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    of the time period in which it was written, and because of the authors’ changes to the legend. Two versions of the legend of Lancelot that include differences compared to one another are “Sir Lancelot Du Lake” (Pre 1600) by Thomas Deloney and King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Post…

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    Crucible strongly represents the power and the powerlessness among the characters. To understand the powerful and powerless characters can simply help the audience to understand the story. There are many literal evidences of power and powerlessness that Arthur Miller had provided in the Crucible. The Crucible describes a phenomenon of witchcraft trial happened in Salem, around late 1600’s and early 1700’s. In Salem, many girls began ill and town people believed that there is witchcraft among…

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    As stated in the foreword of Mlajov’s Selection from Chrétien of Troyes, Lancelot, stories of courtly love were told to highlight the journey of a knight’s quest toward an “unattainable” woman. With the rise of this type of secular literature, it was common for the aristocracy of society to wish to produce their own tales. Marie of Champagne wished to modify older, traditional stories of a young knight’s legendary quest for a queen by elaborating them with the values of chivalry and courtly love…

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    emotion that can cause people to do irrational things in order to escape the pain, in The Crucible, fear motivates the creation of lies leading the corruption of the highest form of government, causing outrage in the Puritan society. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams says, Now look you. All of you, we danced. And Tituba conjured Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will…

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    Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952. It takes place in Salem, Massachusetts when a group of girls go dancing with a black girl named Tituba. The minister, Reverend Parris, caught the girls dancing around a fire. When they noticed they got caught, Parris’s daughter Betty, fell into a coma. The town’s people started saying the girls were committing witchcraft. But the girls insisted that they were just simply dancing. John Proctor had an affair in the past with one of the girls, Abigail, and…

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    Arthur Miller was born in New York City on October 17, 1915. Miller began his work as a play writer in the early stages of his life. Miller won multiples prizes for his outstanding work. He produced his first success, All My Sons, in 1947. Two years later, in 1949, Miller wrote Death of a Salesman, which won the Pulitzer Prize and transformed Miller into a national sensation. While he studied as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, he began research on the witch trials which led to…

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    The Crucible Title Essay

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    English proves to be a difficult language because numerous words have more than one meaning to them. Some of those include run, call, and even quail. The context of the story or sentence helps the audience figure out which meaning best fits that situation. A title such as The Crucible can give the reader an insight to what the play will be about. Miller gives The Crucible this title because of the parallelism with its meaning to what happens in the story. His title displays this from the…

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    Stannis Baratheon Theory

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    Stannis Baratheon is cited as the King in the Narrow Sea and attempts to take the Iron Throne from the current ruling family. During his attempt to rebuild his powerbase by conquering other Kingdoms, one of his rivals to his claim of the throne sets fire to his camp which results in a loss of food, soldiers and horses. The Red Witch advises a human sacrifice to the Lord of Light, whom is a form of God; However, the human sacrifice must be his beloved daughter, in order to gain the Lord’s favour.…

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    The Crucible Essay 19 people accused, 400 in jail, and 72 hanged.. but almost all were innocent. The crucible in the salem village showed many different themes. Arthur Miller in the crucible uses courage, weakness, and truth as thematic concepts to help the reader relate to the struggles of the characters. Weakness came about for the poor, John Proctor showed much courage throughout the book, and truths were to be made in court. To begin with, weakness was shown as a thematic concept in the book…

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    Tristan Fryer English IV Mr. Saleeba October 4, 2017 King Arthur King Arthur was a great leader in his stories for multiple reasons. One of the greatest reasons was he led from the front. Another reason he was a great leader was that he was honorable. The last reason as to why he was a good leader was that he was imaginative. For these reasons he was a great king and a great general. King Arthur always led from the front and fought from the front. A reason as to why this made him a good…

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