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- 6871: The Crucible: Deterioration of Social Order In Salem
- ... rigid stipulations on deviation, fear of the unknown, and mass confusion. These conditions left Salem susceptible to an apparent epidemic such as witchcraft. The susceptibility that Salem fell victim to, was the cause of a great tragedy which saw twenty townspeople hung at the hands of the state. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a story of a great catastrophe which highlights a free man's courageous and never-ending fight against mass pressures to make him bow down in conformity(intro.-x) and shows how hysteria can be used for evil purposes in ...
- 6872: Creon's Role Of King and His Responsibilities
- ... 36.584-585). By this, Creon means that the main difference between his position and the king's is that of the accompanying action to ruling. In both positions, one is a ruler who holds great power over the state. However, the king is placed in a greater place of accountability to the people. This accountability is what Creon says inspires "fear" in the king, for if affairs of state or ... does not allow him to be convinced by this argument. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, Creon's speech gives insight into the two-sided nature of the kingship, for although it is a position of great honor and power, it is also a position that often corrupts the man who holds it. Creon believes that there is a certain type of man who desires such a position, a man who has ...
- 6873: "An Inspector Calls": Issues and Priestly's Viewpoint
- ... top his wealth and popularity is threatened by a suicide scandal. The characters are a mixture of Capitalist's and Socialist's, Mr Birling being a self made upper-class Capitalist, his wife also has great belief in the family name, and works hard to keep a good reputation for herself and her family. The secretive but most sympathetic of the Birling's is Eric their son, who has a great deal to do with the Suicide of Eva Smith. Eric's sister is Sheila who gets on well with Eric but seems rather spoilt. Another key member in the play is Sheila's fiancιe Gerald ...
- 6874: A Comparison of Tragedy in English Works
- ... 4 line 1289) This is said after Oedipus punishes himself by digging his eyes out. Oedipus then wanders the land a beggar guided by his daughter, Antigone. Clearly, then, all of these stories represent a great example of tragedy. They follow the rules preset by Aristotle and also the rules of Arthur Miller. We have sympathy for the protagonist in each play but at the same time we know that their down fall is brought about by their own ignorance. Even though the character is tragic he is also a great man because they suffer for the well being of others.
- 6875: Ambiguity and Equivocation in Macbeth
- ... committed in pursuit of power, leads Macbeth to perform certain actions which result in the death of the king, Macbeth's friends, and eventually his own death. From the beginning of the play, Macbeth desires great power. Lady Macbeth's statement to Macbeth that "When you durst do it, then you were a man;" (I.vii.55) suggests that she and Macbeth have contemplated and possibly committed murder for the sake ... at the hands of MacDuff. It is the equivocation of the ghosts that lead him to this course of actions; the ghosts deliberately equivocate in their messages to him. "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnham Wood to High Dunsinane Hill shall come against him," (IV.i.104-106) speaks one. In his apathetic, power-hungry state, Macbeth chooses to hear only the surface message and not the deeper warning ...
- 6876: Review of Shaw Shank Redemption
- ... see that. Andy Deushan was a banker who was living a very happily married life, until he found out something that would have an impact on the rest of his life. Things to him seemed great at work and at home with his wife. There was nothing really more that he could ask for. When he found out some disturbing things about his wife, this is where the rest of his ... and Andy had left some things for him buried under a tree. Andy left him some money and some hope to live a better life. I enjoyed watching this movie very much. It was a great movie in telling the story of a man that was sent to prison when he was innocent and wouldn't let that take away his life and soul. Andy was a very strong man mentally ...
- 6877: The Crucible: The Puritans
- ... for this charge. Giles responded, My proof is there! If Jacobs hangs for a witch, he forfeit up his property -- that's law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece. This man is killing his neighbors for their land! (96) In many of these witch trials, greed, revenge, and jealousy became the real motives for calling out witches. The Aids epidemic is similar ... can be infected by Aids, and no one was safe from being called out as a witch. Our ignorance can cause fear and paranoia. In the time of Salem's trials, fear of witchcraft caused great paranoia. In modern times, our ignorance about Aids caused it to spread more rampantly throughout all members of our society.
- 6878: Hamlet: Emotions of Despair, Sadness, Anger, and Inner Peace
- ... alone. O, what a rouge and peasant slave am I!" Finally, when Hamlet discovers that Ophelia has died, new reasons for Hamlet's extreme feelings of sorrow are added. In fact, his sorrow is so great that "Forty thousand brothers/Could not (with all their quantity of love) Make up my sum." Thus, Hamlet's well developed sadness, is reasonable throughout the play. Unfortunately, Hamlet's thoughts of mourning are replaced ... his revenge is carried out, he is allowed to feel it. When Hamlet says, "Your fat king and your lean beggar
(are) two dishes, but to one table" he is implying that death is the great equalizer of all men and no one man can avoid being placed upon the same 'table' of death. By saying this, we see Hamlet is losing his fear of death and feels only that he ...
- 6879: A Street Car Named Desire: The Many Traits of Blanch
- ... has gotten sick of her spending so much time in the bathroom "freshening up" so he yells "Hey, Canary bird! Toots! Get OUT of the BATHROOM!" to speed her along. Being untruthful can have a great impact on the lives of others. This is a big trait of Blanches through the entire book she is untruthful. One life that has a great impact due to Blanche's lies is Mitch which has been displayed in "Scene 9 Blanch being seductive has some affect on all the men's lives that she meets. Blanch is vein, untruthful, and ...
- 6880: Review of "Saving Private Ryan"
- ... the first twenty minutes of the film were so breathtakingly realistic that one may not be able to finish the movie. My favorite movie genre is war movies, so I figured this would be a great film since it was directed by Spielberg. The systems of this film are amazing. Saving Private Ryan has so much that one could probably write a long time about this work of art. The thematic ... the audience to war themselves. At two points in the movie, the sound takes the point of view of Miller, mentally and aurally drifting away from the battlefield, before coming back to insistent reality. The great theme in Saving Private Ryan is the terrible calculus of war. Every soldier, and especially every officer, has to weigh somehow the short-and long-term goals of war with the moment-by-moment risk ...
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