Anne Bradstreet established domestic tradition in American poetry in the 17th century. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) first book of poetry was “The Tenth Muse”, with the assistance of her brother-in-law it was published in 1650. “Anne was a Puritan woman of deep spiritual faith, but her highly intelligent and well-educated mind was capable of questioning and even rebellion” (Piercy 17). During the Puritan era of Anne Bradstreet, the idea was one of community and God. According to Katherine M. Rogers, “In her “Prologue,” Bradstreet acknowledged that many of her contemporaries thought a needle fitted her hand better than a pen” (Meridian 11.5.2). She rea…
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… could be said to early American women’s writers except, thank you?
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Comparing One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Crucible
Authority and power and chaos and order are the main discourses that are present in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Arthur Millar’s The Crucible. Through the context of each novel both authors use different dialogue, plots and situations to get their viewpoint across to the audience. In comparing the two texts with the similarities and differences, it is clear that both authors have had a different effect on the audience of today. It would appear as though both texts are focused around the theme of power and disempowerment, with the authors using different techniques to get their point across to the audience. Both texts will be discussed further through comparing and contrasting and discussing the description of the discourses present in both texts.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kesey is set in an Oregon asylum, and serves as a study of the institutional process and the human mind. The novel was written in 1959 and published in 1962. The Crucible written by Arthur Millar is a 1953 play by the American playwright and is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory to McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists.
Together there are many similarities of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Crucible both texts are based on an uprise of creativity. They are also both periods that encouraged conformity and were based on historical periods in the past. Together the texts were also based in a similar time and place and the characters in both texts also had a fear of the unknown and the minority. When compared these two texts have many similarities that are relevant in t…
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… Proctor himself was more indirect in resolving conflict where he didn’t want the events that had occurred to have happen. However McMurphy was trying to change the hospital’s normal routine and rules in order to prove a point that the other patients weren’t actually mental.
In conclusion the two texts One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Crucible share many discourse’s and have been evidently discussed above. A major theme in both texts is power and disempowerment this theme effected many of the characters through the plot and situations of the texts. Authority and power and chaos and order contribute significantly into both texts and when discussed more thoroughly it is clear that these two texts are portrayed differently with both Kesey and Miller both using different techniques to position their audience into believing what their storey is portraying.