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Anna Monyak Period 8 10/16/09 English

Excessive pride is something we are all guilty of at times. Thinking highly of ones self is part of human nature. The play “The Crucible” shows many examples of this trait within its characters. From the beginning with Abigail thinking she deserves John more than the wife. To the middle with Hale and Danforth sentencing the life of others. Finally the play ends with John loosing his life to save his name. Although there were many characters that were prideful the top three are Reverend Hale, Elizabeth Proctor. One character that exhibited excessive pride was Reverend Hale. From the first time Reverend Hale was introduced to us on page 20 it was evident. His exact words were “Pray you, someone take these!” This shows that he thought so high of himself that he should not have to carry his own books. Also he stated his authority that came with the books. His heavy pride led to the deaths of many that were innocence. He even realized this on page 57 when he exclaimed “There is blood on my head.” This is just showing that there is no doubt it was his fault for their deaths. In the end I would say it is safe to say his pride was not justified since he was easily tricked by young girls when he thought he was so smart. Another character that was proud in the story was John Proctor. The moment that truly captured his pride was on page 62 when he yells “You will not use me.” This shows that he would rather die than loose his good name. He ends up dying for his pride since he will not sig the confession that soils his name He says he wont sign the confession on page 62 “I can hang.” His pride wasn’t really justified since he constantly signed ruining his name. However John Proctor was a bit different from the other. Another character to be discussed in this paper is Elizabeth. This was shown on page 34 when she said “If you think that I am one, then I say there are none.” She thought too highly of herself to lie and just agree with him. This resulted with being taken away as a witch and eventually the death of her husband. If she had just swallowed her pride and lied then Proctor wouldn’t have gone into court and been convicted. This is proved on page 38 when Proctor says “My wife will never die for me. It is hard to say whether her pride was justified, but for the most part is was since she was a good person most of the time.

In 1888 George Eastman put the first Kodak camera into the market. George Eastman wanted to make photography simple and available for everyone not just the wealthy and that’s just what he did. The Kodak camera came preloaded with enough film for 100 pictures and when they were done the whole camera was returned to the Kodak Company where the photos were developed and more film was put into the Kodak camera. The Camera was then sent back to the customer by mail. George Eastman made his Kodak Camera easy to use and cheap. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company. This is important because it spread the idea that cameras could be easy to use and cheap. This also helped the camera become what it is today.

With the help of Liberal Republicans the Amnesty Act passed in 1872. The Amnesty Act pardoned most former confederates. Almost all white Southerners could vote and hold office again. This act also restored full rights to people who supported the Democratic Party. This was important because it got the South back on its feet so to speak and helped the south’s economy recover.

Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890. This banned trusts which are a group of companies managed by the same board of directors and monopoly’s which are a total control of an industry by a single producer. John Sherman who was the younger brother of William Tecumseh Sherman was the chief author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This is important because it prevented big companies from taking over.