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    However, she also brings to the light the ideal picture of the society as through the unusual portrayal of Elizabeth, different from the typical women of that time. She looks beyond the gender inequalities and the discrimination on the basis of class, which were the hallmarks of the society during that time. The female protagonist, Elizabeth is represented as equal to Mr. Darcy in the terms of wit, sense and humor. She is not depicted as an oppressed victim of the patriarchal society. She emerges

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    In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the normal criteria that a central character fits, is not met by the apparent protagonist, John Proctor. Common traits one might expect to find in a traditional hero are humility, patience and caring. John Proctor, while he is the principal, has many qualities that could instead assume him the role of the antagonist and land him in the adversary box. His background and slight character flaws cause him to take on the personalities of both a protagonist and antagonist

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    romantic love story, even labeling it a “chick flick.” Upon a shallow reading, it may appear to be such, but a closer look at the novel reveals so much more embedded in the story. In addition to describing the entertaining relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, the novel serves to forward Austen 's personal values and ideas. Furthermore, there is one issue of her era that she particularly responds to, that is, the inferior position of women. At the time this book was written, women never

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    witch trials. It is based on a group of girls involved in “witch like” activities, who begin to accuse others of committing witchcraft just so that they do not get into trouble. One girl controls the group, Abigail Williams, and she plots against Elizabeth Proctor who is married to John Proctor, who Abigail had an affair with. Due to these childish and dramatic acts of Abigail and the girls, half the townspeople were taken to trial and found guilty of witchery and worshipping the devil and were sentenced

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    The film begins with a sort of a preface, with Elizabeth as a young lady cruising with her dad Representative Swann and her future fiancee Lt Norrington, and in addition future privateer Mr. Gibbs. Representative Swann isn 't only the legislative leader of Port Regal, he 's the legislative head of Elizabeth, an occupation we see him commit more opportunity to than any genuine administering. The first occasion when we see Elizabeth, she 's singing about privateers. She 's acutely keen on the subject

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    marriage between the protagonist John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth. Miller skillfully uses Elizabeth and John’s language and the overall tone of their marriage to manifest John’s complex character development throughout the play. The marriage evolves from a relationship of hostility and tension to sacrifice and selflessness as John becomes a man of integrity. While John is overall more of a dynamic character than his wife, Elizabeth does not remain static for the entirety of the play; she demonstrates

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    divergent people display the marxist idea of the importance of social status and its affect on the people. The two main characters seem to be on opposite ends of the earth in terms of an affluent Mr. Darcy being so privileged while on the contrary, Miss Elizabeth Bennet is of a lower class. Throughout the novel, there is a fine distinction between their clashing opinions and actions that are highly influenced by both their social classes as well as the society that surrounds them. As one can assume by basing

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    Flaws of human nature do lead to tragedy because of things happens in the past that people and they make fun of the person and the thinking that they’re better than that person even if they are Not.victor hugo is the author who thinks of the failure can cause consequences. .Most people from the crucible mainly abigail have influence people and think who is left to blame.Abigail is the one that can make things uncomfortable that gives the judges a hard time to find guilty.I do believe

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    towards the restricting societal conventions which are anything but “universally acknowledged”. There are many characters in the novel who defy such norms, e.g., Elizabeth doesn’t accept Mr. Collins, Mr. Bennet doesn’t agree upon Elizabeth accepting Mr. Collins, Mr. Darcy doesn’t have Lady Catherine De Brough’s reservations against marrying Elizabeth in the end,

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    disregarding Elizabeth Proctor’s life when she drank a charm in an attempt to kill her, so she did not have to be afraid of not having John Proctor. “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller 1223). In this quote Abigail is said to have drank a charm to literally try to kill Elizabeth Proctor. This evidently disregards Elizabeth’s safety because Abigail does not know or care if the charm actually kills Elizabeth but Abigail just

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