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- 321: Movie Preview For Silent Scream in THX
- ... reading this book I thought of it being a Anime movie. So this movie doesn't call for acting as much as it is for being in the moment. For the opposite of Mike Wilkens, John Wilkens his brother, I would have Carson Daly, the MTV VJ. His voice is soothing like the way John approaches things in the book. These are the main characters in the story. I would have Jennifer Love Hewitt for the many roles of women in this book, like the 20 year old prostitute and John's wife Micky, the waitress in the diner and his co-worker Cassandra. It would give a familiarity in the movie sort of like these women were connected some how. My opening scene would ...
- 322: The Crucible: John Proctor
- The Crucible: John Proctor Aristotle, one of the great philosophers, teachers and writers of the fourth century BCE, wrote a book focusing on what he felt made the perfect tragic drama. He stated that one of the most ... ages, there have been a plethora of tragic heroes including Marcus Brutus in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Creon in the play Antigone. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor fits the classic Greek definition of a tragic hero. One characteristic of the tragic hero, which Jon Proctor possesses, is that he is a man of stature. This is evident from the very beginning ... a weighty name”(141). They feel that since Proctor is such a respected member of the community that his confession will restore the people’s confidence in the court and urge others to confess. Although John Proctor is a man of stature, he does suffer from a tragic flaw. His tragic flaw is sin. His sin is the affair he had with Abigail when she was working for him as ...
- 323: Of Mice And Men
- ... California, bounded on the north and south by the Pajaro and Jolon valleys on the west and east by the Pacific Ocean and the Gabilan Mountains, Steinbeck found the materials for his fiction (Tedlock 3). John Steinbeck's agricultural upbringing in the California area vibrantly shines through in the settings and story lines of the majority of his works. John Ernst Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. His father's family, originally called Grossteinbeck, had come from Wuppertal, about twenty miles east of the German city of Düsseldorf. During summers he ... marriage began on March 29, 1943, when he married Gwyndolen Conger. Soon after, he became a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1944, his first son, Tom, was born. His second son, John IV, followed two years later. In December of 1948, Steinbeck was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. On December 28, 1950, Steinbeck married his third wife, Elaine Anderson Scott. On October ...
- 324: The Crucible
- ... There are many theories as to why the witch trials came about, the most popular of which is the girls' suppressed childhoods. However, there were other factors as well, such as Abigail Williams' affair with John Proctor, the secret grudges that neighbors held against each other, and the physical and economic differences between the citizens of Salem Village. From a historical viewpoint, it is known that young girls in colonial Massachusetts ... my mouth; it's God's work I do." The other girls all stared at the rafters in horror and began to repeat everything they heard. Finally, the girls' hysterics caused Mary Warren to accuse John Proctor of witchcraft. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges ... neighbors out to do them harm. One of the main accusers, Abigail Williams, had an ulterior motive for accusing Elizabeth Proctor. In The Crucible, Abigail believed that if she got rid of Goody Proctor, then John Proctor, her husband, would turn to Abby. John Proctor had an affair with Abigail, but for him it was just lust, while Abigail believed it to be true love. She told John that he ...
- 325: Jane Eyre: The Preserverance of the Personality
- ... Bewick's British Birds, that Jane reads at Gateshead determine her imagination: in the pictures she paints, the way she interprets her story. The shocking account of that extreme terror and brutality she suffers from John and Mrs Reed (the book flung at her, shut up in the red-room) points out that the fountainhead of her emotional life is the experience of oppression. Yet, her little self is full of ... a volcano erupts at times in the form of revolt against the "tyrants". It seems that the child's most burning question is what kind of role she plays in the Reed house: if young John is her "master", she consequently has to be a servant, yet, she is regarded less than a servant - a beggar and an intruder. For Jane this "insupportable oppression" and the position of being inferior to ... not repressing her opinion, in fact her absolute honesty is what strikes Rochester ("when one asks you a question... you rap out a round rejoinder, which, if not blunt, is at least brusque" ) and St John, as well. However, the education was not at all fruitless: Jane is taught to forgive Mrs Reed, to refuse Rochester's love and flee (against her nature - as if bending before Mr Brocklehurst's ...
