Samuel Loomis

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    found that insane people have less action in the territory of the mind that procedures compassion. John Carpenter the director of Halloween 1 describes Michael Myers as part man and part supernatural. An evil force that can’t die. Carpenter 's motivation for the "wicked" that Michael would epitomize came when he attended school. While on a class trip at a mental establishment in Kentucky, Carpenter went to "the most genuine, rationally sick patients. Among those patients there stood a young man around the age of twelve to thirteen years old. The kid gave this "schizophrenic gaze", "a genuine shrewdness gaze", which Carpenter discovered "unsettling", "frightening", and "totally crazy". Carpenter 's experience would rouse the portrayal that Loomis would give of Michael to Sheriff Brackett in the Halloween 1 film. The closure scene of Michael getting shot six times, and vanishing. Supposedly had intended to unnerve the creative ability of the group of onlookers. Carpenter attempted to keep the gathering of people speculating as to who Michael Myers truly seems to be. Michaels gone, and he will return again for his unpleasant murder game; Michael displays himself as more than a human; he might occur powerful, and nobody knows how he arrived in such a state. To Carpenter, keeping the audience of people speculating became better than clarifying who the Michael Myers really is. No new information obtained on how he became a psychopath. Maybe he did have a reason, or maybe he’s the…

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    The play The Crucible is about the power of rebellion and (later) mass hysteria. Shown in the first act is a power struggle in which Abigail is defiant and dares to talk back to her minister uncle, Reverend Parris. Abigail’s actions towards her self-centered uncle foreshadow the power she and her friends would later gain. Due to the need of a scapegoat during hard times, the people of Salem, Massachusetts were quick to believe in witchcraft. Although some of the people accused seemed highly…

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    they are the abandoners of the individuals with the injustice behaviors. A king was one that people turned to for help in difficult times, and protected them when they needed one. Those were qualities and characteristics that the ancient Hebrews demanded and expected from a king. However, the king that was chosen lacked not only some of these characteristics, but also failed to meet these high expectations. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to…

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    A common term used to describe a situation in which various people all suffer from similar hysterical symptoms - either from a phantom illness or an inexplicable event, is mass hysteria. In Arthur Miller’s play ‘The Crucible’ the town of Salem, Massachusetts, is thrown into mass hysteria when the the word witchcraft spreads about the town. Those who have cried witchcraft have gathered at the home of Reverend Samuel Parris to see the girl, Betty Parris, who has been affected by the ‘Devil’s dark…

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    The biblical book of 1 Samuel lays out the foundation of some of ancient Israelis most famous and influential kings, describing in detail the rise of king David, and the reign of his predecessor Saul. However, while presented as Israeli history, the tales of Samuel possess a clear bias in favor of King David, as the text attempts to exonerate him of any wrongdoing during his rise to king. 1 Samuel 25, a small excerpt from this larger kingship narrative, possesses important social and literal…

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    This famous quote is yelled through the town to warn them the British were advancing. Paul Revere was ordered to ride to Lexington by Joseph Warren to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock about the troops planning to attack. On the morning of April 19, 1775 the Battle of Lexington and Concord took place sparking the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Even with the war occurring, the colonists still wanted their independence and King George the 3rd wanted to put an end to these…

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    During the periods between the end of the Seven Years War and the American Revolution, the colonies began to use no taxation without representation as both a primary force motivating the American revolutionary movement and a symbol for democracy. After the Seven Years War, the colonies began to realize their representation in Parliament was very limited, as they were being taxed against their will. Then, as thoughts of a Revolution heightened, the colonies began to realize their representation…

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    black man which would add to the shame of being white trash; therefore, Bob had to do everything in his power to cover it up. Price and Ruby also went to the same extent to cover up the fact that they were prostitutes. Prostitution is a crime in the United States resulting in imprisonment which made the girls tremble at the thought of it; therefore, they too needed to do everything in their power to avoid the consequences of such a disgraceful act. As these trials’ characteristics are…

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    play written by Arthur Miller, focusses on the horrific Salem Witch Trials that ran rampage in 1692. The disastrous events which took place shattered the Puritan society, and destroyed many of the religious values that the Puritans hold so dear. Even though this play was written in 1953, Arthur Miller includes many stylistic devices to give the play an authentic feel. Miller uses a plethora of these devices in order to make readers feel as if they are actually in the 1690s, however, the most…

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    The things that connect the English colonies to their superiors, Britain, was that being ruled by the parliament and the British King. The way the king ruled and his laws were not up to par for the colonists because of his dictatorship and unjustly taxations. The simple thought of the English being ruled by an island that they could not even see and they also had very poor communication with. Between this and lack of the king being able to overlook the colonies, did not do justice for neither…

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