“Hook”. Arthur Miller gives us insight through his novel‚ The Crucible. Set in 1692‚ Massachusetts‚ the characters in the story are put through trials to prove their integrity‚ loyalty‚ and conspicuously‚ what is valuable to them; their name. Also‚ Arthur Miller establish the characters in a society where the law bounds to the bible‚ and in which‚ the society drastically takes a turn into chaos when people commence‚ and accuse others of witchery. This not merely puts the villager’s viability at
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puts herself out there as the opposition. Abigail is 17-year-old niece of Reverend Parris. She is unmarried‚ and an orphan‚ meaning her position on the social ladder is fairly low. Abigail Williams is a young lady with a vicious and unpredictable nature. She is deceiving‚ violent and untrustworthy. However in Act 1‚ we see an array of her personalities. She acts as the authority‚ focusing on manipulating Parris as it suits her. When she says‚ “Uncle‚ we did dance; let you tell them I confessed
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“techniques” back then still remain. In “The Crucible”‚ as the play opens up in act 1‚ Reverend Parris kneels down next to his “ill” daughter‚ Betty Parris. Rumor has it that Betty has been involved in some witchcraft. Because of Reverends paranoia‚ he had asked to keep Bettys “situation” undercover as he was scared that it may have an effect on his reputation. In my personal opinion‚ Reverend Parris’ responsibility should be his daughter. No one for sure knows that his daughter has been strictly
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In his play‚ The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller describes the events that took place in Salem during the Salem Witch Trials. He describes several of the deadly conflicts that occur between the townspeople‚ but not all the conflicts were external ones. One such conflict occurred within the expert in all things supernatural‚ Reverend Hale. Hale’s internal conflict happened because he realized fear causes people to make rash decisions‚ so he began to doubt all the work he had been doing in Salem and the Witch
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and defends her name and her life. Abigail Williams is defending her reputation and herself to get out of trouble. Abigail was an orphan‚ her uncle Parris feeds and clothes her. In Act I‚ She was also expelled from the house by Goody Proctor; therefore she has little standing in village. After she was caught dancing in the woods‚ Parris questioned her and she replied angrily “Be no blush my name.”(Pg.37) Later‚ when Hale was questioning Abigail about dancing in the woods‚ Abigail defends herself
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Miller cleverly wrote John Proctor‚ one of the main character’s‚ death scene to symbolize the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Many people in The Holy Bible represent characters in The Crucible. For example‚ the Jews crucified Jesus just as Reverend Parris and Danforth killed John Proctor. Jesus had threatened their religion by claiming he was God. In the Testimony of John in The Holy Bible‚ a woman said to Jesus “I know that messias cometh‚ which is called Christ: when he
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Proctor‚ and many others because of that one little word‚ and the girl behind it all was Abigail Williams. She destroyed the whole town by peer pressuring her friends in the accusing people in the town that they were doing witchcraft‚ after Reverend Parris caught them dancing around a fire in the forest. But she wasn’t the one person that liked to use peer pressure to make people say things that they didn’t really want to say. Which at the time everyone thought that the forest was a devilish place
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the girls acted out of simple boredom or that they suffered from a mental illness. In January of 1692‚ the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Elizabeth (Betty) Parris and Abigail Williams‚ fell ill. At first‚ they began to act slightly off‚ but then began to suffer from symptoms that included convulsions and screaming fits. Reverend Parris called in the local doctor‚ William
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is no God present in witch-hunting and he questions his motives as well. 4. Abigail vs. other girls- Abigail threatens the other girls to go along with her lies and false accusations. 5. Abigail vs. Mary Warren 6. Abigail vs. Mary Parris 7. Parris vs. himself- He knows he is not a Godly man in his thoughts
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arise in the small town of Salem. The play shows characters going to lengths to preserve their good reputation‚ no matter the consequences. This theme of reputation is shown in the play through the characters of Reverend Parris‚ John Proctor‚ and even the court. Reverend Parris is exceedingly selfish and is shown to value his reputation above all several times by Miller in the play. Arthur Miller introduces Pariss standing over his unconscious daughter. One might feel sorry for him but that diminishes
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