor‚ because through this process we are using a metaphor to relate our experiences and imagination with the real world. Studying literature is very important and provides humanity with an abundant amount of social value‚ intelligence

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    Always a Motive

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    In the short story "Always a Motive"‚ Dan Ross depicts Joe Manetti‚ the protagonist‚ as an agonized‚ isolated‚ and heartbroken young man. After returning the missing Miller boy to his father‚ Joe Manetti is interrogated by the Inspector and is perceived as an agonized man. When asked about his occupation‚ he says that he is a musician‚ "but not working at it now". When asked if he was married‚ he says yes‚ "but my wife left me. She’s somewhere on the West Coast". Being alone and unemployed would

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    Kate-Lynn Gomerich M. Haddou English 12C Individual Character Project November 22‚ 2014 John Proctors Role in “The Crucible” To be puritan is to be pure of any physical or mental pleasure; when pressure built the citizens of Salem massed into a frenzy of noose casting. Only to realize the heavy weight of truth as a course rope began to constrict around their necks. In “The Crucible” a story taking place in Salem‚ Massachusetts: the restricting ways of puritan life began to take their toll on the

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    Buying Motives

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    We all know that consumer is the king of the market. Therefore a sound marketing programme is necessary with analysis of habits‚ attitude‚ motives and need of the consumer. Each aspect of this is related to consumer and buying behavior. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Consumer behavior has been defined as the acquisition‚ consumption and deposition of goods‚ services‚ time and ideas by decision making units. Since we spend so much of our life consuming economic products like house‚ clothing‚ food‚ cosmetics

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    Motives For Imperialism

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    decided to move on and expand their territories by using Imperialism. Imperialism by definition is to expand a country’s power by gaining control over other areas of the world. World powers benefited greatly from this policy. They justified their motives for Imperialism as humanitarian efforts‚ nationalist views‚ superior and highly racist outlooks‚ and economics needs. But the greater purpose for Imperialism was economic. The world powers went into countries with resources with the thought to create

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