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Salem Witchcraft Trials Elizabeth Proctor
1,027 wordsThe play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, was about the Salem witchcraft trials that killed many Puritans in Massachusetts. In this play, Miller shows the reader that the Puritans, as a whole were not as godly as they were portrayed. Miller also shows how mass hysteria can be sparked by almost anything. The play takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Reverend Parties daughter, Betty, falls sick and for some reason the townspeople suspect witchery. Taking advantage of this situation,...
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End Of The Play Leaves The Audience
1,512 words... PROCTOR '... Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. ' HALE You have said that twice, sir' PROCTOR (lost): ye. (he if flailing for it. ) ELIZABETH (delicately); Adultery, John. The stage directions show the difficulty this couple have had in discussing this topic. It seems fortunate for Proctor that he does not recall this last commandment on his own. This could suggest that he is willing to put his affair behind him. When Elizabeth intervenes see merely delicately lets him know what...
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Elizabeth Proctor Arthur Miller
751 wordsCircumstances cause adaptation. Drastic circumstances cause drastic adaptation. The Salem witch trials of 1692 were definitely drastic circumstances. Society's hysteria, greed, and vengeance led to accusations that changed many lives, even changed some of those lives to death. Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend John Hale, and John Proctor were three characters that were altered during Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Elizabeth Proctor is a kind, intelligent, almost joyless woman that has evidently been il...
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Arthur Miller John Proctor
452 wordsThe Crucible, by Arthur Miller is a play set in the sixteen nineties about the tragic witch hunts in Salem, Massachusetts. Two important characters in the book to focus on are John Proctor and John Hale. Both Hale and Proctor transform throughout the play because of the conflicts they are involved in. John Proctor is an average puritan farmer in Salem who is faced with many internal conflicts. First we learn of his wifes distrust of him because he committed adultery. He did not want to get invol...
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Save His Wife Order To Save
1,300 wordsThe Crucible Arthur Miller is one of the most famous American playwrights. Despite the fact that Death of a Salesman is considered the work that made him world-famous, The Crucible was undeservedly forgotten by the public. The Crucible was designed as a historic drama based on historically refracted reflections of the real events, - the witch trial of 1692 in Salem, one of the most fanatical centers of Puritanism, - that is whimsically connected with McCarthy period. The spectrum of emotional to...
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Accused Of Witchcraft Reverend Hale
454 wordsRev. John Hale vs. John Proctor The characters of John Hale and John Proctor in? The Crucible? can be compared and contrasted according to their key traits, goals, and tendencies to change. These characters are probably the two most important characters in the play. They both are strong men mentally and are proud of what they accomplish. Reverend John Hale and John Proctor can be compared and contrasted according to their key traits. Reverend Hale is a man in his late forties. He is intelligent ...
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John Hale Didn T
1,079 wordsMean Spirit/ Linda Hogan/? 1990 Our story takes place on an oil-rich Native American town, called Watona, on a reservation in Oklahoma. The course of the story extends from 1918 to the mid-twenties. There is a multitude of characters that accompany this story. One of the most important characters is Nola Blanket, a young teenager who is a full-blooded Osage Indian. She is a very delicate girl but still very strong. Her mother, Grace Blanket, is a very beautiful, well-liked young woman who is ver...
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John Hale Act Three
547 wordsIn the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Hale goes through some very distinct character changes. When Reverend John Hale first arrives in Salem he is quite conceited about his field of work which is the? demonic arts. ? He believes that he is an expert on witchcraft even though he has never condemned someone as a witch. In the first act it is as if Hale came to Salem to prove his proficiency and he just really wants people to respect his authority. In Act Two Hale is still willing to do al...
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