...Mr. Clark, Comp. 1 Formal Essay #1 (Final Draft) 02.09.11 Paycheck-to-Paycheck A popular phrase when out with friends is “I’m so broke.” However, it’s just a figure of speech, right? Most of us are fortunate enough to be well off with finances and have the luxury to have a little shopping spree here and there occasionally. But for the Millers that’s not the case at all. They have to live paycheck-to-paycheck and barely make ends meet. The town of Wanaque, New Jersey is very small, three miles long to be exact. But in this small town there are all types of social and economic classes from very poor to very wealthy. A family with a set of twins and another child just hitting elementary school would certainly be affected by this economy, yet the Millers still fight to keep their family functional. People take many things for granted like food, water, and shelter. Most of us can simply pay our utilities bills, sleep under a safe roof, and go grocery shopping when your refrigerator is empty. For the Millers it’s a different story. Anna Miller, mother of three, works part-time as a nanny for two homes and in retail. Eric Miller has been working at the same job for the past six years, and although he gets a holiday bonus every Christmas, he has never gotten a raise. Their three kids, twins Jason and Justin, and third child Jared are all attending the middle school in town. The family lives on the outskirts of our town in a neighborhood that’s not so great. They live in...
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...Explore the ways in which Arthur Miller presents the character of between his entrance and Parris’ line ‘What happened?’ in Act 1 Miller presents the character Proctor as a character that is isolated form the Salem Community by choice as he does no believe that there is witch craft nor does he like the way Revlon Parris leads the service. Act one is when Miller first shows the audience Proctor and Abigail alone together in the play at Parris house. The way in which Miller decides the actions towards each org and their speech shows they once had feeling for each other. Miller uses colloquial language within their convosation which indicates to the audience that the feelings may still be their between them. The use of the speech," Give me a word, john, a soft word..." Conveys to the audience Abigail lust and desire for Proctor , the response from Proctor is the falling of his smile, which indicates the past haunts him and therefore he must try to rid of it. The audience can see that Proctor knows what is right but is finding it hard to move of from the past affair he had with her. Proctor trying to rid such feelings for her shows to the audience that he knows the has made a huge mistakes and is trying to fix this; therefore making him appeal to the audience as many could relate. Also Miller makes the audience sense the determination from Proctor and the want to change his ways. This can be seen in " I would cut of my hand before I ever reach for you again." The noun "ever"...
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...Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York on October 17th, 1915. He was raised in a moderate household, but lost everything during the Wall Street Crash in 1929. After the crash, he and his family moved to Brooklyn. Arthur worked through his troubles so that he could attend college at the University of Michigan. In college he wrote for the student paper and was in the play called, No Villain. Miller was inspired by one of his professors named, Kenneth Rowe. He was inspired by his approach of playwriting, and wanted to begin his career. He wrote the play, The Man Who Had All The Luck. This play closed after only four performances into the season because of terrible reviews, but six years later, he wrote the play All My Sons, which was a tremendous achievement for him, and achieved the tony award for it. He had many other achievements as well. He wrote the story “Death of A Salesmen,” in less than one day, and was loved by so many people in the theatre. This play won many different awards. Miller married Marilyn Monroe, who starred in the screenplay called “The Misfits,” After leaving his first wife, Mary Slattery. However, in 1961 miller and Monroe were divorced. Lastly he married another woman who was a photographer from Austria. Her name was Inges Morath. They had two children together named Rebecca and Daniel. Daniel had Down syndrome. Miller wanted nothing to do with his son, and asked that he be excluded from the family’s personal life. One of the main stories that...
