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Hollywood Ten John Proctor
479 wordsIn 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee, or HUAC, started a trial and investigation of communism in the Hollywood motion picture industry. The Committee, including Chairman J. Parnell Thomas a young Congressman from California, and Richard M. Nixon tried many celebrities asking them question about what they knew about communism and who they knew that were involved. Here is a quote from the trial. SPOKESMAN: "Do you recall the names of any of the actors in the Guild who participate in ...
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The Crucible Insight Of Hale Elizabeth And John
569 wordsThe Crucible, a container that resists hear or the hollow at the bottom of an ore furnace. However its connotations include melting pot, in the symbolic sense, and the bearing of a cross. Elizabeth, John Proctors wife; a cold, childless woman who is an upright character who cannot forgive her husbands adultery until just before he died: she is accused of being a witch. Reverend Hale, a self-proclaimed expert on witchcraft; at the plays end tries to save the accused. John Proctor, a good man with...
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Internal Conflict Act Iii
1,074 wordsIn The Crucible, conflict is explored through a variety of means as each scene is presented and it is also portrayed through the different characters. The challenge between two characters in particular, Proctor and Hale, reflects the conflict that is central to the trials in Act III. There are also many private conflicts among the lesser characters, conflicts arise too within characters themselves. On a primary level the feeling of conflict is felt by the oppressing do of each of the scenes. At ...
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Mccarthy Vs Salem Witch Trials
1,530 wordsOften times it has been stated that history repeats itself, I have found an example of a situation where it did. Lots of people think that the McCarthy hearings of the 1950 s are a repeat of history from the Salem witch-hunts of 1692. In both cases, all of the accusations were false, and also fictitious. Also in both cases, the main reason people were blamed was so that ones who were condemning would receive their own personal gain. In both parties, McCarthy and the girls, they accused people to...
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John Proctor Bad Person
352 wordsThe Crucible The most interesting character in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller is Abigail Williams. In the play she is a mysterious girl that believes in witchcraft. She blames others about witchcraft even though she is the one believing it. She is the "leader" of the girls, she tells them what to do and when to do it. For example when they were in the court room and she was brought in to testify against Mary Warren the girls kept repeating what Abigail said and they did everything she di...
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John And Elizabeth Elizabeth Proctor
975 wordsThroughout literature, one comes across characters that are not as appealing because they are promiscuous. John Proctor, from The Crucible, Harpo and Albert, from The Color Purple, are all examples of men who commit adultery. Their respective wives, Elizabeth, Sofia, and Celie, all have different reactions to their infidelity. The three women have completely different ways of handling the situation. In The Crucible, John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor had hired Abigail as a helper at their house....
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Amp Quot Thomas Putnam
562 wordsThe Crucible & # 9; The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a story that explains a down side to human nature. This shows how human nature can be cruel to it's own kind. In such a way that killing of it's own species begins to take place. The Crucible takes place in a little town called Salem where not too much happens besides a few disagreements between neighbors. The horrible, unexpected events that take place show how the people of Salem can actually blame their own follow neighbors and ...
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Goody Proctor Samuel Parris
674 wordsEric Read Lit Analysis 11 / 7 / 96 Characterization of Reverend Samuel Parris Throughout The Crucible we are introduced to and follow four or five important characters that Arthur Miller elaborated upon. One of those characters is Reverend Samuel Parris, a bitter minister who came to Salem for unclear reasons. That reason may have been he was looking for a small town to control, maybe he was trying to escape something or someone, or he may have just wanted a fresh, clean start; whatever that rea...
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Told The Truth Rebecca Nurse
743 wordsThere is many meaningful personal connection that was made to a key aspects of the play. For example the people that were accused and / or convicted of something based on little or no evidence. This incident happened very often in this play. The characters that were involved were John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail, Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Salem girls (including Rebecca, Ruth, and others), and the Putnam family are only a few who were charged or charging others for ridiculous things. Thr...
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Reverend Parris Reverend Hale
488 wordsEver since Hollywood begun to make movies, Hollywood has attempted to movies that are based on celebrated literature. More often than not, the directors are so concerned with making the film entertaining that they stray from what makes those original literatures themselves popular, the ability to arouse strong emotions within its readers. This practice usually turns a masterpiece into a piece of farce. Fortunately, such mistakes are not made in the film adaptation of Arthur Millers play the Cruc...
