The scene starts off in a New York City Court of law jury room. There’s an empty jury room and a judge is giving a set of final instructions to the Jurors. We learn that this is a murder case and that if found guilty‚ he would be sentenced to death penalty. After these instructions‚ the Jurors enter. All the Jurors presume the obvious guilt of the defendant‚ whom we learn has been accused of killing his father. Eventually‚ the twelve sit down and a vote is taken. All of the Jurors vote “guilty”
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Narrative Essay" Act 1(Abigail Williams)- I asked Tituba to go into the woods with a bunch of the girls from our area‚ I asked her to cast spells‚ and we danced. I was hoping that Tituba could put a curse on John Proctors wife since I had an affair with him. I was hoping that they weren’t gonna be together after all so that I could have John Proctor all to myself. It was all my idea but when it came down to telling the truth when I was questioned for witch craft I lied and said it was Tituba
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The meaning of The Crucible The definition from the dictionary of a “crucible” defines it as being: 1. “A severe test‚ as of patience or belief; a trial” ("cru∙ci∙ble”). It is well represented in the play because the whole story revolves around the witch trials. The witch trials were caused by Salem’s beliefs‚ based on the Christian religion. This religion clearly indicated that witches were not to be accepted in a Christian community. “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh
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In this essay I am going to talk about how weakness‚ courage‚ and truth play a role in the Crucible. The first concept I am going to talk about is weakness and how it affected the Crucible. Mary Warren shows a lot of weakness because of how she got John and Elizabeth proctor in trouble with the court. Mary Warren wouldn’t fess up that she made the poppet and put the needle in its belly. Elizabeth got blamed for it because the poppet was in her house and Elizabeth said she didn’t have any dolls but
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included an arms race‚ cryptology‚ and national efforts by the civilian population. One of the national efforts was the creation of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings into the depth of the American Communist Party. Arthur Miller uses his play The Crucible as an allegory for the McCarthy Hearings through characters‚ and events that take place in the play. Much like the persecution that perceived communists endured during the McCarthy investigations‚ the people in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts
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In “The Crucible”‚ John Proctor expresses extreme guilt about his affair with Abigail throughout the book. This guilt leads John to confess to Judge Danforth and sets himself up for chaos. At first‚ he wants to expose Abigail for faking it‚ but he is scared because of the guilt of his affair. He realizes that in order to keep his family together‚ and his friends alive‚ he must confess about his affair before it’s too late. Guilt is John Proctors biggest motivation. Because of his affair with Abigail
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The story in The Crucible illuminates the struggle to find oneself and shows that life can be ultimately demolished if we follow the lead of others‚ rather than ourselves. Through the hundreds of accusations of witchcraft‚ any innocent townsman’s life and identity could
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1950’s‚ McCarthyism and the Red Scare dominated society and culture‚ instilling the terror and suspicions of an invisible enemy on an uninformed people. This enemy was that of communism. Written to alert society of the doom that lurked nearby‚ Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ depicts the consequences that come from the hysteria associated with accusations made against one’s neighbor and in some cases friend. From the play‚ one can gather that guilt in society is destructive to communal relationships. The
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Hysteria in The Crucible Arthur Miller’s‚ “The Crucible”‚is about the witch trials that occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. For the people in the town of Salem‚ it was hard to believe that their own neighbors‚ who they thought were good people‚ could be witches. The plot of the play is quite disturbing. The play starts off with these 14 girls who cry out witchcraft. The town fears witchcraft so hysteria begins to take over. Later‚ dozens of people are wrongly accused
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that stand out above the others in Hawthorne’s work are nature and society. With the use of Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl Hawthorn successfully proves that a relationship with nature‚ which embodies purity and freedom‚ can draw one’s mind away from the corruption and enslavement of a cruel society. Hester Prynne the main character of The Scarlet Letter is plagued with the adulteress "A" throughout the novel. Her Puritan society shuns‚ scorns‚ and talks negatively about her behind her back and
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