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Symbolism in the Crucible by Arthur Miller
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A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Miller intends to portray Marco as both innocent and guilty to the
audience. For example, Miller displays his blamelessness by describing
him as a family man, who has "three children" and "trusts his wife".
He has responsibility for his family, so he has come to America as an
illegal immigrant to provide food for them, because if he stays in
Sicily "they will never grow up". He has immigrated to America because
his offspring are suffering from illnesses and need medicine. For
example his "older one is sick in his chest". He is committed to
providing the money, and he intends to "work hard", "all day, all
night".
Another point that proves Marco is a caring man is that he has taken
responsibility for his younger brother, Rodolfo, and he also treats
Eddie politely and calmly. An example of this is shown when Rodolfo
starts to sing and Eddie tells him to stop. Marco says calmly, "Yes,
yes, you will be quiet Rodolfo". Rodolfo also supports this view of
Marco by saying, "Marco never hurt anybody". A man with such a
peaceful personality and sense of responsibility wouldn't commit a
crime like this for no reason, would he?
On the other hand Arthur Miller shows Marco's guilt when he says, "Can
you lift this chair?" He is challenging Eddie; but in reality he is
saying that he is stronger than him, and presenting to him that he is
the man of the house. His guilt is also demonstrated when Eddie says
"I took the blankets off my bed for yiz". Miller uses this to
illustrate that Marco doesn't care about Eddie even though Eddie kept
him in his house, and gave him food and a place to sleep. When Rodolfo
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...into Eddie's chest,
Miller intends to show that Marco is responsible, but he also suggests
it's Eddie's fault because he pulled out "a knife into his hand"
initially.
Eddies guilt is demonstrated in stage directions when Miller writes
"He lunges to Marco", which shows that he started the fight. However,
when he springs a knife into his hands", he scares Marco, who then
kills him without thinking because he is frightened.
A speech that proves Eddie's guilt is when he says "Yeah Marco, Eddie
Carbone, Eddie Carbone, Eddie Carbone." He replies to Marco in an
offensive way, this results in him being killed, and he is to blame
for his own death.
Miller has written this play in a complex way to prove that Marco and
Eddie are both partially guilty, because there is proof of innocence
and guilt for each character.
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, both pride and excessive pride influence the characters throughout the play. Pride is a sense of one's dignity and worth. Excessive pride is being overly confident of one's own self worth. Throughout, pride influences the actions, reactions, and emotions of the characters in such ways to establish the outcome of the story. Three characters are impelled by their pride. Hale, who takes pride in his ability to detect witchcraft; Elizabeth Proctor, whose pride makes forgiving her husband difficult; Proctor, whose excessive pride causes him to overlook reality and the truth.
The Fires of Jubilee, is a well written recollection of the slave insurrection led by Nathaniel Turner. It portrays the events leading towards the civil war and the shattered myth of contented slaves in the South. The book is divided into four parts: This Infernal Spirit of Slavery, Go Sound the Jubilee, Judgment Day, and Legacy.
likelihood of victory is small.” It is a person’s mental or moral strength to resist extreme
When evening came Manfred told Isabella of his plans to divorce Hippolita and marry her in hopes that he might have a male heir. Having been told all this, Isabella ran away through the underground tunnels of the castle. In no time she was lost, but she found Theodore in the tunnels and he helped her find her way out to a nearby church. Manfred searched for the missing Isabella and instead found Theodore in the underground passage.
Adversity can cause an individual to overcome their challenges and strengthen their identity, however, it can also have the opposite negative effect. Adversity can trigger an individual to lose their identity in their attempt to escape from their problems. In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Blanche DuBois is unable to face adversity, which leads her to lose her individual identity during her attempt to escape reality. Blanche had experienced numerous hardships such as the deaths of many family members and the loss of her young husband, Allan. Instead of overcoming these challenges and becoming stronger, Blanche tried to run away from them.
