.... who were responsible for this awful spell. Eventually, other ailing girls began to give names of those who were presumably persecuting them, leaving dozens of peopled jailed. As soon as this witchcraft hysteria began to get out of hand, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony designated several of the colony’s leading citizens to assemble a special court responsible for trying all those suspected of witchcraft. It was at this point that the Salem witch trials began and would later be the plot of a major 19th century play. It was 1953 when Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, which translates to "the test", a play based on the actual events of .....

.... of deception theme is a highly fundamental part of the drama. We see the mask theme develop throughout the play as various characters try to cover their secret intentions by ways of deception. One of the most obvious, of course is Claudius. Claudius murdered his brother, the former king Hamlet, in order to become king himself. Not only is he the King of Denmark, but he is also married to Queen Gertrude, his brothers former wife. When Claudius confronts anyone, he must become someone totally different. Claudius puts on a mask of his own. He is no longer the self-serving, cold, conniving man that he really is. He becomes a kind, caring man who does his ver .....

.... of the gods, the constant prodding of Odysseus' crew, or prior knowledge of the situation, Odysseus prevails over the enchantresses' temptations, allowing Odysseus to return to his homeland, once again regaining his identity as a man. The episode involving the beautiful nymph, Calypso, relies on the intervention of the gods to rescue Odysseus from her enticing actions. With divine power on his side, Odysseus gains the right to return home and regain his identity as a man and as a leader. For seven years, Calypso has lured Odysseus to "lay with her each night, for she compelled him" (V. 164). Using her beauty while possessing hopes of making Odysseus h .....

.... aunt’s kinsmen, turned against her in no time. “Women in China did not choose” they were merely objects of desire. They had no wish of their own. They lived in a society dominated by men. Women were expected to efface their sexual color and present plain miens. Later it was said that, a man, in some remote place against her wish, could have raped her aunt, but “No one ever talked of sex ever”. So even though she had sex against her will, she couldn’t have talked to anyone about it. “My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex” shows that she was not an immoral woman but someone who was forced into having sex. She cou .....

.... not. This form of rejection is not logical. There are three forms of personal attack, character assassination, circumstantial and tu quoque. Character assassination is a personal attack where the arguer's reputation is considered evidence that his argument is false. For example, if a convicted felon out of jail has an argument, most people will not believe him because of his prior involvement with illegal matters. By rejecting his argument only because he was in jail, a personal attack has occurred. Circumstantial personal attack is another form of the fallacy. If a person thinks that university professors teach better that community college professors, .....

.... goals, and make his money. He married the women he loved and had two beautiful children, living the good life with money and accomplishment. He didn't have normal worries like most working class people did, he just did what he set out to do and succeeded at that. It is noted that "Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible." (Arp, 512) Until one day he became sick. For months he laid in bed in agonizing pain, and the doctors were left without agreeing knowledge on what he had. Close to the end of his life he began to wonder if his life was really what it should have been and whether or not he achieved all he was sup .....

.... Pennsylvania State College. From 1942 to 1945 he served as a combat bombardier in the Twelfth Air Force and was stationed on the island of Corsica where he flew over 60 combat missions. That experience provided the groundwork for this novel. (Way, 120) (Usborne) The protagonist and hero of the novel is John Yossarian, a captain in the Air Force and a lead bombardier in his squadron, but he hates the war. During the latter half of World War II, Yossarian is stationed with his Air Force squadron on the island of Pianosa, near the Italian coast and the Mediterranean Sea. (Heller) The squadron is thrown thoughtlessly into brutal combat situations and bombing runs .....

.... in modern society are seen as behaving rationally by the modern standards. However, Jarry has his characters act very irrational which questions human behavior. The opening line of lets viewers know that it will not be a play that displays humans as being kind. "Crrrap!" Père Ubu exclaims (55). This word in itself defies society. Modern society's standards say it is wrong to present language like this to the public. "Why don't I smash you, Mère Ubu!" is a line that further expresses such language (55). This scene continues with the defiance of society, shown by the relationship between the male and female figure: Père Ubu and Mère Ubu. The exaggerated cruelty .....