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...Power of Success The unflinching conflict of obtaining success is eloquently portrayed throughout Arthur Millers “Death of a Salesman”. In this modern tragedy, Miller successfully depicts the human condition in midst of denying failure. The play unfolds around a washed- up salesman named Willy Loman, whose obsession with reaching concrete evidence of success, creates unfortunate repercussions on his family, and himself. Willys conviction that a man must not only be like, but he must be well liked (Miller, 1250), along with his uninterrupted focus on prominence, reflects on his two sons, Biff and Happy, as he infuses them with values of social status as well as future success. Willy’s sense of self value depends on the response of others. Such gestures of recognition provide signals that society is a comfortable home for him, one where he hopes to make his sons as happily at ease as he (Jacobson, 249). This is doubtlessly a mirage of security for Willy, as he desperately suppresses his inner motions of regret, and refuses to embrace his conscious identity. Ultimately, Willy Lomans self- delusion of success disabled him to obtain his true identity, and influence a displacement of identity in his sons. Most people in today’s society develop a constant necessity to better their lives, as well the quality of life for their family. For many, this necessity stems from their core beliefs of what a comfortable life should contain in our society, along with secure elements for their...
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...Death of a salesman Death of a salesman shows the American dream from a good point of view. It shows it from a family and how there’s nothing can stop you from becoming what you want to be and do what you what you do as long as you set your mind to it. America is country founded by free people who travelled from countries whit classes, to start not just a country but also a place where people are their own fortune. They don’t grow op whit the mindset that you are in the class your put in like the most of Europe does, they grow up believing in themselves and their values. It might sound as if it’s only happy days, but as Arthur Miller shows through Willy Loman, that if you don’t have the right means for it, your more likely to fail than succeed. Like Willy Loman, many almost got brainwashed by overprotecting parents into believing that it will happen at some point, and they won’t let go of that thought, until they eventually end up whit nothing, and only realizes that’s it isn’t going to happen, when it’s to late. But I’m not saying that it’s the same for everybody, if you take Biff Loman for an example. He go’s through of crisis of self-knowledge, because he realizes that the American dream is a booster, and it’s not for everyone. He uses a long time to figure out who he is and what he want’s to do with his life, and he eventually does, and you can see the brainwash because Willy have filled him with hot air all this time, and it takes a drastic change for him to realize...
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...Dream” is to know that in order to achieve these things in life you must work hard to succeed. Miller made this obvious by showing both success and failure. Willy Loman and his family had great dreams, but did not work hard to make them become reality. Willy and his family expected these things to happen on their own with little effort. As Willy’s nephew Bernard pushed Biff to put effort in his schooling, Willy and Biff just blew it off as though it was nothing. Biff expected his football skills to be enough to succeed, which he later found out wasn’t true at all. Bernard became very successful and Biff was the opposite. He didn’t do anything in his life and became nobody. Willy is another example; he expected good expected good things to come in life without effort. He expected his children to become successful so they could support him, but instead they became bums. The stress of not being able to pay bills and the failure of his children was so unbearable that he became absorbed in the past. Often oblivious to what was going on around him. Willy also became suicidal, constantly crashing his car and he also had a short rubber pipe that connected to the gas pipe on the water heater. From the given examples I believe that Miller did “speak” to the people by showing that things in life don’t always go as expected and you must work hard to achieve success. Arthur Miller maintained that Death of a Salesman was a tragedy. Although Death of a Salesman was serious, about...
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...in Meaning Throughout James' “Daisy Miller: A Study” I have neither given nor received help on this work, nor am I aware of any infraction of the Honor Code. ------------------------------------------------- Date: Signature: Critics of Henry James' “Daisy Miller: A Study” largely focus on main characters, such as Daisy, Winterbourne, or Mrs. Walker. In his preface to the novel, James exemplifies how Daisy defies society's objective to confine women in a rigid sphere, describing her as “... a child of nature and of freedom...” (James 267). In her critic, Dunbar demonstrates how James' international theme comes in effect as Mrs. Walker turns her back to Daisy, declaring, “Mrs. Walker, whose cutting of Daisy seals the young girl's social doom, is in the revision given symbolic value by references to her as ʻthe voice of civilized societyʼ...” (Dunbar, 314). In another critic, Kennedy elucidates Winterbourne's willingness to classify Daisy, stating, “But why is Winterbourne so obsessively determined to categorize Daisy in the first place when his interest clearly extends beyond what would be aroused by an anomaly in his mental filing cabinet?” (Kennedy). Those critics however, omit Randolph Miller, whose meaning in the novel cannot be overlooked. Introduced early in the novel, Randolph Miller's meaning for the whole plot seems limited. However, him requesting lumps of sugar enables Winterbourne to introduce himself to Daisy Miller. Furthermore, Winterbourne uses Randolph...
