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Comparing The Crucible By Miller And Olaudah Equiano

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To begin with, Miller and Equiano both use emotional appeals to their audiences to refute bigotry and persecution. The Declaration of Independence gave the United States of America its character and identity at the time of its founding and guaranteed its citizens equality, liberty, and equal opportunity. The American Dream is the concept that underpins the United States Constitution and holds that an individual's ability to accomplish is mostly determined by their own hard work and determination, rather than by their social status or level of wealth. The Crucible starkly shattered this illusion of peace. The crucible Hypocrisy is the act of acting in a way that is at odds with one's own values or views. In The Crucible, widespread panic sets off the witch hunt, but hypocrisy ultimately determines how the drama turns out. Suspicions gave rise to the false …show more content…

Equiano discusses the ship's circumstances and the hardships the slaves faced throughout the story. The situation on board the ship is uncomfortable, even if the slaves were never released. "The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded. Only those who made every effort to ruin the lives of others were granted freedom in the story of The Life of Olaudah Equiano. Equiano describes the circumstances of the ship and the hardships the slaves faced throughout the story. Although the slaves were never released, the conditions on board the ship were uncomfortable. Equiano narrates the horrifying event as follows: "The proximity of the location, coupled with the warm temperature and a packed ship that left little space for people to turn around, nearly caused asphyxia" (Equiano 171). Equiano's story is that of a journey from ignorance to wisdom, another sees it as a journey from freedom into captivity and back

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17.1 Captivity and Enslavement, Olaudah Equiano, the interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano written by himself 1. What are Equiano’s impressions of the white men on the ship and their treatment of the slaves? How does this treatment reflect the slave traders’ primary concerns? Equiano’s first impression of these white men is a feeling of uncertainty and sorrow for the future. As his story goes on Equiano is afraid of these white men, but also he is wishing to end it all because of the conditions and treatment of the slaves.

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What are some principles or beliefs that you are willing to die for? Most people would answer with something very meaningful and significant to them. The play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller portraits how important principles may be. Hale, a character in the play, states that “No principle, however glorious is worth dying for”. His statement and opinion is wrong.

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He describes the anguish, anxiety and despair that surrounded him on the slave ship with vivid detail. He leaves no detail spared as he describes slaves throwing themselves off of the boat seeing death as a better alternative than the fate that awaits them. Equino uses imagery in his text to show the reader the anguish they felt and appeals to the readers emotions to elicit a response to the wrongdoings of the white men that had enslaved them and kept them in such horrible conditions. For example he writes, “One day they had taken a number of fishes; and when they had killed and satisfied themselves with as many as they thought fit, to our astonishment who were on the deck, rather than give any of them to us to eat, as we expected, they tossed the remaining fish into the sea again…”(pg. 173) this shows the reader the cruelty of the men on the boat and makes the reader feel an emotion.

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Equiano also described the conditions by stating “This wretched situation was again aggravated by the galling of the chains, now become insupportable, and the filfth of the necessary tubs, into which the children often fell and were almost suffocated.” (25) In chapter one, he explained that Elboe was known for their cleanliness. So, this was an adjustment to him because he is use to clean conditions. Equiano explained that the slave ships were very crowded and the climate made it very hot on the ships.

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Hypocrisy is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. In the book the Crucible there are many hypocrites some dishonest some just following any one to be guilty, but one of the many character is Judge Danforth he mocks Marry when he ask "How were you instructed in your life? Do you not know that God damns all liars?"(3-84), since Danforth is in power for being the judge he thinks that everyone else is ignorant and not being equal as him.

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The most shocking thing is that even though going through what he went through, he himself once had slaves of his own. This is was the story of Equiano impacted me the most. One of the descriptive details that Equiano gives is when he arrives at the ship and sees people's faces and that they are chained together, “and saw a large furnace of copper boiling and a multitude of black people of every description chained together.” Equiano is already terrified that he was kidnapped and separated from his sister. Now seeing that the people that are on the ship look like him are being treated badly, might have made him even more terrified.

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One Choice Can Change Lives Who knew one seemingly innocent lie could cause 19 deaths and pit an entire town against itself? That’s exactly what happens in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Authors often use similar plot devices, and their favorite one is having their characters face a test. In a small town called Salem in early America, something terrible is happening.

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Olaudah Equiano was a victim of slavery and said to have feared the White man when being transported to Barbados. Him and others feared that they were going to be eaten by the White people who have captured them. He describes the trip that he took to get to Barbados and how he was sold off into slavery. Equiano was put up for auction with other slaves that traveled with him. He describes the other slaves asking the White people questions.

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Equiano also gives incite to the fact that Europe was not the only people participating in slavery, Africa was too. But most of the slaves in Africa were prisoners of war or people that had committed crimes. But Equiano’s journey did not start until at 11 years old when he and his

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