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Long Time Ago Fear Of Death
2,974 words... oes in. There is a scream as the tiger devours Kenny and Charles cringes outside the bathroom. Soon after that incident Miss Bird comes by to see what happened to the two boys, and she goes right into the bathroom and is devoured as well. Charles then noticed that the tiger was satiated and he proceeds to use the bathroom, and heads back to class. The fear in this story may also be a fear of growing up. Charles sounds to be in about first grade and is getting used to acting more mature and b...
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Salem Witch Trials Elizabeth Proctor
1,036 wordsThe Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is based on the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. The Crucible deals with a community, which everybody lived in a normal society and everybody attended church. However, one night, a group of girls were caught dancing in the woods. Some people accuse them for doing witchcraft. Therefore, they lied to protect not just themselves but the reputation of their families. They claimed that the devil took them over and influenced them to dance. One of the main g...
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Good Versus Evil Battle Between Good
1,254 wordsAccording to the Websters Dictionary, a crucible is a vessel in which metal is heated to a high temperature and melted for the purposes of casting. It can also be referred to a situation in which a person has to make a decision that can be critical to his morals and principles. There are many interpretations of the word crucible as there is for the theme of Arthur Millers, The Crucible. Closely related to the word crucifixion, The Crucible is about a man put in a crucible situation, who is force...
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Beginning Of The Play Good Man
484 wordsOne character that changes throughout The Crucible during the course of the play is Elizabeth Proctor. At the beginning of the play she was cold and bitter towards her husband. After she was accused of being a witch by Abigail, and becoming pregnant, she had a new attitude. She became forgiving and understanding towards her husband. She wanted forgiveness for keeping a cold house. In the beginning of the play Elizabeth is distrustful, unforgiving, judging and cold against her husband John Procto...
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Abigail Girls Miller
386 wordsWhen reading The Crucible written by Arthur Miller it really amazed me that the people in the play were so cold and ready to do what ever it took to get back at one another. The play starts out very innocent a bunch of girls dancing in the woods. Abigail who is the niece of Paris a minister was the instigator of the whole mess. The story goes into finding out that Abigail and Tituba were practicing witchcraft and not actually just dancing and having a good time. I really thought that Miller real...
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Year Old Daughter Accused Of Witchcraft
1,733 wordsMegan Crawford Pd. 9 Honors English May 16, 2000 The Salem Witch Trials From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were taken to Gallows Hill for hanging. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft. Dozens wasted away in jail for months without trials. Then, almost as soon as it had started, the craze ...
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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 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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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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Witch Hunt Rebecca Nurse
584 wordsThe Crucible is a play set in a small Puritan town, Salem, Massachusetts. Accusations of witches cause hysteria in the theocratic society and leads to the death of innocent people. Several motives, accusations, and evidence can support the logical explanations behind the witch-hunt. The initial logic behind the witch-hunt is that Salem was a theocratic society where everything was either pure or sin. The government and religion acted as one unit and the Puritan belief was the only standard allow...
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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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Elizabeth Proctor Love Versus Honesty
844 wordsBefore the play takes place, Abigail Williams and John Proctor had an affair while Abigail was working as a servant in their home. Eventually, John confessed and apologized to Elizabeth, pledging his faithfulness to her. Nonetheless, at the time the play takes place, Elizabeth still hasn't fully forgiven him, and gives him a hard time about it. Abigail confessed the pretense of her accusations to him when they were alone, and now he has no way to prove that she's lying to the court. But because ...
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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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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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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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Main Theme P 101
642 wordsHysteria Many occasions of mass chaos and ultimate breakdown of society directly result from hysteria. Hysteria means total loss of control of what seems rational and righteous. If a community falls into such a state, the results can be devastating. The Puritan society possesses the perfect conditions for such an event. In Arthur Miller s play, The Crucible, hysteria plays a key role as the main theme. It portrays as the main theme because it often becomes the atmosphere of the play and the main...
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Reverend Parris Witch Trials
783 wordsGreed can be a very destructive part of everyone? s life. It can control our every action at times. Some people let their greed get out of control, which was exactly what happened in Salem during the witch trials. Three people? s greed brought up this whole tragedy of the trials, convictions and hangings. These three people are Reverend Parris, Thomas Putnam and Abigail Williams. Thomas Putnam was a? well-to-do, hard-handed, landowner. ? He valued his land probably more than his marriage, his ot...
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Proctor And Abigail Hester Prynne
1,199 wordsThe Scarlet Letter &# 038; The Crucible Comparison Essay Through carefully analy zation of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthrone and The Crucible by Arthur Miller; one will discover the related themes throughout the stories. These themes include sin, punishment of sin, Revered Dimmsdale and Hester Prynne, the devil, and love &# 038; lust. Through carefully analy zation and discussion one can see the evident relationship that exists between these two works. The main evident theme from both wo...
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Abigail Williams Scarlet Letter
409 wordsLove is Revenge 2 REVENGE Love is a strange thing. It is strong, free, and blind. With it come many pleasures. However, what often occurs after love is the antithesis of love. Once love is lost in a person, a barrage of feelings inhabits that person. One of the darkest, strongest, most eminent emotions that occur in a person is the feeling of revenge. The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are both classic and dated stories that are mostly based upon love, lost love, and revenge. In The Scarlet Let...
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John Proctor Doesn T
595 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 Proctor? s wife; a cold, childless woman who is an upright character who cannot forgive her husband? s adultery until just before he died: she is accused of being a witch. Reverend Hale, a self-proclaimed expert on witchcraft; at the play? s end tries to save the accused. John Proctor, a good ma...
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