“How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” Says the character John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Probably the most powerful line the entire play‚ it is apparent that the idea of the importance of “names” is the central theme of this great classic. The author begins to develop this idea early in the play beginning with the conversation between Reverend Parris (a fearful reverend who instigates the witchcraft panic when he finds his daughter‚ Betty
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The Crucible Connection The worst words to hear when friends are fighting are “who said it” or “name names”. I was in a problematic situation a couple of weeks ago and I was asked that question and instead of naming names I lied and took the blame. The whole fight started because when I was hanging out with my two friends while waiting for my other two friends to come and meet us. My one friend said that one of the girls had a “big mouth and that you couldn’t trust her with any personal details”
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In the book The Crucible the girls portrayed a very demonic way of acting. They all claimed to be seeing spirits and they were controlled by Satan. Each girl followed the rest of the girls almost as if they were commanded to. They accused others for being witches and said that they were controlling them. This continues to go on until 19 people were dead by hanging and one pressed to stone. The girls presented their demonic ways of acting because they wanted revenge. The girls in Salem weren’t
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1. Rhetoric is best described as a) an appeal b) fiction c) poetry d) analytical 2. Logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos are examples of a) types of rhetorical questions b) light‚ eternity‚ and paternity c) Greek gods d) types of appeals 3. James and Saba argue about the true definition of “freedom”. James argues it is the ability to do anything you want; Saba argues it means that laws are in place to protect the people. In the end‚ James and Saba develop a new understanding of freedom
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importance of this principle can scarcely be exaggerated; without it‚ modern speech criticism would not have been possible.”(464) They go on to explain that without this style speechmaking wouldn’t be as exceptional today and would be much like ancient rhetoric. They say‚ “The problem in the traditional system appears to be an omission rather than an inherent defect the genre and remain consistent with Aristotelian principles. Finding Rosenthal’s analysis of ethos suggestive‚ we approached the campaign
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Sullivan AP Language and Composition 12 November 2014 Visual Rhetoric Essay Choice 1 Visual rhetoric‚ as opposed to verbal rhetoric‚ conveys a message through the power of images instead of words. Not only the image itself‚ but all of its various elements color‚ motion‚ shapes‚ etc all amalgamate into a single unit in order to impart a potent idea to the image’s viewers. However‚ some of the most influential and powerful rhetoric is fashioned when both words and images are masterfully combined
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In the year 1953‚ a fresh young talent on Broadway released his latest dramatic tragedy known as The Crucible to the public. Arthur Miller‚ praised by critics since 1947‚ spun a thrilling tale of a village in Salem whose concept of reality was blinded by a threat -sometimes to the point of mental insanity- that did not actually exist. The plot surrounds an unforgettable series of deaths due to the witchcraft trials of the Puritans in 1692. Miller used his characters in the play to manipulate‚ lie
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features when composing their documents” (Gregory). Some examples of Greek rhetoric include‚ “the Sermon on the Mount…deliberative‚ Jesus’ speech and prayer in John 13-17…epideictic‚ and 2nd Corinthians…forensic” (Gregory). This means that New Testament writers explained how Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament storyline as well as used the common persuasion methods of the their day. For example‚ Jewish interpretation and Greek rhetoric can be found in the way Luke writes his Gospel and the book of Acts.
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Crucible Passages 1. Page 11 Parris: “I saw Tituba waving her arms over the fire when I came on you. Why was she doing that? And I heard a screeching and gibberish coming from her mouth. She were swaying like a dumb beast over that fire!” 2. Page 15-16 Ann Putnam: “And so I thought to send her to your Tituba” Rev Parris: “To Tituba! What ma Tituba---?” Ann: “Tituba knows how to speak to the dead‚ Mr. Parris.” 3. Page 38 Ann Putnam: “Mr. Parris’s slave has knowledge of conjurin’‚ sir.” . . . Ann
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In The Crucible‚ many individuals and institutions face moral tests. Characters such as John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ along with Giles Corey‚ faced such tests. During the time of the trials‚ Giles Corey was called by the court to release names of those suspected of witchcraft. Rather than reveal the names of the people significantly he was pressed to death and took the names of the people to his grave. As the claims of witchcraft troubled the town‚ John had hopes of ending the problem by revealing
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