Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Power, how I adore thee!




In 1887, a John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (What a mouthful! That's like Professor Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore) once said "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Connect this to the play.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Moral Dilemma




"The Crucible" really tests the limits of morality. Discuss a time in your life when you made a decision because you thought it was "the right thing to do" instead of actually wanting to do it. Were there repercussions? What was driving your morality?

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It's within human nature to want power. However, the age old question of "how much power is too much power?" has been posed many a time. Discuss a time when you abused power that was seemingly yours. What did you do, and what was the result? Did you regret your decision or ultimately, would you do it again?