John Proctor compromised the reputation of his name, and values that he cherishes by having an affair with Abigail Williams. This flaw will forever haunt him. Arthur Miller uses symbolism and irony to support the central idea that Proctor can either die honorably or live a lie.…
A little white lie is still a lie. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller talks about how puritans live such a strict Christian based life until people believe witches are crawling through the towns of Salem. People start going crazy with hangings as Abigail Williams keeps talking about “seeing” people with the devil. Just to save her own self from being hung. Abigail Williams is to blame for the Salem witch trials of 1692 because she lied, accused innocent people and had an affair with a married man.…
Does an author always have to stick to conventions in writing? A dramatic convention is an unrealistic element in a literary work that is accepted by readers or viewers because it is traditional. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller deviates from traditional drama conventions in his telling of the Salem Witch Trials. He does not use scenes and uses a narrative technique more than stage directions throughout the play.…
In 1672 The Puritans belief was very strict which made it hard on the women during that time.The roles and treatments of the women was made were they had to submissive to the men. The characters Abigail, Mary Warren, and Elizabeth was portrayed as simple-minded, controlling, weak, and submissive women.…
About an outsider washed up on an inhabited island and is taken in but is later sent back out because of incompatibility…
Year of Wonders emphasises how ignorance dismantles the importance of knowledge and the way isolation affects the quest for knowledge. Within the quaint town of Eyam that Anna resides in, it is presumed that those in the village ‘had no occasion to travel farther than the market town seven miles distant’, leaving them in the safety of their highly rigid and restrictive, religious society. This indicates their lack of intent to acquire knowledge, promoting their sense of ignorance on ‘how things stood in the real world.’ Consequently, when the villagers were confronted with the unexplained arrival of the Plague, their first instinct was to persecute the Gowdies; intelligent and independent women, who with medical knowledge, were deemed as witches.…
"John Proctor: I'll tell you what's walking Salem-- vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant's vengeance! I'll not give my wife to vengeance! (Miller, 379)". This quote by John Proctor was spoken in response to one of the many motives in the Salem witch trails in The Crucible. The witch trials were seen by some as an opportunity to obtain personal gain through accusing others of witchcraft. There were many motivational goals for the characters in The Crucible such as, sexual, political, and financial.…
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, women are portrayed as both powerful and weak at once. The author shows that during that time women had no rights and were inferior to men. However character such as Abigail presented her dominance over other girls which were included in the “witchcraft” action. The plate doesn’t make any specific statement about the gender roles by showing multiple sides of women and the variety of their dimensions as human being.…
Women have always played a major role in society. They play very essential roles such as the carrier of the life cycle. They were created to be a companion of man. Overtime women have varied their roles in today’s society. As seen in the novel’s The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, women can travel outside of society’s norms. Women also played major role in both novels. These stories were written by totally opposite authors but the settings of these stories are the same, the Puritan era. Both authors portrayed the strengths of women while also portraying their downfalls too.…
Women play a crucial role in the conflict of Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. They are the entire foundation to the play. Arthur Miller’s treatment of women in this play shows women as weak beings who give into their husbands. The way women are treated in this play is a reflection of the Puritan beliefs of that time. Women were believed to have only the job of reproduction, and supporting the family with food. The first example that exhibits this is the way Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, is treated as a character. Another example would be how Abigail Williams is a character that is very unique and smart but then again gives into society and is forced to lie to get herself out of trouble. Many other women are known in this story for revealing Miller’s treatment of women.…
If you don't believe in witch hunts, that's fine. But the idea of them is very real. The Crucible is a story that takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. This small community is full of superstition and the towns people let their beliefs destroy friendships, and lives. Arthur Miller uses many repeating themes in the play The Crucible. There are many good, and bad themes that come up throughout the play. Some of the common themes of this story are lust, fear, and courage.…
In the beginning of the play it starts off with people not worrying about the truth and what is…
"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 . Two themes that obviously dealt with the outrageous destruction and the attitudes of those people would be the philosophical theme of examined their inner lives closely looking for signs of grace or of being damned and the religious theme of which are certain that most of of humanity would be damned for all eternity.…
Arthur Miller is a great author that uses many forms of syntax, figurative language, and diction to enhance his writing throughout The Crucible. Miller uses figurative language throughout The Crucible, to put emphasis on certain ideas and things. Miller also uses diction in The Crucible to show that the story is taking place in the past and to give the story a more biblical feel to it. One other thing that Arthur Miller does really well is his use of syntax. He uses syntax throughout The Crucible to show the intelligence levels of different characters. Miller uses these three different things in combination throughout The Crucible to enhance the story and to tell the story of the witch craft trials in an insightful way.…
Through my time being with the church I have never questioned or doubted the sacredness of our work once, but recently I have come to find myself realizing that the duty performed by reverends of this sanction are ill minded in determining the wrongfulness of a fellow towns member’s affairs. I am now considering leaving the church; I must record all of my reasons for doing so in this journal.…
