The Crucible has such a title‚ meaning severe trial‚ because puritans believe that life is a test. They lived a very strict style and understood that if you do anything wrong in life‚ god would harshly punish you for it. This puts a lot of stress on the characters to live up to the expectations of living perfectly and faithful. People are willing to do anything to make themselves look good. For instance in the play Abigail lies about several things to save herself. One of the things she lies about
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller is a play accounting for the tragic events of 1692 in Salem Village. Most people were Puritans‚ who believed it was against the law not to attend church. The devastating events which took place in Salem Village are known as “The Salem Witch Trials”. These Witch Trials caused many people to be accused of witchcraft and well over a dozen to be executed. The source of all this social disruption‚ was when many girls and Reverend Parris’s slave Tituba were caught dancing
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The Crucible Jadynn Epker “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear‚ and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” (H. P. Lovecraft). The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is set in a controversial religious part of history that uses strict morals and disquietude to install panic of the unknown. In The Crucible‚ the reader can see that Abigail is a depraved‚ vengeful‚ manipulative‚ evil minded young girl who uses fear and spite to dictate the world around her
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The Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor “Let them that never lied die now to keep their souls” (1353). This quote‚ spoken by John Proctor‚ in the Crucible represents what the Salem Witch Trials were about. The Crucible‚ written by Aurthur Miller‚ was a playwright based in the 1600’s of the Salem Witch Trials in Province‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were during the time of McCarthyism; McCarthyism suggested people were guilty without hard proof. Elizabeth Proctor was a character in the Crucible
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Contagious Mask of Hypocrisy In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible hypocrisy runs through the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ as if it were contagious. When the witchcraft situation in Salem gets out of control‚ several characters like reverend Paris‚ Mary Warren‚ and Abigail Williams become engaged in hypocritical actions. One main character who shows hypocrisy in Salem is Reverend Paris. When the idea of witchcraft is introduced for being the cause of why the group of girls in town are ill and seeing spirits
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sympathetic character for three reasons. She chose not to go with frank to Buenos Ayres‚ she chose to stay in Ireland and continue with her unhappy life‚ and the ghost of her mother constantly haunted her because of the promise that she had made to her that after she died‚ she would take charge and take care of the house and family. The first reason why I think that Eveline is not a sympathetic character is because she did not go with frank to start the new life that she wanted. The second reason why I think
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The Salem Witch trials depicted in The Crucible were gruesome acts of violence and judgment angled towards innocent‚ hard-working people of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Or were they? In fact‚ they were‚ but not in the way that one may think. According to history books and works of literary art such as The Crucible ‚ the events that took place during the Salem Witch Trials were all based upon lies made up by Abigail Williams and other young girls. There is tons of evidence to back this up‚ however
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fifth amendment. When accused and were blacklisted‚ they often had to accuse other people that were affiliated with the left party to get out of being accused. Likewise‚ in Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible people of the Salem witch trials were no different from what happened in Hollywood. In the Salem witch trials‚ if one was accused of being a witch and chose not to talk‚ they would most likely be sentenced
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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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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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