History Essay Explain why Edward IV’s death opened up a bitter power struggle in 1483? After Edward IV died in 1483‚ a dispute began between to major factions – the Woodvilles and Richard of Gloucester. The Woodvilles were the family of Elizabeth Woodville‚ Edward’s wife‚ with whom he shared many children. Edward V‚ the heir to the throne‚ was the son of Elizabeth Woodville‚ and so this put them in a good position. However‚ Richard of Gloucester was Edward’s brother and had shown himself to
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Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible‚ take’s place during The Salem Witch Trails of 1692. The characters in this play are Puritans. They believe that after death‚ comes judgment‚ and judgment determines if eternity awaits in heaven or hell. With that side‚ this play portrays many conflicts; lying‚ cheating‚ jealousy‚ and lust. Characters throughout this play accuse one another of witchcraft‚ in which the only punishment is death unless you confess. The actions that lead to the death of Giles Corey
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Will Power Will power the battle between good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ the power to say no or be able to quit when you say “I quit”. Will power‚ something not many people have a lot of but will power is how people chase their dreams or in xaivers case‚ survive he had the will power to control the morphine ‚ the mauser riffle ‚ and had the skills of snipping will power something that Elijah didn’t have. Morphine was first isolated in 1804 and has been used in every world war so far as an active
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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Crucible Act One 1. "So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom‚ lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in that statement? 2. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge." 3. Identify Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Betty. 4. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem? 5. Why is Thomas Putnam bitter? 6. Parris says‚ "Oh‚ Abigail
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In ’The Crucible’‚ Acts Three and Four‚ Arthur Miller has demonstrated female roles and dominance through the use of the themes: prejudice‚ paranoia and power. Moreover‚ Miller also utilises poetic and language devices to express the female roles in the times of the Salem witch-hunts and trials in the 1600s‚ as well as the ‘McCarthyist’ era in the 1950s. Firstly‚ Act Three leads on and constructs female dominance as a follow on from Act Two‚ the playwright than ‘morphs’ female dominance into female
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The Inner-Struggle for Revenge This research essay will study and interpret the subject of revenge and murder‚ especially of that in the play The Spanish Tragedy. The ultimate goal is to focus strongly on the revenge of Heironimo from Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy‚ his near obsession with the matter‚ and the internal struggle he suffers between praying to God for guidance and the desire to take matters into his own hands. The Spanish Tragedy was one of the most popular in its day; in fact‚ the
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the New World‚ shows that the Puritans’ “self-denial‚ their purposefulness‚ their suspicion of all vain pursuits‚ their hard-handed justice were altogether perfect instruments for the conquest of this space so antagonistic to man” (Miller 6). The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ describes the Salem witch trials during the seventeenth century. Numerous people were hung and jailed for being accused of witchcraft. In his work‚ Miller describes how a young girl‚ Abigail Williams‚ becomes the main accuser in
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The Crucible - Quotations Characters: Abigail Williams • Stage directions: an endless capacity for dissembling • “…and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” • “I’d almost forgot how strong you are‚ John Proctor!” • Stage directions: Winningly she comes a little closer‚ with a confidential‚ wicked air. • “I want to open myself! I want the light of God… I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the
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his own hands‚ while how he deals with sharing a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger shows a growth in Pi’s understanding of self. Pi’s journey results in both physical and spiritual growth as it allows him to discover where he fits into the world. The struggles Pi experiences in his journey reveal to him the weakness in his faith‚ but result in a greater appreciation for God. At the beginning of Pi’s time on the lifeboat‚ he finds himself abandoned by God. Martel uses the killing of Orange Juice to symbolize
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an immense possibility of backfiring in ways never dreamed of. In fact‚ the outcome of the situation at hand is sometimes made worse than it might have been if this course of action is taken. Arthur Miller demonstrates this in his tragic play The Crucible‚ by showing the reader that although giving in to feelings of vengeance is easy to do‚ choosing the path of forgiveness often leads to better results in the long run. The foremost way Miller relays this message is through the unethical relationship
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