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Reverend Hale False Confession
687 wordsThroughout history, and Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the name by which one is called, is more than just a name. Your name represents your actions, your reputation, and your beliefs. Your name can carry on after your life as a proud example of hero, or conversely, as an example of a liar. Just as important as one's name, is the signature that it represents. By signing something, one shows that they recognize what is written and wishes to show support for what it represents. A signature is as uni...
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Curious Punishment Of Colonial Days
1,324 wordsCurious Punishments of Colonial Days Punishment in today's society is a civil process that has changed dramatically over the centuries. Today, there are laws against cruel and unusual punishment, however there was a time when curious punishments were very popular and often practiced. One of the most notable historical eras that participated in the practice of curious punishments was the colonial time period, the seventeenth century, in and around Boston, MA. Since this area was primarily settled...
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Abused Their Power Goody Putnam Revenge
419 wordsIn the Play The Crucible nothing was the way it seemed. Ironically the characters who were known as Puritans, religiously good people, do not fit that description. Many Puritans were out for revenge on enemies, abused their power and committed perjury. The Crucible was upsetting and Goody Putnam acted crazy by thinking some supernatural power killed her babies. The fact that the judges believed her accusation is even worse. It seemed easy to prove an innocent person guilty throughout that period...
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Causes Of The Salem Witch Craft Trials
1,111 words... Hanson was certain that the girls were not possessed, but clinically insane (x). And that, he explained, may have been the result of witchcraft which, contrary to popular belief, is psychogenic, rather than occult. That means that the girls may have experienced their hysterical symptoms as a result of their fear. Regardless, the girls were insane, Hanson contended, long before any clergyman got to them. Another possible explanation for the girls insanity was ergot poisoning, a common problem...
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Salem Witch Hunts Proctor And Abigail
2,130 wordsThe play, The Crucible, illustrates how people react to mass hysteria created by a person or group of people, as people did during the McCarthy hearings of the 1950 s and the Salem witch hunts of 1962. Many Americans were wrongly accused of being Communist sympathizers. The activities of the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to be linked with the witchcraft trials that had taken place in the town of Salem. This provided Miller with the catalyst to write The Crucible. Without the kn...
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The Crucible And Birthmark Human Failures
531 wordsJohn Steinbeck once said that It was the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams, for the purpose of improvement. In other words when an author writes a story it is there mission to write it in such a way that it demonstrates mans pitfalls so that upon reflection of the work the reader will be able to better himself through the reading of the story. Arthur Millers The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne's...
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Salem Witch Trials Tragic Hero
449 wordsThe The Historic happenings of the Salem Witch Trials are told in the story of the Crucible. In the Crucible, the main character is John Proctor. John Proctor is a tragic hero who is a great man but has one single flaw, pride, which will lead to his destruction. John Proctor is considered the to be a great man in Salem. He owns a good piece of land and farms it very well. He is a devoted husband and loving father of three. There are groups and factions that are present in Salem where John has st...
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Tragic Heroics Of John Proctor From The
469 wordsThe character of John Proctor was a tragic hero in The Crucible. Proctor was a sensible farmer that had committed the sin of adultery. He had a tragic flaw that lead to his downfall. Proctors excessive pride hindered him from reality. He felt that the Salem witch trials would and could not affect him. However, he was wrong because his former lover Abigail accuses his wife of witchcraft. Proctor does not want to tell the public about his affair, but when he does it is too late. Elizabeth Proctor ...
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American In Arthur Miller The Crucible
877 wordsArthur Miller's play, The Crucible, is based upon actual events in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The Crucible highlights the tendency in America to witch-hunt and how some people used this leverage to gain power for them without telling the truth. To be accused in Salem you were sent to trial, which ultimately meant a sentence. Those people who decided to live by confessing to witchery were outcaste from society; Arthur Miller based this situation on the communist hatred spreading over American ...
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Acting Un Holy Girls Are Caught John
584 wordsDespite our thoughts of Puritans as holy and righteous people, Arthur Millers, The Crucible shows many of them as the complete opposite. Many people that read such tales of the Puritan life styles start to perceive all Puritans as un-holy, and non-righteous people. In act one there are many cases of people acting un-holy and non-righteous. Such cases include when the girls are caught dancing in the forest with a black slave girl named Tituba. While dancing, the girls are caught by the local mini...
