5a. The characters that enter and exit the room where Betty Parris lies are Mr. and Mrs. Putnam, Paris, Giles Corey, and Rebecca. Most of these characters motives are to try and figure out what happened that night in the woods and try and figure out who was practicing witchcraft.…
Chapters twenty-six through thirty-one were very emotional chapters. After visiting Jefferson at the jail, Grants goes to the Rainbow Club to wait on Vivian. He was happy because he was finally getting somewhere with helping Jefferson. He wanted to share his happiness with his love, until he began to hear three men talking bad about Jefferson. Grant wanted to let it go and walk away but he couldn’t hold it in anymore. He confronted them and told them to be quiet but they end up fighting. Grant loses control and ends up getting knocked out.…
Chapter 1: The plot begins with a utopian society of sorts that exemplifies perfection and every living thing existing in agreement. Flourishing ranches encompassed the town described by Rachel Carson and phenomenal vegetation. The Spring in this town was an absolute beauty. A drastic change suddenly overcomes the image and poisons the life. People and animals begin to become sick as a result of environmental destruction from toxins.…
As the act opens, Giles, Proctor and Francis Nurse want to talk to Danforth to persuade him that their wives are not witches. They bring Mary Warren and a petition with 91 signatures as evidence. We learn that Rebecca Nurse has been sentenced to hang. Hale is starting to believe that these trials are getting out of hand and that maybe the girls are pretending.…
Reverend Parris’s House: This scene is done on the right side of the stage and is closed in by the walls to develop a cramped feeling to better convey that it is taking place in a tiny upstairs bedroom. The oversized bed and the dainty side table allows for intrigue detail to be taken but still reflecting the main point of the scene, the chest is small so that there is plenty of room available downstage for the action of the scene to take place. The lighting of the scene will also reflect this by being dull to convey the candlelight aspect while still keeping the bedroom feeling evident.…
The play “The Crucible” was published in 1953 by Arthur Miller and takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem witch trials.…
In the climax, Proctor was willing to at least reverse the effects of his actions to rescue the others around him, even if the price he reimbursed was his very own life. He does not cringe in fear at expressing his opinions on the events that transpire in the first scene. This is perceived when he says to Putnam, "You cannot command Mr. Parris. We vote by name in this society, not by acreage” (pg 1249). This exhibits that Proctor is not afraid to speak his thoughts even before a wealthier or more powerful man. Furthermore, Proctor’s mental strength of will to speak against a person, many others, including Reverend Parris, would not openly…
"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.…
Everyone cares about their name in some way whether if it negatively or positively impacts that person or society itself. In the story The Crucible that Arthur Miller illustrated, begins in a small town in the name of Salem. Everyone cares about their reputation in the town. Even if it means exposing their friends. Every character has a different thing that they value. But Arthur Miller showed that they all have a similar value, reputation, which can negatively affect the people that they care…
The Crucible is about this group of teenage girls caught conjuring spirits , dancing naked and and making potions in the woods. Reverend Parris finds them. Ruth Putman is trying to talk too the spirits of her dead siblings too find out why they died , at the request of her mother. Abby Williams is trying to make a potion to kill Elizabeth, John Proctors wife, because Abby had an affair with John and now wants to have him to herself. Tituba ,is who Ruth goes to about speaking to her siblings. After the girls are caught in the woods Betty , Reverend Parris’ daughter, and Ruth fall ill. The doctors are called and a cause cannot be determined , so Reverend Hale , a specialist on unnatural and demonic work is called in. Abby and Mrs. Putnam confess…
Arthur Miller has argued for years about the historical truth surrounding The Crucible, and defined its trans-historical subject as a social process that includes the Salem witchcraft trials and the anti-Communist investigations of the fifties. Though The Crucible is unrelenting in its opposition to the authoritarian systems represented by Puritanism and McCarthyism, its use of historical material and the position on moral tyranny, which it projects, seems far more complex than criticism on the play would suggest. Miller's play is not interested in proclaiming a moral verdict, either on historical or on contemporary events. It does not want to instill a moral by analogizing between experiences, on which we have already reached a consensus, and contemporary problems, from which we may not have the distance to judge. Indeed, as Miller himself has stated, "life does provide some sound analogies now and again" (Budick 127-132).…
Good morning fellow members, today I am going to reveal my analysis of the character of Jon Hale. The Crucible was a trying affair on the small town of Salem. During this event a man came to the town of Salem, this man was Reverend Hale. Hale was crucial in the interpretation of these “satanic” works. He was the one of the first people to openly believe the witchcraft and one of the few to end up openly opposing it as well. Where the whole town fell to mass hysteria, believing that the devil, Hale was one of the few with the resolve to oppose this madness. Reverend Hale is a just and composed man who has pure and right intentions, he arrived in Salem with an unbiased perspective. It was this view that brought the idea that the evidence would be as clear and “definite as stone” within the town affected due to the evidence supported that it. The character’s ideals are shown in the physical representation, the scales show his belief in the…
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 his son of daughter to pass through fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch” (FYI – Act One - Deuteronomy 18:10). Everybody that got accused had to go to court to get tested in front of the girls, who decided…
The play "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller, shows distinct themes throughout the story about the relationship between John Proctor and Abigail Williams helps emphasize the larger theme of intolerance due to the fact that even though Abigail still wants to be with John and he does not, it is a sin and is looked down upon. In the beginning of the story, we find out that Abigail was a servant of the Proctors. She was suspected of "touching" with John and now Mrs. Proctor is spreading rumors about her, which Abby knows she did wrong but still wants to be with him. "You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet." (22) In their town of Salem, God is everything to people. Gods word is law and is what everyone should live for. By committing adultery, John and Abby are going against the town and their beliefs. John is intolerant towards Abigail when he tells her, "Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before Ill ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of your mind. We never touched, Abby." (22)When people hear these rumors, they have no tolerance for the "Evil" they have committed despite the fact of any sort of love. John Proctor wanted to end any relationship he had with Abby because the village would be intolerant of their sin. In Salem Gods law is everything. Going against God is a sin in which Salem feels obligated to oppose, which is why the village would be intolerant of John Proctor and Abigail's sin emphasizing the theme of intolerance.…