Rodrigues reluctantly goes with him, but is unable to trust him, even refusing to sleep. When Kichijiro disappears, he is sure he is turning him in, yet he simply returns with more wood for the fire. Kichijiro repeatedly asks the father if he can ever trust him again. Rodrigues feels as a Christian he should forgive him, but can’t trust him. Kichijiro convinces Rodrigues to eat some dried fish, and after, while walking Rodrigues is in desperate need for water as a result. He regrets eating the fish, but Kichijiro offers to run ahead to get water, returning with a full pitcher. However, a short time later Rodrigues is led to guards who take Rodrigues into custody, and give Kichijiro his reward.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Age, Americans have idealized the journey towards economic success. One thing people do not realize, however, is that journey is not the same for every individual. Media often leads its viewers toward a “one size fits all” version of success that may help themselves, but will rarely help the viewers. This is seen in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Miller includes multiple instances of symbolism and personification to reveal to the reader the situational irony in Willy’s life, underlining the theme of self-deception in regard to the American Dream. This American Dream, fueled by money, is the main source of anxiety in Willy’s life. The anxiety of income is reflected today in the issue of minimum wage. James Sherk, a writer of the Tribune News Service, plots thoughtful points against raising the minimum wage. However, his use of over-exaggeration and odd comparisons leave his argument less than convincing.
Many years ago, the culture and atmosphere was amazingly different. The expectations of people and communities are extremely high. During the Puritan times, many laws and regulations existed pertaining to government, religion, and witchcraft. In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the one word that best describes the Puritan beliefs and the community structure is strict.
Daru, the schoolteacher in a remote area of Algeria, is torn between duty and what he believes is the right thing to do when he is suddenly forced in the middle of a situation he does not expect. He must escort an Arabic prisoner to the nearest town. It is not that Daru has much sympathy for the man; in fact, he does not, and actually finds himself disliking the Arab for disrupting so many lives. "Daru felt a sudden wrath against the man, against all men with their rotten spite, their tireless hates, their blood lust." Unfortunately, Daru loves his homeland, and cannot bear to think of leaving, despite the chaos that is raging around him between France and the Algerian natives. I believe that Daru makes the right choice in letting the prisoner choose his own fate. Daru has reaso...
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down Fortunato. Montresor was very pleasant and kind whenever he was around Fortunato so he
Fernando continued to talk about his friends a s he described the work he did while living in Mexico. He stated that he would often clean friends’ houses as well as tutor them in different subjects for schooling. Payment for these services were often meals with his friends’ family, which seems to say that he was close enough with his friends to be able to take part in family situations such as formal dinners.
In Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Stella and Stanley Kowalski live in the heart of poor, urban New Orleans in a one-story flat very different from the prestigious home Stella came from. This prestige is alive and well inside Stella’s lady-like sister, Blanche Du Bois. Over the course of Blanche’s life, she has experienced many tragedies that deeply affected her, such as the death of her gay husband, the downward spiral in her mental health that followed, and most recently the loss of her wealth and therefore social status. She constructs a proverbial lampshade to mask her pain and to control the last part of her world that she is able to, the image she projects into the world for herself and others to see. The brooding prince of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” chooses a very similar way of coping with the hand life has dealt him. When his mother remarries his uncle only a month after his father’s passing, the ghost of Hamlet’s father visits the young prince demanding avengement. These events cause Hamlet to try to replace the old lampshade that helped him cope with reality by changing his own image and fooling himself and others into thinking he’s crazy. An examination of both plays reveals that the importance of subjective truths and the way in which Blanche and Hamlet use them to cope transcends the context of both plays.
John Steinbeck's The Pearl tells the story of a pearl diver named Kino. Kino lives a simple life, and adores his family. At the beginning of the story Steinbeck shows how content Kino’s family is. Everything seems to be going perfect for Kino and his family that is until the discovery of the most wonderful pearl in the world changes his life forever. As the story advances Kino’s newborn, Coyotito gets bitten by a scorpion. Kino’s wife, Juana insists that they take Coyotito to the town’s doctor. Inevitably the doctor refuses to help Coyotito because Kino is unable to make a payment.
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