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Mccarthy Era Rebecca Nurse
449 wordsAn idea that I saw circulate throughout the play entitled The Crucible was acting and lying. There are also many levels to the acting and lying some of the levels could be as basic as sleeping while others people their life. The lying starts with the little girls sleeping. A quote within the time is by Rebecca Nurse she says I have seen them all through their silly reasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief. In this quote Rebecca Nurse is t...
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Mary Warren John Proctor
909 wordsCRUCIBLE 900 wd essay of who initiated the tragedy in Salem Although Abigail and the girls initiate the tragedy, responsibility lies with the whole Salem community. Discuss. I do believe that Abigail and the girls initiated the tragedy, what with all their talk about spirits and the coinsurance with the devil during the opening act. For one reason or another, it can be said that the blame for this tragedy lies with the entire Salem community. But could this really be called a tragedy? In my opin...
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Elizabeth Proctor Miller
643 wordsArthur Miller? s The Crucible and the scandal surrounding President Clinton can be compared in profusion. The old saying of history repeating itself is certainly proved true in this state of affairs (no pun intended), proving the timelessness of The Crucible. Key players utilized by Miller can be interpreted into many notorious faces portrayed by the media encircling our fearless leader. Although all comparisons are not players at all, but some merely concepts. The most obvious comparison protru...
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Town Of Salem Abigail
957 wordsIn Arthur Miller? s The Crucible, there is one character who, because of her selfish and evil ways, causes the destruction of many people in the town of Salem. This character is Abigail Williams. In the play, jealousy, and self- interest are the two characteristics that are seen constantly throughout the play. These characteristics pertain particularly to Abigail, and give a graphic description of her life, and how she deals with things in it. Throughout the play she gets worse and worse each ti...
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John Proctor Innocent People
351 wordsThe Crucible In Salem during the time of the witch trials everyone is either politically motivated to believe the girls wild antics are the work of the devil, or they are so gullible that they think no child could ever impishly scorn the holiness of the church. Those are the two main reasons the girls get away with accusing people of witchcraft at first, later new reasons are introduced. After the first victims of the girls malignant joke are hung two new reasons to continue accusing people arri...
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Salem Witch Trials Three Hundred Years
2,468 wordsA political cartoon shows a massive stone wall surrounding tall office buildings which bear labels of " Department of Energy, " " Defense Department, " " National Security Agency, " " CIA, " and " FBI. " Outside the wall, which is tagged " Government Secrecy, " a couple huddles in a roofless hut called " Personal Non-Privacy. " At the top of the cartoon is printed " Somehow I feel this is not the way the founders planned ...
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John Proctor P 61
312 wordsIn The Crucible by Arthur Miller, some of the characters showed courage when the live? s of their loved ones were at risk. One of the main character? s in the play was John Proctor. He showed courage when his wife, Elizabeth was accused of being a witch. When John found out that it was Abigail Williams, John? s mistress, who accused Elizabeth he said, ? Fear nothing. I? ll find Ezekiel Cheever. I? ll tell him that it was all sport. ? (p. 61, Proctor). Being it was Abigail who had accused Elizabe...
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Giles Corey Witch Hunt
457 wordsThe Crucible Essay Giles Corey, Rebecca Nurse, and John Proctor all have something in common which endanger them when the witch-hunt begins. The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is a portrayal of the Salem witch trials. In the play there are three characters, Giles, Rebecca, and John all die at the end. These three people all have something in common which endangers them during the witch-hunt and later leads to their death. The one thing that these three people have in common is that they ar...
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Salem Witch Trials Three Hundred Years
2,416 wordsA political cartoon shows a massive stone wall surrounding tall office buildings which bear labels of Department of Energy, Defense Department, National Security Agency, CIA, and FBI. Outside the wall, which is tagged Government Secrecy, a couple huddles in a roofless hut called Personal Non-Privacy. At the top of the cartoon is printed Somehow I feel this is not the way the founders planned it. Indeed, Americas founding fathers most likely did not plan for the United States to be governed in su...
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