Arthur Waley

Arthur evidently struggles dealing with the impossibility of truth, an inherent post-modern theme that fondly parallels the resistance people deploy over the lack of an unchanging objective reality. He becomes deeply perplexed about the role of his father’s forgery in his life for a multitude of contradicting reasons. The idea that we have a text mediated subjectivity is a concept Arthur permeates throughout The Tragedy of Arthur, as he inevitably becomes the text despite his resistance to it.…

Lying comes naturally because it keeps telling others the truth, knowing the relationship between two people may suffer. In The Crucible written in 1953 by Arthur Miller, characters are prone to lie not just to themselves, but also to their own friends. The Salem Witch Trials prosecuted around eighty people to death for suspecting to be in contact with the Devil. Miller displays the major consequence for lying which results in death at the end. Characters in The Crucible lie in hopes of saving…

The Crucible when people who had no connection with witches or any association with witchcraft were being falsely accused of preforming it. The book and the history from the 1950’s have many parallels, John Proctor can be seen as a representation of Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible and the Hollywood community feared communism like the people of Salem feared witchcraft. In the book The Crucible, many people were falsely accused of performing witchcraft and put on…

Morte Darthur, Malory covers a lengthy period of time with few words through the narratives of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Throughout the text, Malory does not waste words on smooth transitions, instead bluntly marking the beginning and end of each tale. These blunt and straightforward transitions are a classic trait of Malory’s writings. Though Malory draws from the French tales of Arthur and his knights, Malory does not choose to approach the narrative in the poetic format as…

I Am Mordred is a novel based on Mordred who is the son of King Arthur of Camelot and his sister, Queen Morgause of Lothian. After Mordred was born, King Arthur found out Mordred was fated, by Merlin, to kill him. With this knowledge, King Arthur makes a decree to have all babies set out in coracles to be killed. The coracle Mordred was in was found by a fisherman and Mordred was the only baby alive among the many he was sharing the coracle with. They take him in and when he is only 6, a woman…

The Crucible is a play based on the 17th century Salem witch hunts. It is also a parable for the events in McCarthy’s era. The play is about people who are wrongly accused of helping the devil. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller and was first performed in 1953, New York. It is set in a puritanical society where the people believe in hard work and little luxury. Their life is based around God, the bible and the ‘Ten Commandments.’ Pride and integrity are extremely important to them.…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller many characters are responsible for the outcome of the story. The Crucible is about three teenage girls who are caught dancing in the woods. Dancing was not allowed in Salem in 1692 and they knew that they would be punished. To avoid their punishment they accuse others of making them do it by using witchcraft. Innocent people are hanged because of the lie they made. This starts the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail Williams, one of the girls in the woods, is most…

Mark Crilley is a illustrator and an author that creates Manga. He creates his Manga as author and illustrator because his drawings are great, and he was an English teacher in his previous career so he is a pretty talented writer as well (Crilley, 2007). He is a Manga artist that has the supplies he needs and be able to spread his work across the world. Mark Crilley created a new style of Manga art, which can be found in video games and books, and inspired other Manga artists try this unique…

Normally dancing around the fire isn’t a bad idea, rewind to the 17th century and you’re in for a lot of drama. Depicted first as a play written by Arthur Miller, The Crucible was later developed into a movie in 1996 directed by Nicholas Hytner. The movie portrays a series of events based on true incidents that happened in Salem, Massachusetts 1962 as the Salem witch trials came to be. Starting out with the opening scene, young girls begin to dance around a fire, summoning spirits among those…

The preservation of reputation is the major theme in The Crucible. Arthur Miller writes The Crucible in a way that compares aspects of puritan society to modern life and makes the story relatable. Pointing the finger and shifting the blame is human nature and dates back to Adam and Eve. Everybody has witnessed blame and finger pointing in their lives which is why this story is so relatable. Though still wrong in today's culture, adultery and being accused of witchcraft, are not punishable by…