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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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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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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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Save His Life Abigail Williams
841 wordsI want my life, I will have my life (137). In the drama of the Crucible John Proctor is accused of being a witch. John is unaware of the reason he is accused, but it is obvious that every time someone comes close to getting to the bottom of the girls lie that is the person the girls accuse. Before the beginning of the play John had committed lechery with Abigail Williams. John Proctor is almost ready to admit that he is a witch even though he is not, some reasons that he doesnt admit it could be...
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Witch Trials Mary Warren
510 wordsSet in 1692, The Crucible is a novel depicting the lives and conflicts of various Puritan characters during the Salem witch trials. Mary Warren, in particular, is a young servant girl whose ethics are challenged when she becomes afflicted with terror and intimidation. The essential conflict Mary Warren encounters is admitting to the court that the trials are simply pretend. Internally, she realizes that the accusations are mortally wrong and cruel. The trial is based on hatred and revenge, resul...
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Salem Witch Trials Group Of People
1,032 wordsIn The Crucible, there was a lot of senseless behavior. The purpose of The Crucible is to educate the reader on the insanity that can form in a group of people who think they are judging fairly upon a group of people. Judge Hawthorne believes what he is told by certain people is the truth even if little evidence is to be shown. The young girls with Abigail convince Hawthorne of others being witches so that Abigail can get what she wants, John Proctor, also so that Abigail does not blackmail the ...
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Reverend Hale Witch Trials
1,153 wordsIn Arthur Millers famous play, The Crucible, he tells the story of the notorious Salem witch trials. During this mayhem and tragic turmoil, the people of this small Salem village are faced with false accusations, lies, and sins conducted either for the survival of their own lives or harm others. In a crisis such as this were all the evidence is invisible and the only witness to testify is the victim, all that the people are left with is their own principles, morals and faith. Unfortunately some ...
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Elizabeth Proctor Abigail Williams
674 wordsThe Crucible reveals that people's private emotions and desires often have consequences far beyond their own lives. Three characters that share that quality and who contributed greatly to the outbreak of hysteria in Salem are John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Elizabeth Proctor. All these characters, in one way or another brought eminence suspicion and / or emotional relief into the town of Salem. Proctor had to deal with both sides of Salem's controversy. In most eyes Proctor was a good man, b...
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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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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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Affair With Abigail John Proctor
1,047 wordsThe primary dramatic focus in the play The Crucible is the moral struggle of its protagonist, John Proctor. Certain characteristics of John Proctor s character and also the environment of the Puritanical Salem alleviated this problem for him. The main issues running through out the play are a series of dilemmas that John Proctor faces. The first and foremost of these is his guilt over his adulterous affair with Abigail Williams, the second his hesitation to testify against Abigail to bring out t...
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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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Salem Witch Trials Pontius Pilate
779 wordsJohn Proctor, Sinner or Saint No person can completely steer clear of the trials and tribulations of his or her society. He who does may be vulnerable to serious allegations. If a man is to work well in his surroundings, he must partake in all aspects of his society or he is leaving himself open to unfavorable charges. In Arthur Millers, The Crucible, John Proctors lack of involvement in the Salem witch trials ultimately leads to his execution. John Proctor tries to avoid any involvement in the ...
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Find Out That Abigail Witchcraft
322 wordsThe Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It begins with a sense of witchcraft in the air, when we find out that Reverend Parris (the town minister) and the town are concerned about Betty, Parris daughter, who has fallen a victim of witchcraft. We find out that Betty, her cousin Abigail, Tituba, a slave, and other girls in the town had been cavorting and practicing witchcraft, naked in the woods, the night before. Since this occurred, Betty had been in a coma-like trance that was...
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Salem Witch Trials Wanted To Show
715 wordsHistory Repeated It is hard to believe how one single person can gain so much power. Enough power to falsely accuse many people of something they are not. Through the fear of a society one person can control everyone and everything. Senator Joseph Mccarthy had that power for four years. McCarthy was not well-liked but he learned how to be feared through his accusations of communism against many U. S. government officials. Abigail Williams was feared by the town of Salem, Massachusetts through he...
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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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Miller John Proctor
429 wordsUpon first reading Aurthur Miller? s The Crucible, it would be easy to mistake Abigail Williams for the key player. When the story is examined, the antagonist is clearly John Proctor. Proctor was the soul inspiration for nearly every act following the dancing in the woods and the second half of the play is very dependant on him. Though John Proctor appears very simple in the beginning of the play, the reader soon discovers there is much more motivating him. He is very confused and tormented by g...
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Proctor And Abigail Sin Of Adultery
1,595 wordsComparing The Scarlet Letter to The Crucible Adultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, all of which would make an excellent coming attraction on the Hollywood scene and probably a pretty good book. Add narration, mass-hysteria and witch trials and the end result would be The Crucible, but if you added Puritan ideals and writing styles, making it long, drawn out, tedious, wearisome, sleep inducing, insipidly asinine, and the end result is The Scarlet Letter. They are both conside...
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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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