Choose one of the following topics for your first essay. Use MLA format; 3rd person (avoid 1st person and NO 2nd person). Identify characters BRIEFLY when you introduce them into your paper. Use the complete name of the characters initially, following by the last name as identification, if you like.
1. Authority - what is the nature of authority in Salem? Who holds the authority and by what right? In what way is it external in some cases, in what way internal in others? Which is more authentic of genuine?
2. The individual vs. society - case in point: John Proctor and other individuals who opposed the church and the court, individuals who defied the accusations of witchcraft. What happens to the society when an individual stands apart from its traditions, customs, and mores?
Rev. John Hale –
-- 3. How he changes from Act I to the final scene
-- 4. Compare & contrast Hale and Parris
5. Underlying motives: Greed (Thomas Putnam); the girls who tried to save themselves from beatings; jealously (Abigail Williams' lust for Proctor; Ann Putman is jealous of the healthy children & g-children of R. Nurse)
1. Authority - what is the nature of authority in Salem? Who holds the authority and by what right? In what way is it external in some cases, in what way internal in others? Which is more authentic of genuine?
2. The individual vs. society - case in point: John Proctor and other individuals who opposed the church and the court, individuals who defied the accusations of witchcraft. What happens to the society when an individual stands apart from its traditions, customs, and mores?
Rev. John Hale –
-- 3. How he changes from Act I to the final scene
-- 4. Compare & contrast Hale and Parris
5. Underlying motives: Greed (Thomas Putnam); the girls who tried to save themselves from beatings; jealously (Abigail Williams' lust for Proctor; Ann Putman is jealous of the healthy children & g-children of R. Nurse)
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