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Arthur Miller Wife Elizabeth
590 wordsIn the play "The Crucible, " Millers picture, of the Salem witch hunts of 1692 may fitly be examined as a work of dramatic art, as a product of the author, and as a social document. A major character that enabled the dramatic art to come into play is John Proctor himself who was a leading character and Arthur Miller built up to the big scenes seen throughout the play where the characters are made to be seen as more appealing. The characterization shown with John Proctor was not only detailed but...
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Personal Integrity Public Reputation Proctor
428 wordsIn a sense, The Crucible has the structure of a classical tragedy, with John Proctor as the play's tragic hero. Honest, upright, and blunt-spoken, Proctor is a good man, but one with a secret, fatal flaw. His lust for Abigail Williams led to their affair (which occurs before the play begins), and created Abigail's jealousy of his wife, Elizabeth, which sets the entire witch hysteria in motion. Once the trials begin, Proctor realizes that he can stop Abigail's rampage through Salem but only if he...
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End Of The Play False Confession
565 wordsA farmer in Salem, Proctor serves as the voice of reason and justice in The Crucible. It is he who exposes the girls as frauds who are only pretending that there is witchcraft, and thus becomes the tragic hero of the tale. Proctor is a sharply intelligent man who can easily detect foolishness in others and expose it, but he questions his own moral sense. Because of his affair with Abigail Williams, Proctor questions whether or not he is a moral man, yet this past event is the only major flaw att...
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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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Joseph Mccarthy John Proctor
1,034 wordsThe play "The Crucible" based on the witchcraft trials of 1692 by Arthur Miller and the era of McCarthyism in the 1950 's are similar in the sense of how power was used by characters of each event. The characters in both eras had a similar task in each of their roles. Abigail and Joseph McCarthy represented the evil who wanted fame and power, Hail and Dwight Eisenhower were the ones that didn't use their powers to support evil, they just merely did what was right, and John Proctor and Edward Mar...
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Salem Witch Trials Goody Proctor
667 wordsArthur Miller was one of many people brought in front of a congressional committee during the McCarthy Trials of the 1950 s. The Red hunt for Communists that was taking place in Washington, D. C. brought parallels to the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600 s. The Salem Witch Trials, which were depicted by Arthur Miller in his play The Crucible, sought the people of Salem, Massachusetts who were affiliated with the Devil. One of the characters from the play, a young girl named Abigail Williams, p...
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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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Put To Death John Proctor
459 wordsCharacter Analysis of John Proctor The consequences of shirking accountability for ones actions are depicted through the tribulations John Proctor faced, in Arthur Miller s, The Crucible. Although John reluctantly became involved in the Salem witch trials, his initial silence proved to be the downfall of not only himself, but of his fellow townspeople as well. John Proctor remained silent for one reason, and that was to protect himself. As a result of his self-serving desires to avoid the conseq...
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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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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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Abigail Williams John Proctor
243 wordsNotes for an essay on human weaknesses that are prominent in the Crucible Lying (pg. 10 Abigail Williams) Abigail lied to Parris when he asked if she had slept with Proctor. (pg. 17 All the Girls) They all agreed to say that they had only danced, nothing more. (pg. 109 Elizabeth Proctor) Goody Proctor lied in court and said that her husband had not committed lechery. Greed (pg. 29 Thomas Putnam) Mr. Putnam got angry with John Proctor for taking wood from what he thought was his own land when rea...
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Abigail Williams John Proctor
243 wordsNotes for an essay on human weaknesses that are prominent in the Crucible Lying (pg. 10 Abigail Williams) Abigail lied to Parris when he asked if she had slept with Proctor. (pg. 17 All the Girls) They all agreed to say that they had only danced, nothing more. (pg. 109 Elizabeth Proctor) Goody Proctor lied in court and said that her husband had not committed lechery. Greed (pg. 29 Thomas Putnam) Mr. Putnam got angry with John Proctor for taking wood from what he thought was his own land when rea...
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End Of The Play John Proctor
401 wordsIn the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is introduced as a main character early in the plot. He comes out as a rebellious man in a sense, and right away we learn of his affair with Abigail. By the end of the play Proctor is changing his ground and becoming a more responsible individual and not lowering himself to Abigail? s standards once again. In the beginning of the book when his affair is revealed, he could strike the reader as a weak and failing individual. One would think ...
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Salem Witch Trials Reverend Hale
1,866 wordsBack in the 1950 s, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity and fear. The Crucible was a remade story of the carnal Salem Witch trials, in which many innocent victims lost their lives. Through this play Miller is trying to convey the message that death is not in our possession; we are not messengers of God. Only God decrees those who are to die, because God is in heaven and we are on Earth and we cann...
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Mary Warren Act Iii
496 wordsOf the characters in Arthur Millers The Crucible, Mary Warren, a minor character, is actually one of the most important, dynamic characters. She goes from being a lonely, shy, frightened teenager to being a brave witness with a backbone, in court. But her change is short-lived, however, and she retreats to being a scared, wimpy girl. Mary Warren, the scared, wimpy girl that she is, is lonely at the beginning of the play and has been spending time with Abigail Williams. When there is talk in the ...
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Oedipus Rex John Proctor
1,933 wordsWhile the two books we are about to discuss here are both similar in several aspects such as fate and human error they are also very different in that the climate of both pieces differs greatly in that of the time period in which they are set and the situations in which both men are placed in. The ways in which they are heroic as such is also different; as leaders, as men or even as just people who existed and fought to overcome a particular situation in their own way or to the best of their cap...
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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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Millers The Crucible Reverend Parris
613 wordsI got a 96 on this one Character Commentary and Personality In Arthur Millers The Crucible several characters are described in the commentary of Act I of the play. Three of the major characters of the play are described in the commentary of the first act. John Proctor, Thomas Putnam, and Reverend Parris are described in the first act and their characters that are developed from the commentary are developed by the characters actions in later parts of the play. John Proctor was described in the co...
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Accused Of Witchcraft Play The Crucible
1,121 wordsI never sold myself! I m a good girl! I m a proper girl! said Abigail Williams in The Crucible (p. 40) That and, They must not blackening my name more than anything are what we hear the most when it comes the time to save your name. People with excessive pride would risk to lose everything to make sure nobody would spoil their name. They would even accused their neighbours of the worse crime so they would still be part of the good side of the society. In the drama play The Crucible, this is basi...
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John Hale Act Three
547 wordsIn the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Hale goes through some very distinct character changes. When Reverend John Hale first arrives in Salem he is quite conceited about his field of work which is the? demonic arts. ? He believes that he is an expert on witchcraft even though he has never condemned someone as a witch. In the first act it is as if Hale came to Salem to prove his proficiency and he just really wants people to respect his authority. In Act Two Hale is still willing to do al...
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