blame others for something because they are so vicious that they will blame someone just to save themselves. This is exactly what many characters do in the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller. The three people who are ultimately to blame for the deaths of innocents during the witch trials are Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Reverend Hale. Tituba is one of the main characters to blame. When they were talking about what happened in the woods‚ Reverend Parris says “I saw Tituba waving her arms over the fire when
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The motivations of The Crucible : reputation‚ jealousy‚ and guilt take part in the story as well as in McCarthyism. In McCarthyism many people were targeted and jailed for being a communist. These accusations led to people losing their jobs and to move from the United States. In The Crucible people were hung for accusations of witchcraft. Reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. In The Crucible Parris is worried about his reputation. Parris’s daughter
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John Proctor John Proctor is an honorable and righteous man in The Crucible‚ but he’s guilty of an unforgivable sin. He’s the voice of reason and justice in Salem but no one knows about he’s dirty little secret. He’s characterized for being an intelligent man but his lust for Abigail led to his affair‚ destroying completely trust between his relationship with his wife Elizabeth. Because of his affair with Abigail‚ Proctor questions whether or not he is a moral man‚ yet this adultery is the only
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows both sides of dynamic and static characters. Though‚ there are a few minor character there are character in the story that are dynamic like John Proctor and Abagail as a static character. John Proctor is one character in The Crucible that is a dynamic which change a bit throughout the story; for he has changed from a quiet “farm boy” to a man with huge couragement. At the beginning of the play‚ Proctor kept things inside of his mind‚ and tries to get Abagail
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In Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible‚ the main character Abigail Williams is to blame for the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ Abigail Williams remained a static character throughout the book. Abigail is a mean‚ deceitful and manipulative person who always wants her way; she has no remorse about who she hurts along her journey to get her want she wants. Abigail Williams is a manipulative evil person throughout The Crucible; she can be characterized as manipulative because she influences the girls
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In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible The character Tituba a slave from Barbados and property of Reverend Parris is a confident character‚ one which confides with the central character to reveal the central characters main and true thoughts and emotions come into light. In Act 1 of the Crucible‚ the corresponding conflict is centered on the accusations of witchcraft in the village of Salem and everyone having a say in the conflict itself and attempting to determine who was a witch. Tituba is one of
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While many dark sides were uncovered throughout the crucible‚ Abigail Williams is the most self-centered‚ dishonest and manipulative character in The Crucible because she lies to conceal her affair and avoid witchcraft accusations which therefore result in the many deaths of innocent people. One of the first and most obvious traits about Abigail is that she is a manipulative young lady. There is a very evident personality change from the beginning of the play to the end. Around the end of the
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In the play The Crucible many of the characters learn things about themselves as well as others. Discuss the insight gained by the characters of Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ and John Proctor. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ Elizabeth Procter‚ learns about the character and morality of other people‚ her own actions of the people around them‚ and most importantly how to admit and deal with her own mistakes. Reverend Hale’s insight into himself reveals his new perspective on people in
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Static and Dynamic Characters of The Crucible The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials. Its main characters are richly developed and varied. They consist of a Reverend and his niece; a married couple with their share of problems‚ along with their servant; and a minister called to the town because of his experience in the field of witchcraft. Each of these characters mentioned have their own traits that they bring to the plot of the story. When examined closely they can each be classified
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The word character means moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Character flaws in the Crucible by author Arthur Miller seem very apparent as a common trait. The characters John Proctor and Reverend John Hale convey the dominant claim that character flaws do not define a person. John Proctor conveys the dominant claim that character flaws do not define a person. In Act I‚ John and Abigail meet several months after a brief affair‚ and Abigail hopes to rekindle their relationship. John flirts
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