Fall from Grace

Fall from Grace — page 5 — a conclusion The conclusion restates the ideas from the thesis and summarizes some of the main points from the essay The conclusion’s How to Conclude final thought often considers additional implications for the essay or gives the reader Begin your conclusion with something to ponder further a recap of the thesis and a brief summary of the most In This Book important or strongest arguments Leave readers In this book you will read with a final thought that puts the essay in a larger summaries of works each context or considers its followed by an analysis wider implications Critical thinking sections will give you a chance to consider other theses and questions about the work Did you agree with the author's analysis What other questions are raised by the thesis and its arguments You can also see other directions the author could have pursued to analyze the work Then in the Analyze It section in the final pages of this book you will have an opportunity to create your own analysis paper 10

Fall from Grace — page 6 — The Theme of a fall from Grace The book you are reading focuses on the theme of a fall from grace This theme is one of the oldest archetypes in human storytelling A fall from grace is a moment in a story when a character makes a huge mistake that puts the character at odds with the moral values of his or her society The character has fallen from public opinion and often entered into a realm of evil Along with a fall from grace comes the theme of redemption Characters who fall from grace have the possibility of being redeemed If a character Look for the Guides is redeemed he has either corrected or made up for the wrongs he committed The character is reformed Many fall from grace stories focus on the character's effort to Throughout the chapters that analyze the works thesis statements have been highlighted The box next to the thesis helps explain what questions are being raised about the work Supporting arguments have also been highlighted The boxes next to the arguments help explain how these points support the thesis The conclusions are also accompanied by explanatory boxes Look for these guides throughout each analysis be redeemed But in others the character continues his or her fall throughout the story and is never

Fall from Grace — page 7 — AN OVERVIEW OF The Crucible he Crucible a play in four acts set in the colonial period in the 1600s portrays an infamous episode in American history the Salem witch trials The Salem Massachusetts government was a theocracy as were other early American communities settled by Puritans from England There was no separation of church and state in Salem The government was based on religious principles The Puritans believed witches existed and did the work of the devil In Salem in 1692 a group of young Puritan girls claimed to have communicated with the devil at the urging of certain adults in the community Soon a full blown witch hunt was in progress Playwright Arthur Miller based his work on some of these events 12

Fall from Grace — page 8 — The Crucible based on the Salem witch trails follows the story of fictional John Proctor 13

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