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    Your Honesty with everything shows who you truly are. In the crucible there are many different conflicts happening about the same topic. Such as As between Elizabeth and John Proctor and Abigail Williams. Also, the conflict between Tituba and everyone else is part of the whole story. Tituba is Reverend Perris’s slave, she practices what the puritans call “black magic”. When one of the girls named Betty, doesn't wake up one day they start blaming it on Tituba for taking the girls to dance and…

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    John Proctor Confession

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    Confession Throughout the whole play The Crucible there has been a cry of witchcraft in the town. Being that none of the townspeople knew the truth, there were many trials going on for weeks. One of the most affected characters in the play is John Proctor, he knew the truth and thought the whole situation was foolish. Now he has been accused of witchcraft, now he has to make a difficult decision whether to tell the truth and die or live a lie. For a moment he caved in and signed a confession…

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    Isaac Braden was a demon. He hated being summoned but it was a fact of life. If someone learned his true demon name, they could invoke him and once a ritual had been completed, he would be bound to their command for a twenty four hour period. On the All Hollow's Eve, Celtic festival Samhain, Isaac is summoned to a satanic ritual. As the ritual states, he has to choose one blood sacrifice from the three naked men hanging in the underground cave. Only one of them holds Isaac's interest. As much…

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    Proctor is not able to convince the judges and is thrown into jail. In Act IV, Hale pleads for Elizabeth to help her husband confess to witchcraft so that he will not hang, so she goes to have a talk with Proctor. During their talk, Elizabeth confesses to Proctor, “Only be sure of this, for I know it now: Whatever you will do, a good man does it… It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.” (143). Elizabeth now fully supports Proctor in his choice to confess or not. She also admits that she herself…

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    automatically evil. This manifests in Abigail as jealousy towards Elizabeth because she is married to John Proctor, whom Abigail has been previously involved with in an illicit affair. Since Abigail was the niece of Reverend Parris,she assumed herself to not be of suspicion of witchcraft, although she and other girls danced in the forest with Tituba. This cockiness was another reason she was so confident in her own jealousy of Elizabeth. Ironically, Abigail is motivated by her own sin when she…

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    Daisy to some may seem like just a victim, but she is guilty not only morally, but also legally. She was a deceiving, lovely figure as well as a “hit-and-run killer” (324). In the article Oxymoron in “The Great Gatsby” the author says, “Some...think Tom and Myrtle’s affair is cheap and disgusting, Jay’s and Daisy’s romantic, but both are the same morally and legally...” (324). Daisy cheated on her husband and she also killed a person. The reason she married Tom was for his money, but once she…

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    Toni Morrison effectively demonstrates her ethos through her credible background, connection with Senator Obama—with whom she is directly addressing—and connection with the general audience. First and foremost, her winning of the Nobel Peace Prize displays her ethos quite efficiently. The Nobel Peace Prize is solely given to those who make significant change in the world through their lives and work, therefore, this rare honor elevates Morrison’s reputation and authority. In addition, the aura…

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    The Crucible Essay In the novella of The Crucible by Arthur Miller name is a defiant significance in how it has lots of power to one's identity. Proctor has always wanted to protect his name and especially his family. In addition his family is getting targeted due to the troubles of him sleeping with Abigail Williams which tests his reputation. “Why, Abigail Williams charge her” (Miller 77). Cheever is telling Proctor how his wife is getting called out as a witch due to his troubles. Most often…

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    while lacking morality. In addition, we see him whipping his servant who is still a young girl with such violence. There is a great disparity between this physical punishment and the principles of goodness and decency. John Proctor also accuses Elizabeth of being too much cold with him. He always is nervous when he talks to her. He talks angrily with Mary when she returns home after having gone Salem: "I'll whip you if you dare leave this house again" ). He acts like a bad-tempered man Cachete…

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    which are depicted in this novel. One of the main characters in the novel, Elizabeth Bennett, is by far the one who emphasizes the most inspiration and rebellion. There are many circumstances in which she rebels against the social…

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