In the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses literary elements such as diction and symbolism to portray his theme of of moral and cultural decay, brainwashing, and drug dependency in politics and society. Huxley uses “ford’ throughout the novel as their version of “god.” This symbolism relates back to the assembly line and the use of humans to equip a certain object. Their utopian society is decaying and crumbling at the seams by “living” like robots. Religion is repetitive but almost non existent
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were accused of being a witch. They were doing the devil's work and 20 of them were executed. Similarity and difference of the Salem Witch Trials and the Muslims. Muslims are being accused of something they did not do. In the Crucible They are being accused of doing the terrorist attacks. In the Salem Witch Trials, women were being accused of being witches. They compare by both of them are being accused.They both are being accused of something they did not do. People are accusing
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Elizabeth Proctor experiences this sort of change throughout Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. She is very cold when we first see her in the play and changes to be much more open by the end. Moments when she changes happen all throughout the play, but a majority of it is not shown until act 4. However, she does have a few specific moments where you can really see the change in her character. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor changes from being very cold, accusing, and dismissive towards
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In Arthur Millers, The Crucible, the Salem witch trails occurred. In Salem, while the Salem witch trials were occurring, the citizens tell many lies. This is one thing that led to the mass hysteria that defined the Salem witch trials. It also led to many conflicts between the characters in this book. This is because in the eyes of the puritans anyone who was involved in “witchcraft” was against the church and thought to be communicating with Satan and deserved death. One of the conflicts that occurred
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To many people, colors have meaning alongside their beauty. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, colors, specifically red, yellow and gold, and blue, have intricately crafted meanings. S.E Hinton gave the colors meaning and made it so that read symbolizes anger, violence, danger, pain, fear, and heat. Gold is meant to be associated with comfort, warmth, things Ponyboy admires, and precious thing Ponyboy has lost. Blue is tied to coldness, in means of both temperature and personality, death, and lack of
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a great responsibility, the responsibility of maintaining that reputation through actions of right and wrong. One’s actions can overall result in a truthful representation of one's reputation, or the falsity behind one's lies. In the tragedy, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, reputation motivates one's actions, whether right or wrong, to ultimately derive in life, or death. The idea of reputation can persuade someone to create lies, in hopes to achieve his or her desired position within the community
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Judge Dee lived during the Tang dynasty and was a favorite of Empress Wu Zetian. He was famous for being a just magistrate, and was popular amongst the people. The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee translated by Robert Van Gulik takes us on a journey to see how he used Confucian and legalist principles to assist him in solving three mysteries: The Case of the Double Murder at Dawn, The Case of the Strange Corpse, and the Case of the Poisoned Bride. Judge Dee was a good magistrate who successfully upheld
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about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.” The quote expresses how honor is more about accepting the mistakes made and standing up to fix them instead of living life to a perfect image. In the classic playwright, The Crucibles, Arthur Miller demonstrates the chivalrous actions of others due to the witch trials. This quote can be applied to the protagonist, John Proctor who shows honor when he confesses of being an adulterer and chooses to hang with his friends. Primarily
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The Impact of Power in The Crucible Power can be influential and critical to society, but when people have too much power they have a sense of determination and fearlessness. When their power is threatened, it enables them to do anything and everything to maintain it. The Crucible by Arthur Miller describes the Salem witch trials. The play begins with Abigail Williams and her friends dancing in the woods. In an attempt to get John Proctor, after he ended their affair, Abigail curses his wife Elizabeth
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In Arthur Millers play, The Crucible, many themes are displayed through his writing. One of the main themes in his piece is the idea of conformity. There are so many situations that people conform in, some of which include; trying to fit in, not knowing what is the right thing to do, and often time people conform due to fear. Fear is something that can cause you to make both good and bad decisions. In The Crucible, fear is one of the main reasons for conformity, there are many reasons for why this
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