Essays on Historical Figures

In the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is a character with a mixture of being a villain and victim. Throughout the play we see her as a liar, very self-centered and ignorant she is also responsible for many deaths in Salem....

In the play, ‘The Crucible’ Miller’s writing steers us, the audience, in a way that initially inclines us to believe she is presented as a villain. From the beginning of the play, Miller unquestionably presents Abigail as the villain. She is exhibited as a skillful...

Power is the ability to influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power is what allows for a tranquil society and a safe life. When given power people can choose to use it for good, but others can choose to use their...

Many people are being killed because of the problematic and abuse of power being used in Salem, Massachuttes. Innocent people are being accused of false accusations because of other people’s personal problems. In the Crucible Arthur Miller displays most of the characters being exposed to...

Everyone has lied at some point in their lives, but usually not a big lie that could cost someone’s life; once one thing is said about it lies are always exposed, revealing the truth beneath them. Abigail Williams is a fifteen year old girl that...

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is a partially fictionalized allegory created to comment on the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts in 1662 and 1633. The play’s connections to the ‘Red Scare’ of the 1950s and the phenomenon known as...

In 1946, Winston Churchill gave a discourse that is called ‘The Iron Curtain,’ which as I would see it is discussing how extraordinary it would be on the off chance that we could all simply get along and meet up in solidarity. The discourse comprises...

Winston Churchill is a very known and effective man in history today. He was an author, a statesman, leader, and a prime minister in the world wars. He spent a lot of his time switching from conservatives and liberals, and from government jobs to government...

The great leader of the United Kingdom in 1945, Winston Churchill, was a British politician of the conservative, then liberal party, and leader during World War II. Churchill was born into a rich aristocratic family, giving him an education, but he did not achieve good...

Born to be a soldier Winston Churchill, one of the most brilliant and dauntless Prime Ministers in British history, he was a true warlord but what made this man the hero we know today is his childhood experiences and ventures before his more legendary exploits....