John Lennon

To human beings, control is the one thing they will never have, but will always desire. Control plays a prominent theme in Chapter Five of “The Grapes of Wrath”, written by John Steinbeck. This novel paints a picture of life during the time of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, illuminating on the struggles and perseverance of the migrants families in the Southwest. In Chapter Five, the readers learn about how the families were told they were being forced to leave by “the monster” and how…

a universally applicable concept. He uses a number of narrative techniques to achieve this, conveying ideas successfully by employing powerful characterisation, symbolism, foreshadowing, dramatic tension and setting. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck engages with the nature of human beings’ relationships. He expresses that friendship can be the salvation of two people, but is a difficult thing to find and maintain. Steinbeck suggests that all human beings possess this fundamental…

In 1607, Captain John Smith and hundreds of settlers sailed across the atlantic ocean and founded the first New England colony, Jamestown. They landed in modern-day Virginia and established a profit colony for the Virginia Company. However, the colonist had only temporary housing and minimal food supplies, plus a swampy environment on the James River caused disease and malnutrition killing someone almost everyday. The colonists also had encounters of the native indians near the settlement; some…

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…

publically. And in the Crucible, Salem witch trials were held in which people were hanged if they did not confess for witchcraft, even if they were innocent. Some characters did not expose their guilt like Rev. Dimmesdale – who was an adulterer and John Proctor—who committed…

According to history, Pocahontas was captured by John Rolfe 's captain for over a year in Jamestown, converted to Christianity, and married Ralfe as a peace treaty. In the second series of Disney’s Pocahontas, she leaves willingly leaves to London to speak with the King and is captured there. This is…

Constructive and Destructive Mentalities Committing transgressions is an often unavoidable tendency of mankind. Yet, Puritan society and law in the New World revolved around the importance of following God’s will and maintaining a reputation free of sin. Consequently, failure to follow the strict laws and norms of daily life most often resulted in severe punishments or public infamy. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter juxtaposes the effects of these ramifications and of hiding sin upon…

Nathaniel Hawthorne in his gothic romance novel, The Scarlet Letter (1850), depicts the life and the hypocrisy of the Puritan communities in the colonial days. In the novel, protagonist Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A on her bosom to mark the guilt adulterous sin she committed with Arthur Dimmesdale, a Puritan minister, while her thought-to-be long gone husband, Roger Chillingworth, is on the hunt to seek revenge. Hawthorne’s use of dramatic irony builds suspense and tension as he divulges…

Nathaniel Hawthorne in the novel, The Scarlet Letter, illustrates that through the diverse point of view of the naive town people and the audience, he is able to accomplish dramatic irony with the arrival of the eminent doctor, Mr. Chillingworth. His arrival increases suspense among the townspeople, additionally, Mr. Dimmesdale rejecting medical help from the prestigious doctor rises the audience to foreshadow the future corruption of Mr. Chillingworth's character. Hawthorne conveys suspicion…

So from a general point of view, I strongly believed that John Proctor played a big role in starting the Salem Witch trials. The reason being is that we are able to view man a few of his flaws throughout the book with evidence to support each negative characteristic about him. So shall we begin. The first flaw that was noticeable throughout the book was his stubborn characteristic. This is a major flaw in his personality considering that he would go against the court and try to argue strongly…