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    A person, an accession, and no evidence are all you need to lie. Allegedly, this is how you tell a lie in the time period of a classic play called The Crucible. The Crucible was written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. It is a story filled with drama in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, it illustrates how lying and deceit can make a community chaotic and corrupt. Abigail Williams is a superlative example of how lying can change a community in the way it did…

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    Sebastian Khaloghli Mrs. Allen Period 3 English Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible displays the hysteria that took place in Salem in 1692. Although the act is fiction, Miller established the plot of his play on historical events and his characters show how fear and paranoia can amplify into something beyond its might. A number of characters used this fear to perk and they showed selfishness and impropriety. The two most contemptible characters in the play were Rev. Parris and Judge Danforth.…

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    Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place during 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts and is heavily based upon the Salem Witch Trials. Miller accuarately depicts the madness and the hysteria that takes over the town as people begin to wildly accuse one another for witchcraft. Throughout the story, Miller introduces the reader to the recurring theme of lies and deceit. Deception is throughly developed in Miller’s story because many of the townspeople were forced to lie in order to save themselves…

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    According to J.K. Rowling, on Pottermore, Hufflepuff is an underrated house. Hufflepuffs are given ridicule for their house, and is supposedly a deplorable house. Though people might presume that Hufflepuff is a deplorable house, Hufflepuff is actually the utmost considerable house to J.K. Rowling. J.K. Rowling states that Hufflepuffs fashion the ultimate companions. She expresses that Hufflepuffs are loyal -- they are patient, and unafraid of toil. J.K. also indicates that one of the utmost…

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    Both The Importance of Being Earnest and A Midsummer's Night Dream use the dramatic convention of forbidden love through most of the play. With the characters having to overcome the wishes of their parents and the forbidden love, to achieve what they want this was normally done through trickery or luck. For instance, in A Midsummer's Night Dream, Egeus bans the relationship between Hermia and Demetrius and is instead supportive of the relationship between Hermia and Lysander. In The Importance…

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    There once was a time when not very many humans roamed the earth, yet magical creatures adventured the earth without a trace. In the area now know as the Red Wood forests of California; the woods were more alive than they are today. The trees there were almost just like humans; they had emotions, they could talk and everything. Just like humans the trees aged and grew at the same rate. However, they don’t need to gather food and water because well their still trees they get it the same ways as…

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    Alysse In 'Street Pharm'

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    The book Street Pharm by allison van diepen was about a boy who was born into the drug business but soon his life was about to change when he met a girl name alysse. Alysse was one of those girls that would want nothing to do with drugs and he knew that which is why he decided not to tell her. The first example of this is in the beginning of The story when Ty has just met Alysse and is just starting a relationship with her but also caring and nurturing her out of harm's way.It's shown in the…

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    The Europeans escape persecution freedom. Unfortunately, it was not easy for the settlers to coexist with Native Americans. The settlers’ experienced harsh living condition such as starvation, sickness, diseases, conflicts and captivity. Mary Rowlandson, John Smith, and Cotton Mather reveled different attitude towards the Native Americans. When captured and sold to Quanopin a Saggamore (77). Mary sees Indian as merciless enemies and felt they mocked her faith that was her rock. Again she sees…

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    Denial Film Analysis

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    The film Denial focuses on the legal battle between a professor, Deborah Lipstadt, and World War II historian, David Irving. The battle started when Professor Lipstadt included Mr. Irving in her book about Holocaust deniers. Mr. Irving then stands up and boldly accuses her of libel in front of the crowd. Irritated about the issue, he takes the issue to the level of legal action. Instead of accepting the plea deal, Professor Lipstadt decided to fight the accusations and prove that the holocaust…

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    Why is the beginning of scene eleven of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" significant? The beginning of scene eleven is one of the most significant passages in Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire". In the aftermath of Blanche's rape, the audience is unsure what repercussions Blanche and Stanley may face and how the other characters will respond. In his final portrayal of Blanche, Williams creates sympathy for his fallen heroine and explores some of the play's key themes,…

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