Compare the presentation of female characters in The Crucible Othello and Enduring Love Arthur Millers The Crucible is a play set in Puritanical New England 1692 Miller wrote the play as an allegorical statement against McCarthyism in the US Abigail one of the central female characters was the previous mistress of John Proctor the plays protagonist portrayed as a tragic noble hero and therefore Abigail who was his mistress who he no longer has feelings for and causes him trouble is bound to be
Some writings are enhanced by myths and others are built upon them Pygmalion the play written by George Bernard Shaw is a prime example of a literary work that has been built upon a myth and in fact the play would not attain the literary merit it has if not for the myth Metamorphoses In the myth Pygmalion a sculptor falls in love with his scuplture In the play Henry Higgins a phonetics teacher falls in love with his pupil However Pygmalion marries his creation and Higgins does not Shaw uses thi
The process of change can be overwhelming challenging and traumatic but once ones initial fear is conquered there is a great potential to a better life Change can be brought on by many things an event the coming of age realisation or by a catalyst Two texts in particular The Catcher in the Rye and Secrets and Lies both explore similar aspects of change the difficulty of growing up fear refusal of change and rebellion The Catcher in the Rye published in 1951 by JD Salinger is a novel which consi