John Major

Abigail Williams is one of the main characters in the play, one of the dynamic characters that keeps the story moving. Williams is a seventeen year old girl who is completely infatuated with John Proctor, an older male which she committed adultery with. Williams is a compulsive liar as well, the girl trying to save herself from punishment of witchcraft. She does anything to keep the attention away from her, accusing minorities in the town of witchcraft instead. She also shows little to no mercy…

In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck’s main theme is loneliness. Every character in the book is lonely. Through the loneliness, there is one character who understands more than others: Slim. Slim fits the archetype of a wise man, or a sage. Archetypes are made to show common traits in characters. Slim is wise; he understands things that other characters do not. Slim is spoken highly of, even named prince of the ranch by the other characters. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck portrays Slim with…

theatre of sympathy, Keats imagines himself as a negatively capable poet more in the image of the actor. Keats’s construction of his poetic self-image as the actor is largely attributable to the fact that his ideal of negative capability, while a major manifestation of Smithian sympathy, is strongly inflected by the figure of Shakespeare, who was revered as the supreme embodiment of sympathetic identification in the popular imagination from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.…

Thomas Paine, a political activist and influential writer, helped influence the New World patriots in the American Revolution with his writings and famous pamphlet called “Common Sense.” This helped influence many American patriots to gain their independence from Great Britain and become their own nation. This pamphlet was an extremely powerful message for the American people. He helped shape the ideas that showed the patriots that the New World could live in a Republic-Democratic nation without…

Introduction Whole Foods Market began in Austin, Texas by “John Mackey and Rene Lawson Hardy” in 1978. Within few years the couple partnered with Craig Weller and Mark Skiles to merge their store SaferWay with Clarksville Natural Grocery which was Craig’s and Mark’s store which led all four to opening the original Whole Foods Market on September 20, 1980 with only 19 employees. In 1984 Whole Foods Market expanded outside of Austin, Texas and by having major growth they acquired other natural…

All the ranch hands had dreams, but they realized that there was no real hope and the possibilities for success were little to none. Violence was a common theme at the ranch physically, emotionally, and psychologically. This is brought out through the depiction of women as well as the physical violence that occurred. Women in this story can only be seen as as prostitutes or as Curley's wife. Throughout the story she is shown as a cause of trouble. She also was not even given a name, but instead…

John Baker, in his paper “Conceptions and Dimensions of Social Equality,” recognizes three major aspects of social equality: 1) respect and recognition, 2) love, care and solidarity, and 3) power. For each component he presents the “liberal egalitarian” view, and then contrasts it with the “radically egalitarian” view he himself subscribes to (66). According to Baker, love, care and solidarity have been neglected by theories of equality despite their relevance to people's welfare. While love is…

complex thing that includes respect, admiration, jealousy, conflict, and resentment towards each other. Although friends may break off from each other, best friends will always stick together through thick and thin. In the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the protagonist Gene, displays these qualities with his best friend Phineas which makes their friendship all the more worthwhile. At the beginning of the novel, Gene pays a visit to the Devon School and recalls the events in which Gene…

In the late 1880’s of Victorian England, one of the most iconic and well-known duo’s was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Throughout his book, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson can be seen as two complete opposites. Their differences are revealed through the roles they play in the book, how they think, and how they change from the beginning to the end of the novel. Even through their hardships and disagreements, Watson and Holmes use their differences to make up the…

In The Crucible, John Proctor, the protagonist, has committed adultery and is tormented by his sin. Eventually, he confesses that he had an affair with Abigail, the antagonist of the story, and that he spoke with the devil (falsely) in order to save his wife, Elizabeth…