How does Miller present the character of Gellburg in the opening 3 pages of the play? AO1- 10 AO2- 10 AO4- 5 Kristallnacht‚ 1938- Nazi’s in Germany smash the windows of Jewish shops and set alight synagogues following the assassination of a German diplomat‚ Ernst Vom Rath. At the same time a Jewish mother and wife living in Brooklyn loses her ability to walk. I believe Arthur Miller uses the play to examine how situations‚ exploitation and her paralysed state to be a reflection of each other
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Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her
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How does Miller present the character of Abigail in the opening pages of ‘The Crucible’ In the opening lines of the play Abigail is portrayed as a “strikingly beautiful girl” of seventeen. But this does not seem the case as you get further into the act. In fact she is seen to have an extremely ugly heart and only care about herself. Although the audience may feel sorry for her as she says “I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to mine” her cruelty cannot be overlooked.
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Motivation can be clearly defined as why someone chooses to do what they preform‚ the reason behind the madness. Within Arthur Miller’s drama‚ The Crucible‚ the motivation of the many different characters is very conspicuous‚ as there are many hints throughout the text. The play is a fictionalized and dramatized version of the story of witchcraft in Salem‚ Massachusetts that took place during 1692. The drama was allegedly a representation of McCarthyism‚ the practice of making accusations without
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How does Miller present Joe Keller as a tragic hero In All My Sons? Joe Keller is a man who loves and values his family very much and has sacrificed everything‚ including his honour‚ in his struggle to make his family prosperous. In the 1940s the American dream was one that everyone possessed. The American dream promised wealth‚ happiness and anything a citizen could ever want. This concept of perfect life was one that Joe tried his very hardest to live by so that he could provide for his family
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Sequential to the 1692 Salem witch trials‚ Author Arthur Miller transcribed the mishaps and vindictive behavior in his play The Crucible‚ which portrays the hysteria and consternation of the town. An exemplar woman named Elizabeth Proctor exhibits the arbitrary and discriminatory circumstances. In distinguishing‚ unlikeness Mary Warren impersonates a girl whose hesitancy and uncertainty guides her to condemn many lives. The play depicts the inequitable mobocracy and unjustified perpetrations provoked
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The Crucible is undoubtedly one of the most interesting plays that has been written‚ and it is not that way only because of its creative story tale‚ but also because of the ideas that were conveyed through some of the characters. Arthur Miller wrote the play during the communist era and used the campaign of McCarthyism as the base of the story. In this period of Miller’s life‚ he was brought to court and had to confess to being a communist. While being held on trial‚ he confessed about himself but
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black people and miller tells us in the first stage directions “her slavery sense has warned her that‚ as always‚ trouble in this house eventually lands on her back”. The crucible was set in a time where it was a patriarchal society meaning men were higher than women however there is one exception who is respected by the men in the town because of her high status and that woman is Mrs. Rebecca. Being a women at the time and being respected by the men in the town just shows how high her status is
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beginning. ‘He waked me every night‚ his eyes were like coals and his fingers claw my neck‚ and I sign‚ I sign...” (Miller 119). In describing Proctor’s eyes like “coals” Mary suggests that his eyes are as dark as his heart and his true intentions. In fact‚ the usage of “claw my neck” proposes the idea that Proctor is a monster manipulating her into taking action in something she does not want to be a part of. By consecutively repeating the words “I sign‚ I sign” Mary makes her audience sense that
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How does Shakespeare present the character of Beatrice? ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ is another of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. It primarily focuses on the unromantic spiteful relationship between the two main characters‚ Beatrice and Benedick. Beatrice‚ the niece of Leonato is a quick-witted‚ independent woman‚ who proclaims hers disdain of love and marriage. Despite her hate for love‚ from the events of the play she soon exposes a very vulnerable side of her and is a gentle and sweet person. During
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