are trying to cover up that they danced. Choosing to live and ruin their reputations‚ or choosing to hang with dignity is a problem many face. Throughout the play John Proctor‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Reverend Parris are concerned with their reputations and will stop at nothing to try and protect themselves. The protagonist‚ John Proctor is concerned for his reputation‚ but more so for his family and friends’ well-being. He withholds information from the court that he commits
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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 ostracise and 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
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about her the fear of being hung quickly changed her statement‚ thus turning her back on John Proctor and accusing him
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belonging in being true to the self and to his or her own vision. The interplay of the two aspects of belonging to a community and self can be seen with reference to John Proctor. John Proctor belongs to Salem in the sense that he shares the community’s christian values and is “respected‚ even feared” in the town. But John Proctor is not as confident as he appears. A secret sinner‚ he “has come to regard himself as a kind of fraud”‚ “I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint”. The simile emphasises Proctor’s
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"You are combined with anti-Christ‚are you not?"--Danforth. Within Miller’s book The Crucible he portrays and explains how Puritan life was and how the people responded to it on a daily basis. Within The Crucible there is a horrific village known as Salem and in it everything runs off of the bible and the people’s thought and if they think you are a witch you will be accused and have to either confess or be brought to death. By closely looking at how Puritanism caused such havoc and destruction
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Doesn’t just about everyone have that one friend who is just straight up mean and lies all the time. Take that person and multiply their personality by ten and they will still be nowhere close to being as evil as Abigail Williams. She is the utmost stuck up self-centered person in the story. She has no respect for anybody seeing as to how she believes they are rodents compared to her. Throughout the story‚ she hurts many people and ruins many more people’s lives. Abigail’s personality can be described
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witchcraft is if the victim accuses the assailant. However‚ there is a serious flaw in this method. Anyone can make an accusation and no one will be the wiser as to if they are lying. When Proctor comes into the court to give evidence of the girls lies‚ he accuses Danforth of not using evidence. Danforth tells Proctor if people are accused of being witches then it’s “Ipso facto” and they are guilty (103). Francis Nurse then gives a petition to Danforth. Instead of looking at it as evidence he tells
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now‚ he knows everything we- BETTY: You drank blood‚ Abby! You didn’t tell him that! ABIGAIL: Betty‚ you never say that again! You will never- BETTY: You did‚ you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor! ABIGAIL‚ smashes her across the face: Shut it! Now shut it! In a society filled with suspicion‚ such as the witch trial period in Salem‚ Miller has presented the notion of who can one really trust? This is as it is continually highlighted in ‘The
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Brittany Denaé Allen Mr. Player Lit and Film November 19‚ 2014 "She Knows Everything About Everyone‚ Thats Why Her Hairs So Big" : The Power of A Secret in The Crucible and Mean Girls Secrets are the ammunition in this girl battle within the novel and movie‚ Miller’s The Crucible‚ and Waters’ Mean Girls. Telling other people’s secrets‚ and even just holding them can put a person in a position of power. This isn’t a type of power that comes to you easily‚ the girls that become powerful work hard
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When reading The Crucible your mind is very lost as their morals and believes aren’t the same as our own today. The play is about witchcraft and the girls who dance as if they are witches which is considered to be immoral. The characters in this story seem to have something bad happening to them they just aren’t aware of it right away. Paris is very religious he prays a lot in the play‚ but he also seems to be very concerned as to if is daughter is lying about dancing around the fire. Knowing the
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