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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the first American expedition to cross the western portion of America. This expedition was called the Corps of Discovery Expedition, but it is more commonly known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. President Thomas Jefferson ordered the expedition shortly after the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803. Lewis and Clark were to be accompanied by a few select US Army volunteers. Their journey lasted from May 1804 to September 1806. Their main objective…

Imperfections in The Crucible The past is brought back to like in Nicholas Hytner’s adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The movie tries to portray the emotions that ran rampant in Salem during the witch trials, but has many shortcomings in reaching their goal. The movie is a dramatized retelling of the witch trials that occurred in Salem. The movie begins with a scene of girls dancing in the forest around a fire at night. The main character, John Proctor, undergoes many challenges in…

Sacagawea is mostly known for being a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which took place from 1804-1806. I wanted to learn more about this Shoshone woman, because she has been represented on the US dollar coin and possesses many monuments throughout the country. This clearly emphasizes that Sacagawea was a very prominent figure in American history. In order to educate the class and myself, the three categories that were crucial to the comprehension of her life and achievements include…

Josue Madrigal Mrs. Gilmore English 16 September 2015 A Break with Charity and Crucible Essay Throughout the course of history people who have lied will be persecuted, but giving the situation lying is justifiable. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi, we see that many characters lie throughout the books so save themselves and others by agreeing to lie in order to save their lives and to claim falsely that they are a witch;…

John Proctor as a Tragic Hero Arthur Miller portrays John Proctor as as tragic hero in “The Crucible”. Proctor was an important figure in the community and he was respected by almost everyone, but he also had lots of pride in his name and reputation. His character, as will be explained, was very contradicting. John Proctor was an important man in Salem. He even helped build the church (which he only attended 26 times in 17 months). He was a well respected man with what seemed like great…

“The Crucible”; written by Arthur Miller, represents a basic tragedy in literature. A tragedy is a type of structure the author uses that moves the reader with a character that obtains a fatal flaw. Tragic heros’ go through many predicaments throughout the play. One of the main characters in “The Crucible”, John Proctor; symbolizes the tragic hero of this book. Mr. Proctor relates to a tragic hero because of his tragic flaw, his character makes a choice between life and death, and…

Zach Bugg Mr. Carroll English 3 21 November 2014 The Crucible/McCarthyism Allegory The Crucible took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the Spring of 1692. The play The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. In McCarthyism, people feared communism. The Soviet Union was growing in power and the threat of a nuclear holocaust was on the forefront of American minds. So Joseph McCarthy went around accusing anyone that he thought could be a communist. In The Crucible, the girls went around…

Throughout the Crucible John Proctor continuously struggles to be a good person in the eyes of himself, and God due to this he constantly changes and evolves as a character. In act one of the Crucible John Proctor is known as a good man who is respected throughout Salem, but privately he was going through multiple difficulties. One problem he had was Abigail. Proctor had an affair with Abigail, and was trying to move on so that he could fix his relationship with his wife. The affair impacted…

The One That Got Away “You never know how much you love someone until you watch them love someone else” (Pinterest). In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams falls in love with John Proctor after being his maid but, for John to love her back, death would be forced upon his wife. Since Abigail Williams is motivated by her love for John Proctor, her decision to sabotage John and Elizabeth’s marriage creates death for John and many others by the end of the play. Abigail’s love…

Have you ever wondered about DRAKES biography if you did then im going to tell you !! Born Aubrey Drake Granham on October 24,1986, in Toronto Canada, Drake grew up with music in his blood … Drake’s parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mot her in forest hill, an affluent and predominantly Jewis neighborhood in Toronto. Drake’s parents had divoreced so he had to live with his mother in forest when he was y oung his mom would always play music for him so he grew…