Arthur Laffer

Salinger 's The Catcher in the Rye to Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, every intellectual has their own piece of work they deem a staple in English literature. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is also in this category. A man who was a didactic and a moralist, Miller has carved a name for himself through his work (Bryfonski 342). Arthur Miller, famous playwright and author of such works as: All My sons, Death of a Salesman, The The Crucible, and A View From a Bridge, was born in Harlem, New…

For decades, popular novels have been published and years later followed with a film. Although the movie tends to portray imagery, the course of events in the book tend to contrast to those of the film. This became abundantly clear when I read the book and watched the movie, The Natural. In both the novel and the film, we learn about the life of a baseball player named Roy Hobbs, who was born with a talent and was given the ability to pursue his goal of life. Although his mindset was determined…

Two Horrific Events Based on Lies The Salem Witch Trials ended with about 200 people being accused of “witchcraft”, and during the Red Scare, over a thousand people were accused of being part of the communist party. The Red Scare and the Salem Witch Trials may have happened centuries apart, but were very similar in many different ways. The McCarthy hearings and The Salem Witch Trials were two very horrific occurrences in America 's’ history that were based on lies and a complete lack of facts…

Should the broken dreams of a discriminated and disappointed father affect the dreams of an overjoyed and hopeful son? This is one of the main conflicts surrounding the play, Fences. Fences, by August Wilson, is set in 1950’s Pittsburgh and follows the lives of Troy Maxson and his son Cory Maxson. During this time some progress between race relations had been made such as sports were becoming integrated. However, this was before the civil rights movement and the south was still segregated and…

The Crucible: Test (Essay) The McCarthy trials of the 1950s were a troubling time for Americans. Trust had evaporated while paranoia flooded the population. Playwright Arthur Miller noticed a parallel between these trials and the Salem Witch Trials of pre colonial America. He authored a piece set in 1600s Salem, but the narrative’s purpose was to open people’s eyes to the atrocities being committed in present time. However, not only is the play itself an allegory for McCarthyism, but each…

The American Dream or Dreamt? In the realistic novella Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck paints a vivid picture of poverty stricken men struggling to make it by and pursuing their american dream. Steinbeck relates this American dream to two main characters, Lennie and George, as they travel in search of jobs, and chase their own american dream. The book takes place during the greatest economic depression ever to hit the states, the Great Depression. During this time many workers migrated…

Reflections of Societies throughout History When people invoke the name of Arthur, the hero of legend and myth, they often associate the name with King Arthur of Camelot, sitting around the round table along with his noble knights, Queen Guinevere, and mentor Merlin. However, Arthur was not always a King, nor did he have a round table or a magical druid that could see into the future to guide him. Instead, the Britain-hero Arthur is an example of an adaptation of a character with enough…

The Knight & Heroism Often when we think of the Middle Ages, we think of the medieval knights that existed in that era. These knights often followed the Code of Chivalry. The Code of Chivalry was an important aspect of knighthood. “The Code of Chivalry dictated that a Knight should be brave and fearless in battle, but would also exhibit cultured knightly qualities showing themselves to be devout, loyal, courteous and generous” (Medieval Life and Times). A knight was expected to follow this…

Can disastrous consequences happen when people act irrationally? That theme is in "the Crucibles", a story where the Salem Witch trials are taking place in Miller's perspective in correlations to McCarthyism. In addition, there are many different ways that Miller shows that theme. Miller displays that theme through Proctor and Abigail's relationship, their motivations and the actions made by Proctor and Abigail as a result of those two components. Miller displays that theme through Proctor and…

Many innocent people are killed in The Crucible. Arthur Miller is the author of The Crucible, this play about the witch trials that take place in Salem, Massachusetts. This is the result of people in Salem falsely accusing other citizens. Some names that come up when talking about who is ultimately to blame for the deaths of those innocent Puritans during the witch hunt are, the Putnams, Reverend Parris, Governor Danforth, and Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam was focused on assigning blame to others…