changing bravery‚ or lack thereof‚ is what ushers the story along. Mary is a very malleable character. At first‚ she is very obedient towards her employer‚ John Proctor‚ then very submissive towards the brutal character of Abigail. She enjoys the respect she receives from being an official of the court‚ and defying Proctor. After Goody Proctor is accused‚ she agrees to reveal Abigail to the court but once she is swept up in the hysteria Mary yet again shifts her allegiance back to Abigail leading to
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it did so many times throughout the movie. The characters like Abigail Williams and John Proctor both knew the risks of going against these roles and what it would do to their everyday lives‚ but both characters chose to do it in more ways than one. Religion played a huge role throughout The Crucible and all of the characters were expected to show some sort of respect towards their religion. John Proctor is one of the characters who face this double standard. He feels as if he showed enough support
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writing pieces there are connections that may not be known. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are two separate writing pieces that have two characters that are connected by one act that they committed. John Proctor from The Crucible and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale from The Scarlet Letter have both committed adultery. Also‚ both men cannot live with committing adultery; therefore they cannot live with the crime. Before the beginning of the writings John and Arthur
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“The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him‚ sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.”(French proverb) Reputation is actions that follow you to whom you’re known to be. Reputation can be viewed as the way you dress‚the people you are associated with and sometimes people are given a reputation by the acts of the people in their family. In The crucible‚ reputation is an important theme because it determines one’s ability to follow
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The author‚ Arthur Miller‚ of a timeless classic play The Crucible tells us the story of a small town not too far from Salem where a young girl by the name of Abigail Williams brings witchcraft claims on the most highly respected and innocent people in the town. Eventually others close to Abigail and other envious locals in the town begin to accuse nearly half the town of witchcraft for personal gain. The harsh‚ yet true reality of human behavior when faced with jealousy and greed is displayed throughout
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society‚ whereby one either belongs or does not. The contrast here lies in the divide between individuality and social conformity. This is portrayed by Abigail’s calling of Proctor as the “devil’s man” who put knowledge in my heart.” clearly trying to label Proctor as an outsider‚ as well as the characterisation of John Proctor as a non-conformist through his desperate rejection of the labels society places upon him. He cries‚ “It is my name! I cannot have another in my life… leave me my name!” Conveying
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in many ways. She uses many ways to fulfill her evil wants some of them were through whoring‚ insanity‚ allegation. Abigail williams is accused of whoring and from this branched the wickedness of The Crucible. Her love with John Proctor and bitterness with Goody Proctor all branches from her evil ways of lustfulness. She loved John‚ but he only had sexual desire for her because of tension in his marriage. this desire became obvious when John
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Both Myer Wolfshiem from "The Great Gatsby" and John Proctor from "The Crucible" corrupt the public via negative influences resulted by their actions. Although‚ Proctor is the protagonist‚ his fatal flaw (the affair with Abigal) influences the public’s view of him‚ his family and those being accused of witchcraft. Proctors internal conflict of maintaining his pride and name "because [he] cannot have another [name] in [his] life" (Miller‚ pg 143) causes external conflicts involving the majority of the town. Like Proctor‚ Myer Wolfsheim corrupts the public via private
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character named Abigail; she is the antagonist of the play. She had an affair with John Proctor. (married man and protagonist of the play). Throughout the play Abigail has her mind focused on getting John Proctor to marry her. She lies and manipulates the town people into believing that certain people are witches and gets them hung in order for her to get closer to her ultimate goal which is to have John Proctor to herself. I don’t agree with the things she does but I do applaud her for going after
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contributions of these monologues were extremely beneficial in promoting the understanding of the time period surrounding specific events. When the murder of Emmett Till was addressed‚ there was a monologue that explained the differences between the northern and southern regions of the United States‚ specifically the Jim Crow Laws that were implemented throughout the South. However‚ there was some confusion surrounding the monologues because it was not abundantly clear if the monologues were meant to address
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