American Lit 24 September 2012 Abigail and Reverend Hale: The Characters of the “Devil” During the time of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692‚ there were people with manipulative and equivocal personalities who drastically altered the aspects of Massachusetts. Consequently‚ chaos caused an intractable problem in the government of Salem‚ and its principles ruined. Thus‚ in Miller’s The Crucible‚ Miller shows‚ through fictional characters‚ how and who the Salem Witch Trials affected and how or by whom
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Word | Meaning | Sentence using one example word | The Crucible: Intro + Act I Vocabulary Savor | appetizing | The food critics keeps the food in their mouth for a period amount of time to savor all the flavor from it. | Dogmatically | Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | He dogmatically responded to his classmate‚ which caused him to be sent to the principal’s office. | Indigenous | Native to a certain area | Lewis and Clark needed Sacagawea’s help because she was indigenous
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In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible The character Tituba a slave from Barbados and property of Reverend Parris is a confident character‚ one which confides with the central character to reveal the central characters main and true thoughts and emotions come into light. In Act 1 of the Crucible‚ the corresponding conflict is centered on the accusations of witchcraft in the village of Salem and everyone having a say in the conflict itself and attempting to determine who was a witch. Tituba is one of
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uncovered throughout the crucible‚ Abigail Williams is the most self-centered‚ dishonest and manipulative character in The Crucible because she lies to conceal her affair and avoid witchcraft accusations which therefore result in the many deaths of innocent people. One of the first and most obvious traits about Abigail is that she is a manipulative young lady. There is a very evident personality change from the beginning of the play to the end. Around the end of the first act‚ Abigail attempts to
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In the play The Crucible many of the characters learn things about themselves as well as others. Discuss the insight gained by the characters of Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ and John Proctor. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ Elizabeth Procter‚ learns about the character and morality of other people‚ her own actions of the people around them‚ and most importantly how to admit and deal with her own mistakes. Reverend Hale’s insight into himself reveals his new perspective on people in
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Explain How Arthur Miller Uses Act Three As A Dramatic Device To Expose The Rivalries Which Exist In Salem. In 1952‚ Arthur Miller wrote a play entitled‚ ‘The Crucible’. The play is centred on the witch trials that actually took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote about the event as an allegory for McCarthyism which occurred in the United States in the 1950s. McCarthyism was a time of great anti-communist suspicion in the late 1940s and 1950s. The key connections
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows both sides of dynamic and static characters. Though‚ there are a few minor character there are character in the story that are dynamic like John Proctor and Abagail as a static character. John Proctor is one character in The Crucible that is a dynamic which change a bit throughout the story; for he has changed from a quiet “farm boy” to a man with huge couragement. At the beginning of the play‚ Proctor kept things inside of his mind‚ and tries to get Abagail
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Madeline Winn Bundle 1 9-16-15 Bundle 1 Performance Task This story starts from “The Crucibles‚” Act 4. The setting starts in a small prison located in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the year of 1692. John Proctor and Elizabeth are standing outside of the prison. Elizabeth is trying to persuade Proctor to confess to practicing witchcraft so he could avoid hanging. The different critical decisions my story will have Proctor admit to witchcraft and turn in the confession to Danforth‚ and then finding
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In Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible‚ the main character Abigail Williams is to blame for the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ Abigail Williams remained a static character throughout the book. Abigail is a mean‚ deceitful and manipulative person who always wants her way; she has no remorse about who she hurts along her journey to get her want she wants. Abigail Williams is a manipulative evil person throughout The Crucible; she can be characterized as manipulative because she influences the girls
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller the character Hale goes through a transformation unlike any other character. He is a good honest man looking to solve the issue of witchcraft in the town of Salem. Hale is new to the town and doesn’t know much about the people that live there. Hale has come with no prejudices and seeks only the truth. He is considered the expert on witchcraft as many of the townspeople have the highest respects for him. Once Reverend Parris suspected witchery in the town of
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