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    Evil In Night And Night

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    Evil can be found anywhere in the world, and if people do not notice it, their lives can be negatively impacted by it. The novels Sold by Patricia McCormick and Night by Elie Wisel, have characters that face evil situations that make them stronger as a person. By examining the novels Night and Sold, we can see that the characters were surrounded by evil that was hard to s could overcome, which is important because evil is everywhere and some people recognize it and overcome it, but others don’t…

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    Danforth In The Crucible

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    Danforth is a lacking character because he put the needs of the government ahead than caring for his people. Danforth refuses to free Proctor in the Crucibles,but other people likes him even though he finds and contain massive evidence from innocent people. His reasoning is that releasing them will make the courts look bad because they only executed a small amount of innocent people which even makes the court look more bad. Danforth shows the tendency to want to avoid making the court and…

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    Task One: Quote Analysis from Act IV. “Because it is MY NAME!!....” Return to this section of text and provide an analysis of its significance. This quote is really important because it shows the goodness of John Proctor. He said this at very end when Danforth was trying to make him confess that he saw other people with devil, and if he confess that his life will be safe. But he didn’t agree because he don’t want to live and let other people died which he knew are innocent. Select one other…

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    Karin Jackson’s “The Dilemma of Emma: Moral, Ethical, and Spiritual Values” discusses Jane Austen’s writing format. Jackson states Austen’s writing format differ from other conventional authors during the eighteenth century. Austen uses parody and burlesque for comic effect to portray women during the 18th-century in her novels. Jackson believes Austen’s novel consist of the theme of truth, which “is of supreme importance (Jackson).” Austen’s writing consisted of irony and realism. Adding…

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    Marek Character Analysis

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    The young boy views himself as disgusting, repulsive and, ugly. On page 9 he says, “If anything I gave her credit for not throwing up.” In another instance on page 23 he talks about how he feels like people go out of their way to avoid him. He is very self-conscious about his appearance. He says this after a girl looks at him. From the main characters point of view, the guru looks like a cheerful old lady. He states that the guru has faded eyes and that there are wrinkles around his mouth and…

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    back throughout the novel as it causes him to not forgive himself. He believes that his sin is destroying the relationship he has with his wife, Elizabeth, and most importantly with God. In the novel, The Crucible, Arthur Miller powerfully explores the theme of redemption of sin through illustrating the challenges John faced with Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor, and himself as he tried to keep his “good reputation”.…

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    What does an honorable person look like, is John Proctor an honorable person? the answer is yes, John Proctor is a man that lived in the late 1600’s (137 Background) in a puritan community of Salem Massachusetts. During this time innocent people were being executed and put on trial for being witches. John Proctor is an honorable man because of what he believes in he is a good man and he doesn’t believe in witchcraft. John is honorable by the things he does such as; willing to die for his belief,…

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    plowing due to the fact that everyone in town knows he is the only one plowing on Sunday. He wants people to think he does not care about how it is wrong. When Cheever and Danforth came to visit John and Elizabeth to ask about their faith, John could not restate the Ten Commandments. Elizabeth reminds . This shines a particular light on John due to the fact that he not only does not attended church but since he did commit adultery it makes sense he can not remember that one. This makes room…

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    Some might ask what I think of fear. To me fear is something you are afraid of. Like when your secret is about to come out and you get to believing that everyone won’t like you if it does. Or when your mom is close to finding out something you do on the low with your friends. Now here’s examples of fear in the article “The Crucible”, let’s get to it. Reverend Parris plays the Minister and mind you he’s the father of Betty. The article tells us his fear is ruining his reputation, and losing his…

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    friend’s honor; by refusing to sign the confession, he preserves his name as an honest man. It would be unbearable for him to live knowing he was a coward. In spite of the fact that John previously had an affair with Abigail, he remains faithful to Elizabeth throughout the remainder of the novel. While alone, Proctor tells Abigail, “Abby, I…

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