written as a fraction and as such these are both subsets of rational numbers. Irrational Numbers Numbers that cannot be written as a fraction are called irrational. Example √2‚ √5‚ √7‚ Π. These numbers cannot be written as a fraction so they are irrational. Surds A surd is any number that looks like this √21‚ √15‚ √17. A surd is a root that cannot be written exactly as a decimal or a fraction. They are irrational. Simplifying Surds A surd can be simplified by rewriting the number inside
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characterized by excitement or anxiety‚ irrational behavior or beliefs. Typically‚ it takes a large group of people with the same thoughts or ideas to cause the hysteria to spread. In other words‚ there is strength in numbers. This is portrayed by Abigail and the other girls in The Crucible. In Act III‚ the girls accuse Mary Warren of witchcraft to prevent her from testifying against them. Though multiple people (including Mary) have claimed that the witchcraft accusations are false‚ the court refuses
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The Salem Witch Trial The Salem Witchcraft was a series of undesirable events‚ which was powered by paranoia and fear. Though several witch trials occurred before the Salem Witch Trial‚ this was the most well known of all. Many innocent people were accused of witchcraft which resulted to 19 men and women that were hanged‚ 17 innocents that died in unsanitary prisons‚ and an 80-year old man that was crushed to death by putting stones on top of his stomach until he confesses (movie: The Crucible)
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cried wolf. In this case it was witchcraft. She plead the devil consumed her soul along with the other girls. When put into a position of not wanting to get in trouble people will do un rational things. Another incident was the Mccarthy trials. Innocent people accused of communism. This was almost the same to salem witch trials. When people are vulnerable and put at a height of power people will resort to irrational ideals. Like criticizing other of witchcraft or communism. After these incidents
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it is too late‚ and nobody will believe him because his name is no longer good. This shows that having a good name was so important in this society that you would risk your friends being convicted of witchcraft to keep your name ‘white’. Toward the end‚ when Proctor is about to confess to witchcraft‚ he refuses to sign away his name “you have taken my soul‚ leave me my name!” He yells‚ and from this we see there is nothing more important to him. Similarly‚ Judge Danforth is fixated on having a good
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questions are evidence of the hysteria that swept through Salem‚ Massachusetts during the winter of 1692 and again during the peak of the anti-communist revolution in the 1950’s. In The Crucible‚ innocent people were in danger of being accused of witchcraft and during the reign of McCarthyism innocent people were being accused of communism. “We too have been known to prefer plot over truth; to dent the evidence before us in favor of the ideas behind us; to do insane things in the name of reason; to
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Danforth‚ although seemingly intelligent and an experienced judge‚ suffers from pride. It is that pride that leads to many of his mistaken and irrational judgments in The Crucible. He is kind-of logical in his reasoning for accusing so many witchcraft activities. He states‚ "Witchcraft is an invisible crime...who may possibly be witness to it? the witch and the victim...now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself...therefore‚ we must rely on her victims” (Miller)
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trace its origins. The widespread witch craze in Europe is not a simplistic reaction as it is portrayed in the media but rather a build up of frustration at the political‚ social‚ and religious institutions throughout the continent. The idea of witchcraft in Europe‚ through a myriad of wars that fractioned society based upon belief‚ alongside support from the Catholic Church and misogynistic views surrounding the female body‚ caused a demon ideology to turn into a rampant and crazed fanaticism with
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followed their Bible and went to Church. They also had harsh punishments for treason as well as other forms of crime. The Puritans were people with a strong belief system that led to irrational fears and a confined lifestyle. The Salem Witch Trials were a time of horror when neighbors accused each other of witchcraft‚ which led to most Puritans being hanged or put in a dungeon. According to the movie‚ The Crucible; Reverend
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Although all of Theodorus’ work has been lost‚ Plato put Theodorus into his dialogue Theaetetus‚ which tells the reader of his achievements. It is assumed that Theodorus had proved that all of the square roots of non-square integers from 3 to 17 are irrational by means of the Spiral of Theodorus.[2] Plato quoted Theaetetus speaking to Socrates: It was about the nature of roots. Theodorus was describing them to us and showing that the third root and the fifth root‚ represented by the sides of squares
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