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Question 1: How does Millar present ideas about witch-hunts in the crucible? Arthur Millar presnts ideas about witch-hunts during the novel through many different techniques. – Millar uses Hale to be the with hunter at the court trial. – The court room contains tension between the acused girls and the judges and the dury. –

‘Simply because we were locked a hundred years before we started, there’s no reason for us not to try to win.’ This response to Scout from Atticus shows how Tom Robinsons case was affecting his life. He expresses his passion to try and defeat the court. He tries to show Scout his determination about Tom.

In the ‘Yellow Palm’, the poet shows how conflict has affected the religion of the people and destroyed the places of worship. “But there was blood on the walls and the muezzin’s eyes were wild with despair”.

In my perspective, Robert Browning and William Shakespeare present love and hate similarly. They both show love and hate in one action. My argument will be supported by Julius Caesar and many poems written by Robert Browning. Julius Caesar, the great ruler of Rome, written by Shakespeare is a classic play that showed us how…

I believe that love and hate can be expressed in a single action. In Julius Caesar, Brutus does this in scene 3, act 1 whe he delivers the final blow to Caesar. Brutus does this for his love of Rome and for his love of Caesar but does it for his hate of Caesar’s ambitions.

Dear Mr Humphrys, I fully understand your opinion on the change of English Language which was published by the Daily Mail in 2007. I am also not against your opinion about the ‘I h8 txt msgs’ quote. However, you obviously have a different perception of ‘change’. You are describing the change of language as though…

The poet starts the poem with ‘GRRRRR’ which show that the speaker is angry about something. The poet also finishes the first stanza with the line ‘Hell dry you up with its flames’. This shows that the speaker is speaking to someone and that the persin has done someth8ng wrong. As the poem is called…

I believe that the speaker in the poem, ‘Poppies’, is a veteran from a big war in the past. This is because of the last stanza. It says, ‘I listened, hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind’. In my perspective, it shows that a old man fought in the war with his…

The Room Sweet, soft air running through every strand of hair on her body. Her long, silky hair flowing in the quiet wind. There is no noise. You can here a pin drop. Birds, side by side, flap their graceful wings parallel to the arms of the short, but well-built woman. Nothing but chalk-white surrounds her.…

In Act 3, scene 2, Antony is at Caesar’s funeral. At the funeral, Brutus tries to persuade the people of Rome that he, and the conspirator’s, killed Caesar for the good of Rome. However, Antony uses different methods to persuade them. One of his methods is using Caesar’s will. Antony uses persuasive language to do…