out of his mind! I believe Miller chose to present the character Danforth in such a way‚ was to show how brutality can show up in different ways. Such as for Abigail Williams her brutality showed up through jealousy and greed for attention from Proctor. Whereas Danforth’s brutality showed up in court being so heartless and defenseless to all those that challenged his power. For it was these two main characters that caused 19 people to be
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around the face and furiously shakes her. Abigail is also presented as an extremely secretive and sly person. She has been keeping the secret about her affair with Proctor and even when questioned about it she will deny it. She says to Parris “There is nothing more. I swear it uncle”. She is also portrayed as a flirt towards John proctor‚ a married man. She says “John-I’m waitin’ for you every night” In conclusion Miller presents Abigail as a horrible girl who
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Topic 5 Everybody has been blamed for something they are not the only reason that happened like it did. This exact situation happened in the play The Crucible. Abigail Williams is a girl in the play. She is responsible for the blaming that started the witch trials in The Crucible. The person who is at fault in condemning the people to death is Judge Danforth. Abigail is the reason that the mess of the witch trials got started in The Crucible. In the first act of the play after Tituba confessed
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common belief coincides with the speech made by Reverend Hale towards the end of the play. Just before John is scheduled to be hung‚ Reverend Hale realizes the grave mistake he had made by believed the girls of Salem. He pleads with John’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ to convince John to confess in order to save his life saying‚ “ Life‚ woman‚ is God’s most precious gift: no principle‚ however glorious‚ may justify the taking of it. I beg you… [convince] your husband to confess. Let him give him lie.” While this
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“Why‚ I am sure it is‚ sir. There be no blush about my name”. Abigail lies to Parris to keep herself as a nice kid and she wants to confirm into society to save herself. When John Proctor pretends his adultery relationship with Abigail lies in the court to take revenge. Abigail wears the mask to take a revenge on John Proctor about love that he doesn’t care anymore. In the same way Ralph wear the masks like Abigail but he wear the mask just to fit into little community for his own benefits. After Simon
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his own sin and can’t find a way to confess to the society‚ no one understands what is he going through. Hester has to suffer from her own sin with everyone be disgusted by her‚ wish to not have any relationship with her. This is the same with John Proctor in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He had to suffer a sin of his own‚ due to the affair between him and Abigail Williams. Therefore he has to face
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towns people of Salem have taken advantage of the witch hunt‚ in order to manifest their grudges held towards one another. For instance‚ Abigail has a grudge against Elizabeth because she has fired Abigail after discovering John’s affair with her. Abigail‚ angry after losing not only her job but also her love‚ retaliates against Elizabeth by going to the courts and accusing her of witchcraft. Similarly‚ Ann is devastated by the loss of her seven babies that when her only surviving daughter falls ill
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REPORT: GROUP PRODUCTION The production ‘Sweetown’ makes satiric humour of dark truths of Australians not acknowledging the horrific acts committed in Australian history towards the indigenous people of Australia‚ through the view of the townspeople consumed in a debate to build a monument acknowledging the massacre committed near their town. Being set in the mid-60s‚ emphasises the problems mentioned within the play through reflecting the current acknowledgment towards the issue and making comparisons
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way will be punished for their sporting‚ but when Abby says‚ “We’ll be whipped!” it is known that Abigail will make sure that all of the girls go down with her. As the play continues into Act II John Proctor blames Abigail Williams for the girls pretense of witchery. Back in Act I‚ Abigail told Proctor that what they were doing had not to do with witchcraft‚ but at the time John
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John committed the sin of adultery with Abigail. John is married to Elizabeth. Though John committed this sin does it seem that he is truly sorry for what he did? And does Elizabeth really forgive him of what he had done? In Elizabeth’s position‚ can someone truly trust a spouse that cheats? Why? Would I give a cheater another chance? Why? Though John committed the sin of adultery‚ does it seem that he is truly sorry for what he did? I feel as if he is truly sorry. I feel as if he is truly sorry
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