was said by Cheever refering to John Proctor during the Salem which trials. Cheever was proving to the court John was commiting a sin. John Proctor was a hard working man in Salem. John is a sinner and a example is he plows fields on Sunday. He has an afair with a 17 year old girl named Abigail Williams. John Proctor and I are alike in multiple ways such as we both commited sins, are both outcast (or not like everyone eles), and very hard working. The first trait John and I have in commin are we are
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Proctor: These are all landholding farmers, members of the church. Delicately, trying to point out a paragraph: If you’ll notice, sir-they’ve known the women many years and never saw no sign they had dealings with the Devil” (Miller 75). In this part, John hands Danforth a piece of paper containing a bunch of names agreeing to Rebecca and Martha Corey’s good name and saying they had no correlation with the Devil. “Proctor, his voice about to break, and his shame great: In proper place-where my beasts
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In the novel “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” what sticks out to me the most is that the narrator is not the protagonist. You would think at first that Chief Bromden the one who is a “Chronic” would have a flawed mental state. However that is not the case because Bromden is adept at describing what he sees. He also sees the true intention of Nurse Ratched and pretends that he is deaf. What is surprising is that McMurphy the new admission is very happy to be in a hospital for the insane. I still
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“Curley’s wife moved away from him a little. ‘I think you’re nuts,’ she said” (Steinbeck 90). Lennie Small from Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is known for being different. Steinbeck implies that he has an intellectual disability. Lennie travels with his friend George during the time of the Great Depression, although it makes them more deviate. They share a dream about owning their own land with their own farm. Moreover, Curley’s wife realizes that there is a specific discrepancy between Lennie
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John Locke is a famous British philosopher of the 17th century. He was born in August 29, 1632 in the small town of Wrington, he later passed away on October 28, 1704. He received his early education at Westminster School and then at Christ Church, Oxford (a college). Much like Hobbes that came before him, he found little use for the Aristotelian philosophy taught. Having great success as a student, he later went on to hold several teaching roles the college. Often heralded as one of the founder
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Dreams Dreaming, it is a part of our human nature. As people we dream about many things such as things we want, love, happiness and many more. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, during the great depression, the characters of the novel dream about having a better life. These dreams inspire them to persevere through their harsh lives, but many unforeseen events cause the destruction of these dreams. The two big dreamers in the novel is the main characters; George and Lennie. They always dreamed
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Thirteen Hundred Rats by T. Coraghessan Boyle is a short story about a widower, who keeps rats as pets. The main character of the book Gerard Loomis has never had any pet but the tragic event in his life, the death of his wife, urges him to have a pet and he chooses comfort in rats. In this story, it is quite symbolic that after the death of his wife, he chooses rats as his pets because the author develops the metaphor that in a way, evokes the comparison between Gerard’s wife, who has just died
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interesting enough, the author of The Crucible, made some minor adjustments to the story will have more twists and turns that will grab the reader and show important aspects of the time period. The most drastic change in the crucible vs real life is that John Proctor, one of the main characters and Abigail did infact never have an affair. This kind of "love interest" or "forbidden love" is the juicy hook that a play evidently needs to grab theater audiences. (Gracyk) There is also no proof that Abigail
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“The Ultimate Value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival” (Aristotle). The Crucible was about the Salem witch trials which took place in 1692. Several young girls Cried that they were afflicted by witchcraft/ The devil, starting with Reverend Paris's daughter Betty. The afflicted girls accused people in the town of witchcraft, often choosing victims that were too poor to defend themselves or, wealth to take their land, livestock. Arthur miller
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Throughout the book Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses characters to foreshadowing his characters. Steinbeck uses theme to show the reality in his character. Like a character Lenny. Steinbeck shows us how people will work hard for their dreams, but no matter what something/ someone will try/will to take that dream from you. In Of Mice and Men, were Lenny would talk to George about how he will tend the rabbits and on a farm. Steinbeck says in his book, “Lennie kills the puppy and is afraid that George
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