Outside Reading Part 1 Setting 1 My book‚ Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler is primarily in a prison. The book takes brief intermissions of setting into Berlin right after Hitler has taken it over around 1933‚ during this time period Rubashov (who is the main character) is a high ranking member of an extremist party of some sort. During the flash backs scenes of havoc are depicted as you learn of the inner turmoil of the dying extremist party. But during the majority of the book when he’s not
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days of an old and failing salesman‚ and slowly exposes his dysfunctional relationship with his family‚ his many unfulfilled dreams‚ and his progressive mental deterioration‚ which eventually leads to his suicide. Death of a Salesman was written by Arthur Miller‚ a prominent American playwright. In the play‚ he criticizes the blind pursuit of the American dream‚ and to a certain extent‚ capitalism. The symbols in this play: the seeds‚ rubber hose‚ diamonds‚ and stockings‚ show Willy Loman’s plentiful
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play based on the actual event that in 1692‚ led to the salem witch trials. It is a series of hearing before local magistrates to prosecute over 150 people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.The play was written in the early 1950s as a response to McCarthyism when the US government blacklisted accused communist. Miller himself was to questioned by the House of Representatives’ committee on un american activities in
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"For every good reason there is to lie‚ there is a better reason to tell the truth" (Bo Bennett). Arthur Miller once wrote a play that had a scandalous lie called‚ "The Crucible." A crucible can be a metal container where other substances may be melted or subjected to be very temperatures. It also can be a situation of severe test or trials. The play relates so much to the title because a crucible separates the good from the bad when pressure is applied‚ and due to that there was a trial going on
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How does Arthur Miller present family relations at the start of the play? The relationships in ‘A View from the Bridge’ are very complex as because of people’s attitudes back then. There is secrecy‚ suspicion‚ love and concern. Eddie is weirdly attracted to Catherine and his relationship with his wife Beatrice deteriorates. The relationship between Eddie and Catherine is very close‚ although they are not immediate family Eddie has become a surrogate father and thinks of himself as her real
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English 3 AP 21 October 2011 The Struggle for the Soul of Arthur Dimmesdale In the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne relates the struggle of Dimmesdale’s soul to the classic model of good vs. evil. Arthur Dimmesdale has committed a sin that is heavily frowned upon throughout his community‚ though; nobody in the community knows what that sin is besides Hester Prynne. Dimmesdale is the minister of the community and he has committed the sin of adultery‚ partaking in an affair with
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Arthur Shelby is a Kentucky farmer and a slave-owner who is forced to sell two of his slaves so he can pay a debt. He sells Uncle Tom and Harry (the son of his wife’s slave Eliza) to a slave trader named Haley. Eliza hears the discussion and warns Tom and his wife‚ and runs away with her child. Haley follows them‚ but he does not catch her‚ she crosses the Ohio River and is helped by citizens. Haley meets two slave-catchers that agree to capture Eliza and Harry. Tom refuses to run away so he is taken
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Arthur Asher Miller was one of the greatest playwrights and essayists of the 20th century. He won numerous awards for his writing including the Tony Award for best play and Pulitzer Prize for drama. He lived a long fruitful life and provided a total of seven decades in playwright. Earlier Life and Potential Influence to His Writing: Arthur was born in October 17th‚ 1915. He was the second of three children of Isidore and Augusta Miller. His father was a well-known man in the community and they
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Issue Were you discriminated against for promotion because of your age and gender? Brief answer Yes; Arthur King discriminated against you Ima Shewin by not giving you the promotion that she was qualified for because of your age and gender. This act and how Arthur King conducted himself at the interview and based on his reputation around the office would be sufficient to meet the definition of Discrimination provides by the Human Rights Law. (NY Executive Law‚ §296) Analysis of Claims Discrimination
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outcast. The idea of the nuclear family was very prominent in the culture‚ the man went to work the wife stayed home and took care of the kids‚ but some literary works defied these norms and what was considered socially taboo. One author in particular‚ Arthur Miller argues against conformity by talking about many socially taboo topics such
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