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Witch Hunt Scarlet Letter
670 wordsAmerican literature often examines people and motives. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, and in Aruthur Millers modern dramatic masterpiece, The Crucible, people and motives often depict patters of Puritans struggling for life during a shaky time. Two main characters from both pieces of works share the traits of a struggling Puritan as adulators. Even tough Hester and Abigail have similar traits, their sins differ dramatically and were punished differently. Hester Prynne is a w...
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Works Of Literature Hester Prynne
489 wordsOften in exceptional works of literature, identities, personalities, and surroundings can be quite similar or distinct with characters in other works. Two works of literature that display both aspects are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne are two women with many similarities while they also can be illuminated with many differences. The two works of literature have very similar qualities, including setting, conflict,...
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Salem Witch Trials Witch Hunt
1,711 wordsHistorical Overview and Brief Analysis Amidst millenniums of debate, argument, and conflict concerning racial prejudges and those issues which surround their implementation, there has consistently existed a certain historical prejudice regarding various stereotypical ideas for those things which people can not understand or explain logically. While more contemporary examples of such circumstances include concepts such as McCarthyism, it is generally accepted that the most classic example of all ...
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Confessed Her Love Confessed Her Love For John Proctor
418 wordsJohn Proctor, in my eyes was all around a pretty good man. Except for the fact that he committed adultery with Abigail Williams, when she was his household servant. Proctor hates hypocrisy, and his hidden sin causes a great deal of moral anguish within him. I believe that he had good in him, because he wasnt about to let Abigail get away with lying, hurting others, or breaking up his family. Proctor confessed to committing adultery to save his wife. That was a big step for him. I feel that it sh...
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Internal Conflict John Proctor
745 wordsArthur Millers play, The Crucible, is a great portrayal of humans and their inner struggles. This play takes place in the 1690 s in a small Puritan community based on a rigid social system. An outbreak of rumors claiming witchcraft contaminated this small village. This caused conflict among the people of name and ultimately resulted in absolute chaos. This play clearly illustrates the self-battles of three characters. Reverend Hales battle is initiated by his personal commitment to God. He is a ...
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John Proctor Innocent People
797 wordster> Salem Witchcraft Trials Throughout society and throughout literature, vulnerable communities under certain conditions can be easily taken advantage of by a person or group of people presumed innocent. In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there are three main factors that allowed the girls fallacious stories to be believed: Salem's flawed court system, its lack of diversity in beliefs and religion, and the lack of a strong leader in the town. Although Abigail and the girls i...
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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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Comparing The Crucible And Scarlet Letter
1,027 wordsThe Puritans had a heavily important part in the formation of early America, as well as a religion that influenced our early American society. This society has been the target which many authors have picked to set their novels in. The topic of Puritan life contains a broad list of aspects that can be easily compared to one another in several different books. Two selections that go into detail about some of the different aspects of the Puritan people are The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and The Sc...
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Salem Witch Trials Giles Corey
1,366 wordsThe Salem Witch Trials all began on January 20, 1692, with nine-year-old Elizabeth Betty Parris and eleven-year-old Abigail Williams, daughter and niece of the village reverend Samuel Parris, beginning to exhibit strange behavior, such as blasphemous screaming, convulsive seizures, trance-like states and mysterious spells. Within a short period of time, several other Salem girls began to illustrate similar behavior; physicians resolved that the girls were under the control of Satan. Reverend Par...
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End Of The Scene Goody Proctor
2,332 wordsThe Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller, which is based on the true story of the Salem witch trails. Miller wanted theatre to heighten the awareness of what living in our time involves. Therefore, his play has many links with the modern world, McCarthyism for instance. Breaking it down into many smaller scenes, I will analyse Act 1 of The Crucible. I am doing this to explore the dramatic effect of character and action. The Crucible is a powerful drama and is strongly built to bring out t...
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End Of The Story Arthur Miller
748 wordsThe story of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, shows a very good test of morality. John Proctor is internally conflicted throughout the entire play. His struggles change in each act. But, he is not a character deserving of pity because all of his struggles are self-inflicted. His affair with Abigail is at the root of most of them, the others are a result of stubborn pride. John Proctors Attitude changes by the end of the story and he seems kind of like a different person from the beginning. In act...
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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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Group Of People Witch Trials
831 wordsThe Deterioration of Salem During the Witch Trials Essay written by Anonymous The deterioration of Salem's social structure precipitated the murders of many innocent people. Arthur Millers depiction of the Salem witch trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out looking like it is tightly knit and church loving. It turns out that once Tituba starts pointing her finger at the witches, the community starts pointing their fingers at each other. Hysteria and hidden agendas break down...
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Rights Of The Individual Dramatic Tension
993 wordsGood plays offer audiences an experience which is both theatrical and thought provoking. Is this true of the two plays you have studied? The Crucible by Arthur Miller raises many thought provoking issues throughout the play, including the importance of personal integrity, injustice in society and the rights of the community versus the rights of the individual. The first, the importance of personal integrity, is brought to light through John Proctor, who finds himself facing personal conflict whe...
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Salem Witch Trials Reverend Parris
1,758 wordsHistorical Overview and Brief Analysis Amidst millenniums of debate, argument, and conflict concerning racial prejudges and those issues which surround their implementation, there has consistently existed a certain historical prejudice regarding various stereotypical ideas for those things which people can not understand or explain logically. While more contemporary examples of such circumstances include concepts such as McCarthyism, it is generally accepted that the most classic example of all ...
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John Proctor Play People
377 wordsIn the play, The Crucible, both scapegoats and vengeance play prominent roles. Abigail Williams exhibits both these characteristics. She committed the greatest of crimes. She destroyed the reputations of many and killed much of her surrounding society. Her power lied in the fact that judges believed her, making all those women who fell victim to her scapegoats. She is the one who triggers off a sense of hate in the play. She tempts John Proctor into lechery, and to escape punishment for dancing,...
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John Proctor People Abigail
377 wordsIn the novel, The Crucible, both scapegoats and vengeance play prominent roles. Abigail Williams exhibits both these characteristics. She committed the greatest of crimes. She destroyed the reputations of many and killed much of her surrounding society. Her power lied in the fact that judges believed her, making all those women who fell victim to her scapegoats. She is the one who triggers off a sense of hate in the play. She tempts John Proctor into lechery, and to escape punishment for dancing...
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Group Of People Witch Trials
859 wordsThe deterioration of Salem? s social structure precipitated the murders of many innocent people. Arthur Miller? s depiction of the Salem witch trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out looking like it is tightly knit and church loving. It turns out that once Tituba starts pointing her finger at the witches, the community starts pointing their fingers at each other. Hysteria and hidden agendas break down the social structure and then everyone must protect themselves from the pe...
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Mass Hysteria John Proctor
426 wordsHuman psychology and mental processes are different for each people because of their environment and their time. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there is a psychological manipulation by the Church and other people producing a mass hysteria. Hysteria is considered a mental sickness because of too much stress or pressure, and if it is produced collectivity, an uncontrolled chain of hysteria is released. (Speak about context of novel, environment / time ) The mass hysteria of the Girls w...
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