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Reverend Hale Witch Trials
984 wordsThe Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a play that takes place in the sixteen nineties during the famous, but tragic, Salem witch trials. The entire community is in pandemonium, yet certain characters are also fighting internal conflicts of their own. Miller uses three characters that manifest this internal battle ever so clearly. For example, Mary Warren, whos whole personality turns upside down: John Proctor, who contemplates between the importance of his family and his own name, and Rever...
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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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Betty Parris Reverend Hale
978 wordsWhy did Miller Change events in The Crucible The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller in the 1950 s and is about the Salem Witch Trials. Although there were many differences between The Crucible and the actual witch trials Miller had good reason for making the changes for the book. Some of the things Miller changed to get the reader to side with the people on trial. Abigail Williams and John Proctors ages were changed. Abigail Williams age to 17 even though the real girl was only 11, but ...
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Positive And Negative Accused Of Witchcraft
736 wordsThroughout the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, consisted of various characters that demonstrated positive and negative pride, a major theme in this playwright. Positive pride is a value of oneself that expresses worthy self-esteem, and negative pride or excessive pride exists when an individual consists of stubbornness and selfishness. The Crucible was written to invite individuals to enter what it means to be human in a sinful world. It raises questions about truth, evil and the p...
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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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Leaves The Audience End Of The Play
2,149 words... beth intervenes she delicately lets him know what he is flailing for as if to suggest that she is willing to support him if he is true to himself about his feelings. John laughs off this moment of tension by saying, Aye. [Trying to grin it away to Hale] You see, sir, between the two of us we do know then all. While they are talking, suddenly Francis Nurse and Giles Corey enter, they relay to them the latest course of events. Hale then says, if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothings left to ...
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John Proctor Four Lines
534 wordsDuring the time of the Salem witchcraft trials, a number of wrongfully accused citizens were killed, due to the mass hysteria that had enveloped the community. Among these Puritan citizens is John Proctor, whom I believe dies a hero, not only because he refuses to surrender to the corruption in society, as did the rest that were put to death, but also because, in doing so, he is able to relieve himself of a guilty conscience. John Proctor is a respected man who chooses to die for what he hopes w...
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Plot Of The Play Mary Warren
500 wordsIn The Crucible, by Arthur Miller Abby's desperation in acts three and four make her a prominent character in the book. Abigail Williams a young adult in Salem is after her true love, John Proctor. Once she realizes that she has nothing to loose Abby really starts to take risks that make her crucial to the plot of the play. After Proctor confesses his affair with Abby. Mary Warren says that the cries of witchery by Abby are false; Abby realizes that she is almost out of options and goes to her l...
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The Good In People Salem Witchcraft
1,419 wordsIn 1692, the Salem Village of Massachusetts fell victim to an outbreak of mass hysteria caused by a fear of witchcraft. This fear of witchcraft was caused by a small group of girls who accused innocent people of the village of being under the influence of the devil and harming them with spells of witchcraft. How would a town so concerned with religion react to such crazy accusations? Arthur Miller describes such reactions to these in The Crucible. In this story Miller describes how different peo...
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2 The Crucible By Arthur Miller
771 words2. 2. The Crucible by Arthur Miller I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? Its she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now! Abigail Exposition of the Crucible The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Around that time, many witch hunts took place and many innocent people were killed. In the exposition, before John Proctor ...
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Affair With Abigail Character
455 wordsJohn Proctor A character is an elaborate blend of emotions and characteristics. Even though the character? s emotions are significant because they make an individual feel for the character may it be sympathy or anger. The characteristics are very also important because they make the character. They describe the character? s nature even if they are good hearted or if they are evil incarnate. Many times there is one word that can single-handedly describe the character? s reaction or behavior towar...
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Millers The Crucible John Proctor
384 wordsThe production of THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller had many high points of suspense and action. Mainly involving the trials and tribulations of John Proctor. Mr. Philip G. Hills view of Millers THE CRUCIBLE is strong; emotion filled and does an excellent job of summarizing this classic production. In THE CRUCIBLE there are many sections of excitement. John Proctor never seems to get a break and this is well documented in THE CRUCIBLE. For example, he first screws up his marriage by messing around w...
