Comparison ("The Crucible" & "In the Name of The Father") ; "the audience admires the hero for his sturggle to confront and resolve his conflicts."
Title: Comparison ("The Crucible" & "In the Name of The Father") ; "the audience admires the hero for his sturggle to confront and resolve his conflicts."
Category: /Society & Culture/Education
Details: Words: 1150 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Comparison ("The Crucible" & "In the Name of The Father") ; "the audience admires the hero for his sturggle to confront and resolve his conflicts."
Category: /Society & Culture/Education
Details: Words: 1150 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Arthur Miller's allegorical play, "The Crucible" set in Salem 1692, and Jim Sheridan's film, "In the Name of the Father (1993)" set in 1970's Belfast, are two texts in which the protagonists, John Proctor and Gerry Conlon respectively, uphold the traditional notions of a hero. Proctor is a farmer, struggling to sustain his morals against a parochial authority, and Gerry is a turbulent youth, seeking purpose in life. Despite the different contexts, they both embark on a …showed first 75 words of 1150 total…
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John Proctor and Gerry Conlon venture on a journey to find inner peace, self-forgiveness, and purpose all the while confronting an unjust authority. Facing complex struggles, these ordinary people endure intense pressure but their determination to preserve morality, truth and justice allows them persist. The struggles to confront and resolve conflicts, emerging from a difficult journey filled with turmoil, as these characters have endured; fit the true notion of a hero.
