Abigail is the main catalyst of Millers play The Crucible. She is presented by Milller in a powerful‚ "strikingly beautiful girl" yet malicious with an "endless capacity for dissembling" which is stated in Act 1 when she is first introduced to the play. This portrays and gives the reader an indication immediately‚ that Abigail has an everchanging personality and can manipulate people in such a way that they "fall apart". As the play progresses this is brought to light‚ especially with characters
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has been used as an excuse for committing a crime but having reason to commit a crime does not justify it. The stories The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe and The Crucible by Arthur Miller are good examples of unjustifiable revenge. The Cask of Amontillado features a jealous man who gets revenge with murder‚ while The Crucible is about a girl who lies about people in her town‚ getting them killed‚ in order to get revenge on a man who refused to continue an affair with her. Crime‚ an illegal activity
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lump of vanity‚ sir- . . . She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might‚ for I thought of her softly. God help me‚ I lusted‚ and there is promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance‚ and you must see it:” (Miller 102). The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows greed and vengeance of the Salem townspeople in 1692. Miller is trying to show the government what they are doing with the communism trials and why they are so unfair. The witch trials closely mimic the communist trials
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible the audience is supplied with an array of varying characters. Arthur Miller effectively categorizes the characters of the play into two juxtaposing categories; the accusers‚ and the accused. The accusers are led by the antagonist of the play‚ Abigail Williams‚ whereas the accused are led by the protagonist of the play‚ John Proctor. The audience sympathizes with John Proctor not only because he has been falsely accused‚ but also because he is a representation of the
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The Crucible Guided Viewing Questions KEY Who are Reverend Parris‚ Betty‚ and Abigail? What is their relationship? Rev. Parris is the minister of Salem‚ Betty is his daughter‚ and Abigail is his niece. Who is Tituba? What is her relationship to the family? Tituba is the Parris’s slave from Barbados. What is wrong with Betty? Betty is unconscious after being caught by her father dancing in the woods with other girls from Salem. Why does Parris suggest calling in Reverend
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Michelle Burlaza Mr. Coons American Literature 23 April‚ 2013 “The Crucibles” Literary Analysis In the Drama “The Crucibles” by Arthur Miller‚ creates an intensifying and motivating situation that keeps readers on their toes eager to find out what happens next. Miller gives a dramatical attitude and emotion in the situation that is scattering in Salem. Miller emphasizes the plot/situation in the text through a few specific characters‚ their conflicts‚ and transition of the plot in every act
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The Crucible Discussion Questions ACT ONE 1.) The irony in this statement is purely the fact that the very corruption that the church was trying to avoid is exactly what is became overcome with. The wrong and deceitful lies that the church wanted to evade became the basis for many accusations and convictions of innocent peoples. 2.) Mrs. Putnam’s 7 babies died very soon after birth except for one‚ Ruth Putnam. According to her‚ the devil (and those working with the devil) are the reasons
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Throughout the study of Arthur Miller’s dramatic play‚ the Crucible a play with four acts‚ and the picture book‚ Belonging by Jeannie Baker‚ I now understand that the challenge to belong may be resisted or embraced depending on the protagonist and other characters throughout the texts we have studied in class. Miller uses language to show how a character can either resist to belong or can embrace it. Throughout The Crucible‚ Miller’s dialogue to show the connectedness of the characters to the theocratic
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The Crucible- Comprehension Study Questions 1. There are many factors that contribute to the initiation and the escalation of the witch hunts in Salem. Partisans truly believed in the existence of witches‚ as it was recognize as a sin against God in the bible. This caused their society to accredit any unnatural happenings to the Devil. When Ruth and Betty cannot wake‚ Ann Putnam blames her daughters unconscious state and the deaths of her unbaptized babies on witchery. Witchcraft in Salem is
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John Proctor: A Dynamic Character A dynamic character is defined as someone who grows and changes. One of the few dynamic characters in the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is John Proctor. This play was written in the 1950s however it is based on the Salem Witch Trials which took place in 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Proctor has a significant role in the play as he knows the truth behind the girls accusations but his morals and love of God is tested when its time to speak up. Proctor
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