- 326: John A. MacDonald
- John A. MacDonald John A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to Canada in the years 1820 with his parents when he was five years old. He was educated at Midland District Grammar School and John Cruickshank School in Kingston, Ontario. John A. McDonald was married in 1843 to Isabelle Clark and had two sons but one died when he was a small baby. His first wife died in 1856 ...
- 327: The Pigman
- The Pigman Essay Conflicts in friendships are caused by a disagreements and the misuse of trust. Sometimes they can destroy ones friendship. In novel The Pigman John and Lorraine experience many conflicts which taught them that a negative attitude can be destructive. Lorraine's mother's bad experiences with men cause her to be over protective with her daughter's social life. John and his father's conflict is due to the lack of communication within their relationship. The misuse of the pigman's trust by John and Lorraine almost destroys their friendship. Therefor the reason for the three conflicts in the characters relationships are bad experiences, lack of communication and the misuse of trust. Lorraine's mother has bad experiences ...
- 328: The Crucible - Witch Trials
- ... There are many theories as to why the witch trials came about, the most popular of which is the girls' suppressed childhoods. However, there were other factors as well, such as Abigail Williams' affair with John Proctor, the secret grudges that neighbors held against each other, and the physical and economic differences between the citizens of Salem Village. From a historical viewpoint, it is known that young girls in colonial Massachusetts ... my mouth; it's God's work I do." The other girls all stared at the rafters in horror and began to repeat everything they heard. Finally, the girls' hysterics caused Mary Warren to accuse John Proctor of witchcraft. Once the scam started, it was too late to stop, and the snowballing effect of wild accusations soon resulted in the hanging of many innocents. After the wave of accusations began, grudges ... neighbors out to do them harm. One of the main accusers, Abigail Williams, had an ulterior motive for accusing Elizabeth Proctor. In The Crucible, Abigail believed that if she got rid of Goody Proctor, then John Proctor, her husband, would turn to Abby. John Proctor had an affair with Abigail, but for him it was just lust, while Abigail believed it to be true love. She told John that he ...
- 329: Shielded Consequences
- ... term effects. These characters demonstrate how people’s motives produce consequences far beyond their intentions. First, Putnam’s vengeance towards the town causes the imprisonment of George Jacobs. Also, Abigail’s attempt to win over John Proctor results in his death. Finally, Parris’s efforts to clear his name causes the deaths of many innocent people. Had these characters planned out their situation, this would have been a whole different story ... care about what happens to the accused and never considers the charge he is making-he just sees the impact it makes on him, which means more land. Next, Abigail’s passion to win over John Proctor results in his death. In the beginning, Abigail is angry that Proctor will not participate in their relationship. Abigail attempts to win him back: “I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart!…And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John ...
- 330: Jane Eyre 3
- ... be consistently moving from one type of servitude to another throughout the novel, from her beginnings at Gateshead under Mrs. Reed and Mr. Brocklehurst at Lowood Academy, to Rochester at Thornfield, and then to St. John at Moor House. She Jane ultimately realizes that attaining true liberty is not only beyond her power, but it is also not really her true desire. She rejects the idea of seeking spiritual liberty alone and accepting a life of solitude like St. John, and chooses instead to remain in a type of servitude as Rochester's wife. However, she consoles herself with the fact that this is a different type of servitude unlike her others, it is that ... Jane serves many different masters, and her situation, thoughts, and desires change greatly as she develops, as do her feelings concerning freedom and servitude. The first of her masters is the Reed family, most notably John and Mrs. Reed. These opening characters serve to represent a transformation in her character, as she goes from obedient and unassertive to very opinionated and defiant. While Jane at first obeys their orders because ...
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