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...I gave a four-star rating to "Sin City," the 2005 film based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller. Now, as I deserve, I get "300," based on another work by Miller. Of the earlier film, I wrote prophetically: "This isn't an adaptation of a comic book, it's like a comic book brought to life and pumped with steroids." They must have been buying steroids wholesale for "300." Every single male character, including the hunchback, has the muscles of a finalist for Mr. Universe. Both films are faithful to Miller's plots and drawings. "300," I learn, reflects the book almost panel-by-panel. They lean so heavily on CGI that many shots are entirely computer-created. Why did I like the first, and dislike the second? Perhaps because of the subject matter, always a good place to start. "Sin City," directed by Robert Rodriguez and Miller, is film noir, my favorite genre, taken to the extreme. "300," directed by Zack Snyder, is ancient carnage, my least favorite genre, taken beyond the extreme. "Sin City" has vividly- conceived characters and stylized dialogue. "300" has one-dimensional caricatures who talk like professional wrestlers plugging their next feud. The movie involves a legendary last stand by 300 death-obsessed Spartans against a teeming horde of Persians. So brave and strong are the Spartans that they skewer, eviscerate, behead and otherwise inconvenience tens of thousands of Persians before finally falling to the weight of overwhelming numbers. The lesson is that the Spartans...
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...Hey, Facebook and Twitter friends and fellow comic enthusiasts. I’ve just discovered a new web site where you can contact comic legends and up and coming stars in the comic industry. Virtual Inks Inc. was founded by legend, and 29 year veteran artist/inker Mark McKenna. Mark has worked for Marvel & DC and has inked and penciled over 500 comics in his career. He’s been behind some of our favorite characters' greatest appearances. His lines are fluid and contrasting; they refine any pencils he is inking. He has a knack for making anything he touches simply better. The studio includes artist Victor Castro who is new to comics, but has a style that is reminiscent of the modern age of comics. He uses a blend of many artist of that genre, including John Byrne, Walter Simonson, John Romita and Sal Busema. Victor is a man of many talents, he has the capabilities to be able to take a project in any phase and bring it to completion. Victor is working now on the Hero’s Initiative project “X-Men Battle of the Atom” Finally there are two up and coming artist that will someday be the glue to the comic world. Whether it be through web comics, digital or print you will soon know their names. Nikkol Jelenic is an up and coming female artist whose talent is raw but refined. She’s an amazing young talent who has a bright future. Her style is like that of a young Rob Liefeld or Erick Larsen. She has a raw grit like David Mack. The final artist in the studio is Michael Openhiemer. Michael is...
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...is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!” (Miller 1333). The Puritans highly value the quality of having a good reputation. John Proctor would rather die than have his name ruined for a lie. He does not want to ruin the Proctor name for him or his descendants, so he decides to honor the truth and be hanged. John does not want his name publicly ruined: “Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church” (Miller 1332). John Proctor signed his name and confessed to witchcraft in front of the judges. Then they told him they would post the confession on the church, for everyone to see. After that, John ripped up the confession. He does not want the whole town to believe the lie that he was involved with witchcraft. If everyone in the town knows then his good name will be spoiled, and he will not be able to live a normal life. Proctor wasn’t the only one to get caught up in their reputation in the midst of the hysteria consuming...
