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Life And Sacrifice - College Papers

Life And Sacrifice

In our society, some people are striving for money and fame, some people are fighting for their country and religion, and some people are seeking and surviving for love. Ironically, these things that most of us are aiming for motivate us to sacrifice something important to us, in extreme cases our lives. Arthur Miller's The Crucible is a proof of a superfluous act of wasting ones life in exchange for something totally invaluable. Sacrifice, may be described as an honourable act, in fact from a realistic perspective, it is ridiculous to jeopardize our lives in order to ensure our reputations, to attain an eternal love, and to receive a recognition of bravery, because we can never witness ...

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his family as a result of his suicide. His decease has only brought feelings of sorrow and sadness to his family, which turns out to be an unnecessary sacrifice. Reverend John Hales remarkable comment on Protor's decision; " Life is God's most precious gift, no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it." (Miller, P. 132), indeed is an enlightenment for readers to re-consider the value of their lives. Nothing in the world has the privilege to take away our precious lives.
People living in a fantasy world are often obsessed with unrealistic love stories. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is an excellent example of a fantasized love story, which demonstrates a contrast between the reality. Romeo and Juliet shared their mutual and ceaseless love in eternity, in order to avoid the oppositions from their families. Such an action is seldom found in today's world, where our emotions and passions are somehow lost in this realistic and material world. The two ...

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Added: 9/1/2007 07:14:57 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
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