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    The Crucible The Crucible is a movie that stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Bruce Davison, Joan Allen, Rob Campbell, and Robert Breuler. The historic movie takes place in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692. The Crucible is a tragedy and allegory. The Crucible is surely a movie for those who love drama. The film begins with Reverend Paris finds his daughter, Betty, with his niece, Abigail Williams, and many of the other girls from town dancing in the woods with his slave, Tituba. His…

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    Has a story about you ever been twisted? the Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the Red scare in the Mccarthyism era; in both stories people feared something whether it was witchcraft or communism. they also have people that twist the story to benefit themselves or others, and exaggerated rumors or lies just to help themselves or hurt others. Something as little as fear in people could really be big. Communism in the time period was really bad, people had thought that it was going to…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    The book was widely accepted and popular , because Arthur was the image of medieval king. And soon it reflected in French versions of Arthurian legends. There are a lot of manuscripts and books about Arthur, which is written in quite difficult Latin language. The book of Geoffrey is different from others because he didn’t write about love and chivalry, but Arthur’s warfare, he described the king as if people could love him , like him. Apart Arthur’s military success he imitated idea of medieval…

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    “Death of a Salesman” written by Arthur Miller is a short story about two characters, Willy Loman and his son Biff Loman. At the beginning of the story, Willy and Linda, Willy’s wife, talk to each other about Willy finding a job close to his home city, New York, since Linda is worried about Willy’s because he had an accident. Willy feels happy when he imagines about the past the past when his son, Biff, was a quarterback with potential to make it to professional level. Willy and Biff have…

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    Willy Loman’s Strengths People each have their own strengths, but sometimes those same strengths are also their weaknesses. In Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, character Willy Loman had many strengths throughout the play that worked against him. The author uses Willy’s character to show that a person’s greatest strengths can also be their weaknesses that can undo everything that they hope to accomplish in life. Willy worked hard his entire life to become a success, but it was those…

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    Throughout Medieval times, women have been thought to be the cause of problems for men. Also, there are examples from the Bible, in which it is evident that this statement may be true. This thought is displayed in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written by Pearl Poet and translated by Jessie L. Weston. Although Sir Gawain survived the challenge, he feels that he has lost the battle with the Green Knight. He tells the Green Knight that his downfall and of all mankind’s problems can be blamed…

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    history; however, King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percivale, and Sir Gawain show what it truly means to be a noble knight. All of the legendary characters have different legends and characteristics that stand for something that has a purpose or reason to why classes still find them important to learn about to this day. To start with, the notable King Arthur was by far the most influential legendary character of all time. He had many knights that were underneath…

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