The trials brought Arthur Miller to write The Crucible‚ depicting the unfortunate events. Throughout The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail Williams uses her cunningness and deceitfulness to get what she wants. Her jealousness and lack of moral and ethics gives her the ability to condemn innocent beings to death‚ without any questions. Abigail Williams is seen as “seventeen and strikingly beautiful” (138). However‚ she is selfish‚ and an excellent liar. When questioned about what had happened
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Machiavelli/Macbeth Essay In The Prince by Machiavelli he describes three different ways that a Prince can acquire the throne; these include good fortune‚ merit‚ and crime. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare the reader can conclude that Macbeth obtained the throne through crime only. He does this by influence from the three evil witches‚ betraying his loyal king‚ and setting up the guards. To begin with‚ in Macbeth three witches come to visit Macbeth and Banquo. Well they are there they inform
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John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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The portrait of Trajan Decius is a full bust of a soldier emperor from 249-251 BCE. This portrait has defined lines on the eyebrows‚ forehead‚ and cheek area to illustrate an older man. The eyebrows of this portrait seems to be pressed together‚ giving off a negative mood rather than a triumphal mood. The pressed eyebrows seems to give off the feeling of being conflicted and burdened. It conveys a sense of anxiety‚ stress‚ and tiredness. The clear lines under the eyes that depicts heavy eye bags
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Einstein and Sigmund Freud‚ whose contributions to mankind are historical. The American poet‚ Ezra Pound‚ championed Joyce and aided him financially through his many periods of poverty. The Dubliners‚ first published in 1914‚ was followed in 1916 by A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Though the latter gained Joyce notice in literary circles‚ it didn’t do well commercially. His only play‚ Exiles‚ was published in 1918. Ulysses‚ completed in 1922‚ was first published in France and is considered his
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In the era of early modern Europe‚ the leaders of many sovereign nations would have portraits commissioned for their one of the most important days of their lives‚ their coronation day. These portraits were created in order to display the power‚ wealth‚ and many other qualities of that ruler. Many of these were extravagant such as Louis the 14th‚ otherwise known as the Sun King. His portrait served as a show of his extreme wealth from his elegant blue clothing that was stitched with the Fleur de
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to find an appropriate treatment. William Carlos Williams embodied this essence. To have experience‚ to have lost himself in the minds of his patients has given William Carlos Williams the ability to love and care for his patients‚ which is seen throughout his poetry. As many of us know‚ life as a physician is hard. Williams explains a time where he “couldn’t keep his eyes open a moment longer.” However‚ seeing his patient rid the weariness he had felt. Williams states his patient “called for attention
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American Literature are Ezra Pound‚ T. S. Elliot‚ Robert Frost‚ and William Carlos Williams. The works of Pound‚ whose poetry focused mainly on the desolate state of the modern world‚ influenced by the poems of the other three poets. Elliot‚ too‚ made the ruin of the world his primary theme Frost whose topics ranged from nature to narratives‚ wrote his poetry in a somewhat light manner‚ or with a cool‚ neutral outlook. Williams‚ although not prone to sentimentalism‚ also wrote his poetry in a rather
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John Singer Sargent’s portrait‚ Madame X‚ is described by Mahon and Centeno (2005) as one of the most discussed and notorious paintings housed at the 1884 Paris Salon. The piece defied every rule of Victorian fashion and etiquette‚ eliciting intense criticism. Diliberto (2003) states Sargent believed the beautiful and infamous Madame Gautreau would be the key to his success as a renowned Parisian portrait painter. Both Gautreau and Sargent were expatriates to their beloved Paris‚ sharing a great
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell tells the story of Jack the Ripper and the story of who she thinks committed the crimes. Jack the Ripper was the self-given name of a serial killer during the late 1800s. Jack brutally slayed five known suspects‚ but many more deaths may have been because of him. Walter Sickert‚ an English artist‚ is Jack the Ripper according to Cornwell. In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed the story is told from the author;
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