Thomas Putnam plays a major role in the Salem witch hunt in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Inheriting a handsome amount of property makes Putnam a wealthy person; however‚ it doesn’t seem to satisfy his ambition. After the town terribly rejected Putnam’s brother-in-law‚ Bayley‚ Putnam’s bitterness has increased. Finally his prodigious involvement in the relentless accusations places him in the center of the spot light‚ making him a salient character in both the play and the
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quite a bit of the middle section of the factory tour because I couldn’t hear but I was especially fond of the new ecoflaps PCPM is producing. That is something I’ve never thought of before and it’s nice to know things like that are made here in Putnam County. What they do at PCPM is a pretty complex operation‚ with all of the different plastics they have to keep separate and at different temperatures it is quite a task. The variety of products that are made by PCPM must require a lot of skilled
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“Eat your eggs”- In the story‚ as Walter was explaining to Ruth about his dream to own a liquor store; Ruth rejected him by telling him to eat his eggs. Through the heated conversation‚ Walter mentions how it was necessary for man to change his life but Ruth would just disregard him by telling him to “eat your eggs and go to work”. This shows how despite all the dreams that Walter has‚ Ruth does not support him in any way. Walter feels that Ruth is not very supportive and how she treats him always in
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for that. I will not black my face for any of them!" (Abigail to Parris about why she is being discharged by the Proctors) 4. "How high did she fly‚ how high?" (Mrs. Putnam to Parris) 5. "I’d not call it sick; the Devil’s touch is heavier than sick. It’s death‚ y’know‚ it’s death drivin’ into them‚ forked and hoofed." (Mrs. Putnam to Parris) 6. "Thomas‚ Thomas‚ I pray you‚ leap not to witchcraft. I know that you - you least of all‚ Thomas‚ would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me.
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Bibliography: Putnam‚ Hilary. "Psychological Predicates." In W.H. Capitan and D.D. Merrill (eds.)‚ Art‚ Mind‚ and Religion. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (1967): 37-48. Putnam introduces the concept of multiple realizability Block‚ Ned and Fodor‚ Jerry. "What Psychological States Are Not." Philosophical Review 81 (1972): 159-181. Block‚
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In the opening of the play how does Miller seek to create an atmosphere of hysteria and tension? Do you find the opening effective? The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller written in the 1950’s. It was set in the 1690’s in Massachusetts. The play is about the witch trials and how something like a group of girls in the woods could lead to about 200 people being hanged and accused of witchcraft. The people of Salem were new to Massachusetts as they were puritans who went off to America to set up
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Ruth and Naomi In a place called Moab there lived a nice family. Elimelech‚ his wife Naomi and their two sons moved there because there was more food there than where they used to live. After a while Elimelech died but Naomi wasn’t alone she still had two sons. Her sons got married but after about ten years they died too. At least Naomi still had her sons wives to keep her company‚ their names were Orpah and Ruth. Naomi called her sons wives and told them‚ "I am going to go back to where
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and the others were engaging in witchcraft in the woods and his first concern is not the endangerment to their souls or the sin they have committed. Instead‚ he is troubled by the effect of the scandal on his reputation as seen in Parris’ reply to Putnam “Thomas‚ Thomas‚ I pray you‚ leap not to witchcraft…they will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house.” Through this‚ Miller aims to give the readers an insight to the mass hysteria of the period – during the 17th and early 18th centuries
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This paper will define‚ discuss and analyze Jim Putnam and Bobby Harrington’s five stages of discipleship as well as the four spheres or areas of our life. Additionally‚ I will describe what stage I feel that I am in and offer evidence to support that. Moreover‚ I will reflect on the four spheres of my life with regards to Bonhoeffer’s discipleship and the cross. Finally‚ the concept of the meaning of submission to Christ will be discoursed. Putnam and Harrington define five stages of discipleship
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The greed of Mr. Putnam When an inidiviudal has done something wrong‚ he will give himself a reason to excuse his wrongdoings. He will not think about what motivated the course of his action or the consequence of his action. He will not think about how it affects the innocent people. As time passes‚ his goodness will be gone‚ and he will feel as if his crimes were ordinary. In "The Crucible‚" one of the influential character that directly related to this situation is Thomas Putnam. In order revenge
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