Crucible In The Crucible‚ the community of Salem was depicted as motivated by fear‚ greed‚ and revenge shown by the witch trials. Some people of the community are afraid for their lives of being condemned a witch‚ while others take advantage of those fears. As a result‚ people will do anything to satisfy the motivation including betrayal. In The Crucible‚ three types of betrayal are evident which are the betrayal of oneself‚ theocracy‚ and community. In Salem‚ the puritan society is supposed to be a
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The Struggle for Individuality and Independence Imagine standing with a crowd of people watching a friend about to get hung. That is what it was like for many people in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. In Arthur Miller’s “Crucible”(1953)‚ which puts the reader‚ back in time to the Salem witch trails. The main character‚ John Proctor struggles between conforming to his society and staying true to his beliefs. Despite his village believing in a group of crazy girls‚ John Proctor is willing to give
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Irony in The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible there is a severe amount of irony during the Salem witch trials. The idea of the witch trials was to find peace in Salem but dolefully brought conflict and death to the community. There are numerous events that pertain irony such as Elizabeth lying to the court about her husband committing adultery‚ how the society was supposed to be moral but is very greedy and cold‚ and how the court system is not based on justice but merely about gaining
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friendships. I have seen too many frightful proofs in court—the Devil is alive in Salem‚ and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points! …in great pain: Man‚ remember‚ until an hour before the Devil fell‚ God thought him beautiful in Heaven” (1244). Mass paranoia‚ confusion‚ fear Despite being an educated man‚ Hale is fully embracing the witch-hunt and keeps advocating it. The people of Salem are too afraid to question the validity of the witchcraft claims because even “God
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control in Salem‚ with that desire for John inciting her actions. What started as Abigail’s plan to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor‚ ended in what was bigger than Abigail could have imagined - the Salem witch trials. Abigail is a remorseless girl‚ who will do anything to get what she wants. Abigail lusts over John Proctor‚ a married man which turns the town into a witch hunt. Her self-centered‚ narcissistic ways end up turning the town upside down‚ with the newfound power she found through the witch trials
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such as these that could completely destroy your life. Arthur Miller wrote a story about this dreadful time‚ titled The Crucible. Since the subject was controversial at the time‚ Miller had to subliminally write about it through the story of the Salem witch trials. Basic human rights were violated by HUAC‚ who was symbolized by the court system in Miller’s story. To anyone who didn’t confess to their supposed crime‚ there were severe repercussions‚ such as death or blacklisting. Senator McCarthy‚
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“One man with courage makes a majority.”- Andrew Jackson Meaning: If one brave man stands up for what he believes in‚ he can make a change. Introduction: -hook -meaning -background information -thesis: Jackson’s quote is relevant to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and the actions of John Proctor‚ Giles Corey and Reverend Hale of Beverly‚ thus proving that if one brave man stands up for what he believes in‚ he can make a change. BP1: John Proctor *transition -topic sentence: John Proctor
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1 English 2 September 29th‚ 2014 The Crucible: Quotes Essay The Crucible is a play written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. This play is packed full of different themes and quotes I would love to use in this essay but I can’t use them all. The themes that I will be discussing in this essay are lying‚ good vs. evil‚ and The Supernatural
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main villain of this story and thus is characterized as such : crazy‚ obsessed‚ and truly a manipulative girl. "Why is she crazy?"you might ask. Abbie was single handedly a 17 year old girl that was the cause of many deaths in this witch hunting story set in Salem. She was a girl that wanted her way and so foolishly thought that by taking down her competition and being label the true and good girl she could. And in a way‚ this girl was truly right once everyone thought she was good and pure she
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her out. In sixteen ninety-two Abigail Williams was actually eleven years old. Her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ with the help of Titubia‚ an Indian slave‚ raised her and her three cousins‚ Thomas‚ Betty‚ and Susannah (Salem Witch Trials Notable Persons). Appearance: Most women in Salem had only a couple sets of clothing. This included one for Sunday and the others for weekdays and workdays. Abigail would have worn a linen shift under a bodice laced tightly almost everyday. Then‚ she would wear many
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