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Uses of Fear in Society Fear makes societies act in a chaotic manner. They will do anything to save themselves and the ones they love no matter the consequence. Civilians will cling to any chance of salvation when in despair. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Governor Danforth uses fear to scare innocent civilians into pleading guilty to witchcraft. Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” includes gruesome details clarifying what would happen if the sinners didn’t…

Times are a changin. It is no surprise that people think differently now than the generation before them, the generation before that generation, let alone thousands of generations before that. Many people from today to back in the medieval times had very different views on what life what about, how you should treat other and yourself, religion, and most of all, chivalry. Chivalry is codes you live by. For example,in King Arthur's time chivalry was made up of these ideas. 1.) Be courageous, 2.)…

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…

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, was a fictional story filled with lots of drama. It was about one village that had some people that got accused of witchcraft which was against their religion. Some people in the village were accused of witchcraft without proof, and some that were accused were innocent. Some people in the village found out that there were some young girls dancing in the woods and accused them witchcraft. In their village at that time witchcraft was against their…

symbolism in literature. However, the relevance of the bible is recognized, but not as commonly studied. In the Puritan era, one simply could not retain a solid reputation in a community without having a steadfast faith. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller that tells a horrific tale pertaining to the witch trials. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a short poem that describes God’s desire to extinguish the human race. This kind of sermon was commonplace in the Puritan era, and…

King Arthur is a legendary. He is a British leader. He became King by pulling a sword out of a rock. All over the world lots of strong men went to pull the sword out of the stone but they couldn't pull it out. Then one day Arthur went to pull it out and he did. This was one myth the other one is the "Lady in the lake". It is when Arthur went to pull out the sword the lady in the lake helped Arthur pull the sword out. The word “chivalry” connected to the Knights of the Round…

achieve. Unfortunately, in the beginning Gawain lacks the ambition, resilience and bravery in his own respects to achieve such a feat, becoming content in his family’s achievements to reflect his own. Nevertheless, after the Green Knight approaches King Arthur, whose silence and uncertainty is mocked by the Green Knight, he sees an opportunity to establish himself as a knight, and adamantly accepts his challenge. Though the Green Knight is portrayed as an individual malevolent with his intent…

After a semester of reading and being in this english class, I have certainly learned from The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Reading through the many complications women were facing during the Salem Witch Trials had me think about what I should be saying about others.The young girl Abigail had made up false accusations that not only ruined many Women's lives, but almost ruined the town. Many people were even hung because this young girl wanted to stay out of trouble. This situation I he story made…

Chester Arthur, the 21st U.S. president, took office after the demise of President James Garfield. As president from 1881 to 1885, Arthur upheld for common administration change. A Vermont local, he wound up plainly dynamic in Republican legislative issues in the 1850s as a New York City attorney. In 1871, a period of political machines and support, Arthur was named to the effective position of traditions authority for the Port of New York. He later was expelled from the activity by President…

Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a young mother by the name of Hester Prynne becomes impregnated by one of the Puritan’s highest ministers, Arthur Dimmesdale. As this impregnation, has occurred outside of marriage, Hester is put high on a scaffold so the Puritan community can know the face of one of its sinners. However, as Arthur Dimmesdale is a community religious leader, he is believed to be the purest of the pure, the most sinless by this conservative society, and other…