Arthur Laffer

time of the Salem Witch Trials, religion was being the most important aspect, by which people lived by. It was the fear of witches and witchcraft that was a threat to society and the village. The character Abigail controls the rest of the girls in Arthur Miller's The Crucible through the use of fear. The girls are afraid of her, and perhaps for good reason. One specific incident that support this idea and happens early in Act I, was in Betty’s bedroom after the night of dancing naked in the…

required a knight of Arthur’s to chop his own head off, then he would get to return the favor to them. He then began to mock the knights calling them cowards due to the fact none of them would step up to the plate and accept the challenge. Then, with Arthur and Guinevere’s permission, Gawain rises from his seat and accepts the call of the Green Knight. He takes the axe from the giant knight and chops his head off. To the hall’s surprise, the body picked up the head and mounted the horse again.…

Literary Analysis of The Crucible In Arthur Miller's play the crucible there are several things that contribute to the development of themes of lies and deceit and fear. The main three being how the characters change through the course of the play,the way the setting develops and plot structure. Threw-out the Millers play many characters and how they develop contribute to the themes one such character is Elizabeth Proctor; in the beginning she was an honest and trustworthy person. Toward the…

Everyone knows the tale of King Arthur, but no one really understands why he was classified as a hero. Over the summer we had the chance to read The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck greatly expresses the fact that Arthur is a hero to his people and the land.He shows great bravery, selflessness, and intelligence. Arthur represents the values of a romantic hero in that particular society with qualities no one can compete with. Arthur was the baby of King…

for the heroic act and portrays the heroes as being pompous and arrogant. Monty Python is a parody that focuses on the humor of King Arthur as he and his knights search for the Holy Grail. King Arthur being the journey looking for knights to serve at the round table of Camelot. Typically knights were known for their bravery, chivalry and heroism. The knights King Arthur appointed were rather the least likely knights. They failed at their battles and ran in fear from danger like cowards. They…

Arthur Miller’s playwright, Death of a Salesman, reveals many of the insecurities and fears of the 20th century American self-made man. Miller expresses this modern paranoia through the fictional life of Willy Loman. As an elderly salesman, Willy’s career as an on-the-road salesman appears to be coming to a close. Willy hopes for stability in his later life through his past success and through his sons, Biff and Happy. The high standards that he raised himself and his sons on embodies his hopes…

Chivalry An Analysis of three main traits of Chivalry Knights have been around for hundreds of years, and many people recognize knights from medieval stories such as King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Although many may view a knight as being someone who wears heavy metal armor, and fights in wars is mistaken. Sure, knights do wear heavy armor and fight in wars, but knights also follow a common code. This common code is chivalry. Chivalry is a code which knights are courteous,…

When “The Analects” was released to Chinese culture many years ago, it began to shape their culture and society for the better. While Confucius was alive he did a measure of philosophy teachings, and he even wrote “The Analects. “The Analects” was a literary composition that consisted of Philosophical quotes from Confucius. Within “The Analects” Confucius uses analogies like the superior man, mean man, and gives examples of filial piety, while teaching his philosophy. Even though Confucius…

Death of a Salesman: An American Nightmare The playwright Arthur Miller takes us on a journey into the lives of the Loman family in the play Death of a Salesman set in post war Brooklyn 1949, when Americans are striving for the American Dream reaches full force. The play is taking place during the last twenty-four hours of Willy Lomans life. The Lomans are family that consists of Willy the father, Linda his wife, sons Biff and Happy. The play starts in a gloomy setting with the Loman’s home…

During the reading of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, I was often shocked by how misogynistic Nietzsche appeared. His declarations and defamations of women caused a great amount of discomfort while reading as I am a strong feminist and Nietzsche was apparently my nemesis. Throughout Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche offers several witty aphorisms pertaining to women such as “compare man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not have the genius for finery if she did not have…