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Make A Decision Reverend Hale
1,134 wordsThe Crucible by Arthur Miller The three characters to be analyzed in this report are John Proctor, Abigail and Reverend Hale. In The Crucible, John Proctor changes from a timid character held in bondage by his sin to a strong, righteous man who will die for the truth. This drastic change in his character is the basis of his significance to the outcome of the play. The unyielding faith of Proctors wife, the influence of the people who share his beliefs and his triumph over an inner struggle help ...
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1,603 wordsBeing a Marine is the most challenging and rewarding responsibility a person could face. It is a known fact that the Marines have the toughest and most difficulty training course in the world. Men and women from all over the world try their abilities of strength and courage to see what life can throw at them, and what it is to be a true Marine (Conner). The United States Marine mental and moral qualities have been tested throughout history. Through the long history of the Marine Corps there are ...
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Salem Witch Trials Outcome Of The Story
628 wordsThe Crucible Essay The story The Crucible takes place during the times of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. This was a time of much hypocrisy in the people of the town of Salem. Many people believed anything they heard or saw. Although The Crucible is fictitious, the story depicts the historical information of the Salem witch trials, and blends them with fictitious characters with minds of their own to create a very realistic plot and conflict in this story. This story has a few themes th...
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End Of The Play Rebecca Nurse
1,116 wordsArthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to a period in American history when there was widespread fear of communism. It is set in the sixteen nineties, during the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Salem was governed as a Theocracy, rule by God or a priestly order. In this time many innocent people were tried and hanged for witchcraft. A crucible is a severe trial. In the play the whole community had been thrown into pandemonium, but a few characters are also fighting internal conflicts and trial...
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Affair With Abigail John Proctor
1,047 wordsThe primary dramatic focus in the play The Crucible is the moral struggle of its protagonist, John Proctor. Certain characteristics of John Proctor s character and also the environment of the Puritanical Salem alleviated this problem for him. The main issues running through out the play are a series of dilemmas that John Proctor faces. The first and foremost of these is his guilt over his adulterous affair with Abigail Williams, the second his hesitation to testify against Abigail to bring out t...
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People Of Salem Abigail
781 words? The Crucible? In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts, the superstition of witches existed in a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted out of the ordinary was accused of being a witch and then the accused would actually be forgiven if the blamed their accusations on another individual. This was the main idea of a play entitled, ? The Crucible? by Arthur Miller. In this play a group of young girls act up and are then accused of being witches. These girls then blame other people in order...
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Salem Witch Trials Giles Corey
828 wordsMoral Courage In 1952, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller was written. This play is viewed by many as a condemnation of McCarthyism, now seen as a modern-day witch hunt, or the prosecution of people accused without proper cause, who are forced to conform to society to avoid public denunciation. The Crucible is based on one of the strangest and most dreadful events in American history, the Salem witch trials of 1692. During this time many innocent people were put to death. Throughout this play, there...
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Salem Witch Trials Group Of People
645 wordsThe Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place in the late 17 th century during the famous yet tragic witch trials. It is a story that contains the many struggles that came about as a result of the strict Puritan setting. Miller s depiction of the Salem witch trials deals with a community that starts out with a tightly knit and church loving fa ade. However, once finger pointing at the witches began, the community starts accusing each other. Hysteria and hidden agendas broke d...
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Mass Hysteria Eric Harris
831 wordsIt may just be an unescapable human trait, or it could be that we have psychologically evolved less than we actually believe, but the tendency for human beings to search for other reasons and explanations for bad incidents has alway been present. The book, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, focuses on the Salem Witch trials. The book was written about the same time as the Red Scare, and the McCarthy trials, and compares the mass hysteria surrounding both events, hence the name, The Crucible. On Apr...
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Miller John Proctor
429 wordsUpon first reading Aurthur Miller? s The Crucible, it would be easy to mistake Abigail Williams for the key player. When the story is examined, the antagonist is clearly John Proctor. Proctor was the soul inspiration for nearly every act following the dancing in the woods and the second half of the play is very dependant on him. Though John Proctor appears very simple in the beginning of the play, the reader soon discovers there is much more motivating him. He is very confused and tormented by g...
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