Excellency

Reputation is an important theme in “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller. There are several instances where John Proctor, Giles Corey, or Rebecca Nurse were willing to risk their own lives to maintain their innocence. They were willing to be pressed to death by giant stones, hang on the scaffold in front of the entire town, or be branded a witch to save their reputation or the reputation of those they cared about. John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey all died to maintain their or others’…

“Abigail, I have fought here three years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character.” (pg. 916) In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Reverend Parris is a very despicable character because of his acts of being a coward, arrogant, high pride, and being paranoid. Charles Dickens once said “In a word, I was too cowardly to avoid what I Know to be right as I had been too cowardly to avoid what I know…

itself. Also, Ethical Approvals insure that the process of the research is supervised and will not result in a questionable result or harming the participants in any way. In the United Kingdom (UK), Ethical Approval is essential in achieving research excellency and securing higher rates of international recognition. Based on the numbers mentioned in the forward by Rt. Hon. David Willetts MP (Minister for Universities and Science (2010-14)) published in 2012, the research produced by institutions…

A Chinese philosopher once said, 'the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'. Even the hardest and most arduous of the goals that people set have a starting point. Every time a person sets a goal for himself, he initiates his plan by excelling in activities that will help him achieve his goals in future. Albert Einstein had a goal to take the his contemporary scientific world by a storm. In order to achieve this goal, he had worked especially hard and excelled in subjects like…

“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death” was said by Coco Chanel. Guilt is the feeling of having done wrong or failed in an obligation. People can be taken over by guilt and it can lead to disastrous aftermaths. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, it is seen many times throughout and is a main theme of the play. Guilt has many effects on people, and throughout the play The Crucible, it overtakes some of the characters, and by their struggles the reader can learn about how real life…

Mysterious Marijuana When it comes to marijuana, majority often have a negative perspective on the substance, but is this really the case? If so, why have other countries begun to legalize marijuana? The decision on whether to legalize this drug has become a heated debate over the years. Moreover, with today 's media-rich culture, it is not a surprise to find endless aspects on cannabis as our uncertainty and ambivalent attitude slowly radiates towards the substance. However, the contention…

them human. In Jonathan Edward’s personal narrative, he openly explored his emotions about God and himself by explaining, “There seemed to be, as it were, a calm, sweet cast, or appearance of divine glory, in almost everything.” Edwards saw “God’s excellency” and “purity and love” throughout nature and his life. While feeling robust emotion through God, Christians of this time also began to reflect and analyze their emotions. Edwards often examined his turbulent emotions for God by…

Throughout society, adolescent girls have often been pressured to conform to one another or impossible standards. In Katherine Howe’s novel Conversion, she comments on this pressure to conform by relating a unexplainable illness in modern times to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which occurred during the Salem witch trials in the late 1600s. The plot of both literary works revolves around a mass hysteria caused by a group of strangely behaving girls. Colleen, the protagonist of Conversion, is…

of the true feelings of the theoretic law in Salem, when he pleads to Danforth, “there is a prodigious fear of this court in the country” (Miller 98). Reverend Hale is even conscious about the cruel and unusual accusations, and he explains to his excellency, Danforth, that “[he has] signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it” (Miller 99). Reverend Hale even…

In Jane Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney takes amusement in Catherine Morland’s wide-eyed, easily awed, and often simple nature, which allows him to pridefully exert his witty, biting words over her. Henry maintains a condescending and witty attitude towards women when speaking to Catherine, continuing to poke fun at the “silly” nature of their behavior compared to his. He expresses himself sharply and often imperiously around both Catherine and his sister, with Catherine not being…