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    In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the protagonist Ralph portrays the theme of losing innocence. A plane carrying a bunch of schoolboys, crashes in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The pilot of the plane is killed, but many of the boys survive the crash and find themselves stranded on the island alone. Ralph the leader of the boys, addresses that being rescued and getting off this island is the first priority. Meanwhile, the antagonist of the book Jack disagrees and things food…

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    Selflessness in “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” William Blake is more different than others. He is humbled to help the people around him learn to love art as much as he does. His passionate desire for art is shown through his actions and his artwork, such as his poems. Blake shows the importance of being a successful leader in the world. In William Blake’s poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger", his selfless character is evident through his life, career, and poetry. William Blake uses his life to help…

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    The Crucible Without exception, every situation or story has a villain and victim, the victim being the person who is getting taken advantage of. The villain being the person who is taking advantage. Therefore, Abigail Williams is the main character in the The Crucible by Arthur Miller. She lived in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials. Everywhere she goes, she causes trouble. The trials were about the prosecutions of people who were accused of witchcraft. During the first act in…

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    The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is about a woman named Katherine, who is dubbed a shrew. Katherine has a sister named Bianca and everyone wants to marry her, but Katherine has to get married first before she can. Petruchio, a greedy and self-centered man, volunteered to tame Katherine's turbulent personality and marry her. Katherine, throughout her relationship with Petruchio, is truly tamed. Katherine’s father, Baptista, gave Petruchio permission to marry her. While at their…

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    Abigail Quotes Crucible

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    evidence would be “ you did, you did! You drank a charm to kill john proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill goody proctor” (18). This explains she drank the blood in order to kill Elizabeth. Another evidence would be “ The girl, the William girl, Abigail Williams , sir she say to dinner in reverend Parris house tonight, and without word nor war in she stalls to the floor like a struck beast and she says and screamed that a bill would weep to hear. Had he goes to save her, and, stuck two…

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    Throughout the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding he does a wonderful job of thoroughly explaining each character to fully understand their personality. In this piece from the story we get a look at Piggy’s personality. Based on Piggy’s hopeless actions, non confident responses to the boys, and the careless way they talk to him we get a shy and timid character. Based on Piggy’s hopeless actions we got that he was a very shy kid. At one point in the passage Golding stated that “he…

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    is human and makes mistakes. Throughout the play John goes through his own personal crucible and in the end is judged for his actions. In the Crucible, Arthur Miller suggests that when people sin, they sometimes hurt themselves more than others. After John’s affair with Abigail Williams he realizes how painful it is to sin. He spends the rest of his life up until his execution trying to amend his sins and bring his family back together. “I would have your forgiveness,…

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    Have you ever read Romeo and Juliet a story by William Shakespeare if not you should read it after this. To understand some of the characters in the story. Read the book after to understand, but if you have read the book you would understand why I’m writing this but if not read to find out. A bit of the things that goes on in the story. Friar Lawrence is one to be pardoned cause he tried to help Romeo and Juliet and the common town folk “This alliance may so happy prove to turn your…

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    had blinded us from right and wrong. Where we see only what we desires and us getting it, however not the people we hurt or how we betrayed our own values, ideals, and morals. Ambitions that aren’t kept in line can and will lead to tragic, no matter the size. To betray our own values, beliefs, ideals, and morals is to betray our-self. Our morals defined us as individual and guide…

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    death; meaning, every time a character passes away, no matter the circumstances, Shelley hints to Victor going a little bit more mad each time. For example, when Victor’s mother dies, he becomes arguably more obsessed with life and death, then when William and Justine are killed, he goes mad with grief and remorse. And finally, after the death of Elizabeth, Victor goes completely mad with his obsession of finding and killing the monster. Death seems to play a huge part in Frankenstein because it…

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