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Millers The Crucible John Proctor
384 wordsThe production of THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller had many high points of suspense and action. Mainly involving the trials and tribulations of John Proctor. Mr. Philip G. Hills view of Millers THE CRUCIBLE is strong; emotion filled and does an excellent job of summarizing this classic production. In THE CRUCIBLE there are many sections of excitement. John Proctor never seems to get a break and this is well documented in THE CRUCIBLE. For example, he first screws up his marriage by messing around w...
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Millers The Crucible John Proctor
384 wordsThe production of THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller had many high points of suspense and action. Mainly involving the trials and tribulations of John Proctor. Mr. Philip G. Hills view of Millers THE CRUCIBLE is strong; emotion filled and does an excellent job of summarizing this classic production. In THE CRUCIBLE there are many sections of excitement. John Proctor never seems to get a break and this is well documented in THE CRUCIBLE. For example, he first screws up his marriage by messing around w...
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Millers The Crucible John Proctor
384 wordsThe production of THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller had many high points of suspense and action. Mainly involving the trials and tribulations of John Proctor. Mr. Philip G. Hills view of Millers THE CRUCIBLE is strong; emotion filled and does an excellent job of summarizing this classic production. In THE CRUCIBLE there are many sections of excitement. John Proctor never seems to get a break and this is well documented in THE CRUCIBLE. For example, he first screws up his marriage by messing around w...
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Salem Witch Trials Save His Life
1,337 wordsMiller captured the paranoia and hatred of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials and made a controversial reference to his own society s Witch Hunts during McCarthyism in the 1950 s. In only 146 pages, Miller told us the stories of the lives of John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams and others during the 1692 Witch Trials in Salem Massachusetts. The quiet Salem community was living happily in their own sleepy world, until several local girls fell ill as their sickness was blamed on witchcraft. ...
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Tragic Hero John Proctor
957 wordsArthur Millers Th e Crucible is clearly a representation of the true meaning of tragedy. John Proctor was the medium, in which Miller utilized to convey a universal depiction of tragedy. A broad definition of a tragic hero is a protagonist who, through faults and flaws of his own and in the society in which he exists, falters in the grand scheme of things. This mistake leads to suffering, which ultimately leads to a self-realization. Miller, himself, explained, Tragedy, then, is the consequence ...
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Elizabeth Proctor Commit Adultery
1,026 wordsIS JOHN PROCTOR A? GOOD? MAN? Arthur Miller? s play? The Crucible? , is set in the small American Town of Salem. One of the main character? s is John Proctor, husband to Elizabeth Proctor and a feared, though respected member of this? New Jerusalem? s? community. John Proctor is a man who has some flaws, but also many good points to his personality. Various characters throughout the play highlight these differing aspects of Proctor? s personality. Proctor also presents various personality traits...
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End Of Act Ii Mary Warren
608 wordsMary Warren is an important character in Arthur Miller? s play, THE CRUCIBLE. Much of the action in Act III revolves around Mary? s testimony in court. She is a kind and basically honest girl who tries to do the right thing, saving her friends from harm. However, throughout Acts I and II, Mary is a follower who allows Abigail Williams to negatively influence her good judgment. To make matters worse, Mary is terrified of Abigail? s threats. Because of her weak will, the reader isn? t certain if M...
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Save His Wife Cause A Person
1,306 wordsThe Psychology of Mass Hysteria In 1692, the people of a small, religious village, Salem, Massachusetts, fell victim to an outbreak of mass hysteria caused by a fear of witchcraft. This fear of witchcraft was caused by a small group of girls who accused innocent people of the village of being under the influence of the devil and harming them with spells of witchcraft. How would a town so concerned with religion react to such outlandish accusations? Arthur Miller explores such questions in The Cr...
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