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...Persecutions can tear a society apart! One book that displays a torn society is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This story is about the Salem witch trials in the late 1600s. The Salem society in The Crucible is a great example of the theme, persecution of the innocent destroys society, because of the blame of innocent people, lying to save’s one life, and factionalism in the community. Many people have been accused of something they didn’t do, it has happened in the past will happen in the future. That is one of the fastest ways to get people all worked up. Abigail gets so worked up when Reverend Parris asks what she was concealing that she shrieks, “She made...
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..."The Crucible" Hanging Ending? "The Crucible" was a 1953 play written by Arthur Miller that focuses in on Salem Massachusetts in the breaking point of the 1690's. This work was written to not only inform but to demonstrate the hard times and wrong doings of the Salem witch trials. Miller wrote the play to show the people McCarthyism in its full depth. Having Miller speak his voice in the form of a play write he rose some red flags for many other Authors and pushed them to make works about the issue. Let's just take a look into some of the major discussion topics that make Crucible the great work it is today. My initial thoughts and reactions after finishing "The Crucible" were grief and I felt cheated.It ends completely when John Proctor (our protagonist) is hanged publicly (Miller 1073). John Proctor was a simple and humble man that made one mistake and it haunted him until the day of his death. All of this being said Proctor fits perfectly into Aristotle's concept of being a tragic hero because Proctor is haunted throughout the whole play about one mistake he made, this being the affair with Abigail Williams. Us as...
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...Behaviours and actions sometimes have undisclosed meanings that lead one to think they will attain some sort of advantage over someone else. These kind of ulterior motives may come about from fear or jealousy and often can result in negative consequences. In 1962 a witch hunt in the town of Salem was held. In The Crucible, Parris feels like he needs to be in control and tries to maintain a moral order. Abigail is a young girl longing for a relationship with a married man named Proctor. Miller demonstrates that ulterior motives can lead to the destruction of relationships and even the demise of a community shown through Parris’ need for a positive reputation and Abigail’s mischief against Elizabeth Proctor. Firstly, Miller exposes the...
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...Crucible displays the theme by showing aggressive and passionate tones. Shouting from the accused at trials shows how bad the hysteria was. Also, the girls screaming at the sights of pretend spirits shows that the language in the play fuels the theme of mass hysteria ripping apart the town. Elizabeth and John Proctor confessing their faults about their marriage to each other and how their hearts are ripped apart because of the hysteria throughout the town. The language that John and Elizabeth Proctor use expresses the theme even more. The language, whether gentle and kind or aggressive and dreadful, it helps convey the theme of hysteria can rip apart a town. The theme of The Crucible is displayed through the authorial intent of symbolism. Miller uses a poppet to symbolize voodoo and witchcraft. Voodoo because the girls were “controlled” by the plot for revenge and hatred. Next, this poppet conveys the theme of, hysteria can rip apart a town because it was stabbed with a needle and that’s what witchcraft did to this town. Witchcraft accusations came into the town and like the needle punctured the town and ruined a perfectly functioning society. The author’s intent of using the doll as symbolism expresses the theme even more along with the language usage. Lastly, the theme of mass hysteria can happen anywhere is extended through characterization in The Crucible. First, the author uses the character John Proctor, the hysteria tears apart John Proctor because he has to decide whether...
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...Having someone executed for a false accusation is an extremely horrid offense. Although, in 1692 to 1693, it was a trend upon the people of Salem. Arthur Miller specifically wrote The Crucible about The Red Scare so this generation could know how there was a lack of knowledge among the men and women in the court. “It would probably never have occurred to me to write a play about the Salem witch trials of 1692 had I not seen some astonishing correspondences with that calamity in the America of the late 40s and early 50s. My basic need was to respond to a phenomenon which, with only small exaggeration, one could say paralyzed a whole generation and in a short time dried up the habits of trust and toleration in public discourse,” Miller states...
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