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    together‚ this is how a relationship is formed and manipulated by occurrences and changes that happen in our lives. In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” he displays this concept through his literature. Life experiences may strengthen or weaken a relationship‚ which is shown through John’s marriage with Elizabeth being restored by the end and his affair with Abigail collapsing. The greatest relationship we can have is marriage. Marriage by definition‚ is the unification of two people. As a person becomes

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    Kareem Davy EN-102 Mrs. Christine Redman- Waldeyer 31 October 2015 The Devastation Greed can Brings in someone Life Greed is a bottomless pit which drains the person in an endless effort to satisfy their needs without ever reaching fulfillment. Various authors such as GUY DE MAUPASSANT (use lower case as needed)‚ James Joyce‚ Isabel Allende and John Steinbeck believe that greed creates a strong and intense selfish desire within you in which you will never be able to achieve satisfaction. In “The

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    In the opening scene of "The Crucible"‚ the playwright reveals insight into John and Elizabeths troubled marriage through Elizabeths subtle passive-aggressive gestures‚ Johns incoherent ramblings‚ and his emotional explosion at the end showing his frustration. Tension between the two immediately increases when John Proctor comes home late. Apparently‚ Elizabeth knows about Johns extramarital affair with Abigail. Elizabeths annoyance is seen when Proctor states‚ Oh‚ is it [a rabbit]! In Jonathans

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    November 2017 The CrucibleIn The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there is lots of scenes where mass hysteria is used by characters to exploit other people in the book. This is demonstrated in a story based off the Salem Witch Trials and a major problem in the McCarthy Era. Arthur Miller was living through this McCarthy Era where people were accused for being communists yet there was none. He wrote The Crucible based off the that. Mass hysteria is used within the story by Abigail‚ Hale‚ and Mary Warren to exploit

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    Reputation In The Crucible

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    Reputations are an enormous factor of one’s life in today’s society. They can affect one’s future‚ past‚ and present. In the novel‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ the characters John Proctor‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Reverend John Hale are the characters most concerned about their reputations. Because they are attempting to protect their prominence‚ each of them tend to act abnormally in the Puritan society. All of the characters tend to continuously lie about their sins. However‚ they do contrast

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    you must see it:” (Miller 102). The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows greed and vengeance of the Salem townspeople in 1692. Miller is trying to show the government what they are doing with the communism trials and why they are so unfair. The witch trials closely mimic the communist trials in that the root of it was selfishness and greediness. Most of these characters actually lived and some of these events actually happened. Arthur Miller wrote this play to show the people what was going on was wrong

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    Abigail Adams Leadership

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    Abigail Adams‚ an active letter writer‚ early feminist‚ and patriot‚ was an inspiring leader who used her intelligence and wit to open the doors for many significant things to come. Her accomplishments as a leader will never be forgotten and are very well respected. Every historical figure can be evaluated in different ways‚ using different criteria; but most people will agree that Abigail Adams contributed greatly to history‚ in providing both documentation and leadership. In assessing a leader

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    At the South Plantation High School production of “The Crucible”‚ the students took a new twist on modern acting. The entire production was done in American Sign Language (ASL) with only two people saying every person’s lines for him or her. Through this interesting interpretation‚ the actors/actresses were extremely talented at portraying emotion without uttering a single word. “The Crucible” is fictional play created in 1953 by Arthur Miller based off of the Salem witch trials in the 1690s.

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    Heroism In The Crucible

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    Several characters show heroism in Arthur Miller’s book the crucible but the one that shows the most heroism is John Procter. He is the one that causes the witch trials to start because he was having an affair with Abigail. Abigail wants him to leave his wife for her. And when he refuses to leave his wife for Abigail. Abigail gets hurt and will do anything to be with John Procter. One of the first places where John Procter shows heroism is when he tells Abigail “Abby‚ I may think of you softly from

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    Shirley And Abigail

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    actions of calling meetings and signing himself as project manager are the subject of Shirley’s discontent. In the case of Shirley and Abdul‚ looking at the cognitive‚ emotional‚ and behavioural dimensions aren’t in depth enough to truly understand where this conflict is coming from. To understand more in depth the motivation behind Shirley and Abduls conflict‚ Mayer (2012) proposes using the ‘Wheel of

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