Elizabeth of York

Making Connections: The Crucible and A Simple Plan Text to text Text to self Text to world Common theme: Through the development of different characters in both novels the authors reveal how greed eventually results in problems. When I was younger my older sister would always mess with me by telling me that my toys had monsters inside them. When she wanted to take one of my toys she would tell me that it was actually an evil monster which would scare me into not using the toy anymore. She knew…

Have you ever been so involved in discovering the truth about something that you let public opinion cloud your judgement? One of the protagonists in The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, was brought down by listening to the people around him instead of looking at the facts right under his nose. Reverend Hale was brought to Salem to investigate witchcraft, and he is motivated to find justice. His flaws of being easily manipulated, lack of clarity with morals, and overconfidence have led…

The Crucible Final Essay In the novella of The Crucible by Arthur Miller we all have gone through experiences that dealt with stress and pressure. The experience that I have gone through recently is learning how to drive. During this time I had a lot of anxiety and I felt as if I were under lots of pressure to get my license. A lot of my friends have already gotten theirs. I felt it was time for me to get mine. The people who I needed to help me was my parents. My dad was the first one to help…

The Crucible – Elizabeth Proctor’s Monologue It is night outside. The town’s marshal, Herrick, leads Elizabeth Proctor through a dilapidated corridor in Salem’s jails. Thick, heavy chains link Elizabeth’s hand together, yet she walks with her head held high. Other accused sit forlornly in their own cells; barely looking up as Herrick and Elizabeth pass. The pair halts outside an empty cell and wordlessly motions for Elizabeth to enter. Shutting the cell door and locking it, Herrick leaves down…

and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett and Charlotte Lucas have contrary ideals when it comes to marriage. Elizabeth wants to marry for love, passion and happiness. While Charlotte wants to marry for wealth, social standing and security. With very different views on marriage reoccuring in the book, it is clear that marriage is an exceedingly prominent theme throughout the novel. It is shown through exceptionally diverse point of views that are contrastable between two women. Elizabeth and Charlotte…

Art teaches you to think outside the box. In my discussion in module six, Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) was abstract and avant-garde, a completely new art style unheard of in America. When change first happens, there is typically always backlash. People do not like change and immediately consider foreign ideas to be written off as “weird” or unlikeable. But as time wears on and someone says something good about it, people follow like a herd and open their minds little by…

Vykupistof (Redeemed one)
Redemption can be defined as being forgiven for your actions done onto yourself or others. In the novel Crime and Punishment the author Dostevesky teaches us that you must go through extreme self reflectance and harm to be redeemed for your actions. But you must also feel true sympathy for what you did. Dostevesky does a amazing job of showing us different characters going through redemption of avoiding redemption. This novel shows us that self realization, forgiveness…

This story begins with “My Madonna cried” This young woman starts to walk around as an older woman shows particular interest in the Madonna. As she and the lady start talking it reminds her that she is near the prison where she goes to visit her mother Manman. Jacqueline seems to not be able to communicate with her mom as she wants to say something, but no words are coming out of her mouth. The food that Jacqueline brings her mother can last up to two weeks as her mother explains. She looks…

Through the use of characterization and absurd language, Wilde mocks the value given to social institutions in the Victorian upper-class society. Specifically, he satirizes the socially constructed role of the family, religion and marriage. Lady Bracknell’s characterization and Jack’s family story satire the importance of the family and its respectability in the Victorian era. Lady Bracknell’s authoritative attitude towards Gwendolyn and Algernon shows the prominent place of the family had in an…

In Act 1 of “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Wilde satirizes marriage by using travesty and to show that marriage is supposed to be a serious topic but as if it was just business. In the play, Gwendolen is talking with Jack about how important and serious marriage is but as soon and Jack asks her on impulse, she says yes. Gwendolen loves jack’s fake name that is Ernest, and that’s pretty much all she cares about. To be Earnest is to be serious and sincere which is ironic because Jack is lying…