Tim Dietz English 11 January 15th‚ 2003 John Proctor - the fair and noble character The novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about witchcraft and the accusations of witches in Salem‚ Massachusetts. One of the main characters in the story‚ which happens in the spring of 1692‚ is John Proctor‚ a farmer in his middle thirties. He is married to Elizabeth Proctor. It is not directly said‚ but they have at least two sons and a servant named Marry Warren. Because Proctor seems to be very religious
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Characters we are lead to like and dislike in Act 1 of The Crucible by Arthur Miller By Carys Castro. Abigail Williams is one of the protagonists. She is manipulative and unthruthful from the very beginning as she refers to their dancing in the woods as nothing but a “sport”‚ and then says “there be no blush about my name”. She lies because she is clearly scared of her uncle‚ Reverend Parris. However‚ when John Proctor comes in‚ it is clear that she still has feelings for him as she says to him
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Explore the way Miller presents the emotions of John and Elizabeth Proctor on the pages 120-121 Page 120 Miller conveys Proctor’s need to be judged by his wife and to have her opinion. He is accused of making a pact with the devil and wants the right judgements to be made. This is demonstrated when Proctor says : "I want my life." Elizabeth responds: " I cannot judge you‚ John‚ I cannot!" Then later on Proctor shouts: "Then who will judge me ?" This dialogue between John and
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“A View from the Bridge” is a play written by Arthur miller in 1950. It is set in the 1950s Brooklyn and is about the Carbine family‚ which consists of Eddie‚ his wife Beatrice and their niece Catherine. Eddie is the second generation of Italian immigrants in America who work as longshoremen. Beatrice is a loving caring person who treats her niece as if she was her own daughter. Catherine is the daughter of Beatrice’s deceased sister who lives with Eddie and Beatrice. She is energetic and cheerful
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Essay In the beginning of the play “Death of a Salesman”‚ by Arthur Miller‚ the author presents the relationship between Willy and Linda in different ways. By showing the love of Linda towards Willy and how she takes care of him. Also with different situations where Linda shows her patience with Willy’s problems of being cruel or getting angry easily. To start with‚ they have a very special relationship. Linda is really positive and transmits that to her husband “… you’re doing wonderful
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frustration stems from the fact that he cannot come to terms with the fact that his daughter may have been consorting with the devil and challenged his authority‚ as well as dancing in the forest which breaches the rule of not acting for “vain enjoyment”. Miller presents Parris as a power hungry and superficially pious man for he acts upon what he think will gain him popularity among the villagers to maintain his reputation and acts out of fear of losing his position rather than for the health of his own
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Act Three of Arthur Miller’s script The Crucible opens with a very hostile‚ tense and desperate mood due to the Salem Witch Trials being in full swing. Hathorne is questioning the wife of Giles Corey‚ Martha‚ about whether or not she is aligned with the Devil and one of his witches until Giles comes barging in “roaring to the court” that he has “evidence” for them to see until he is eventually “removed by the court marshal” (83-84). Giles is angered and furious that his wife is being put on trial
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origin of life. Around the world‚ the scientific community was examining what kind of environment would be needed to allow life to begin. In 1953‚ Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey‚ working at the University of Chicago‚ conducted an experiment which would change the approach of scientific investigation into the origin of life. Miller took molecules which were believed to represent the major components of the early Earth’s atmosphere and put them into a closed system The gases they
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In this extract Miller depicts a conversation between Abigail and Proctor that hastily turns into an altercation. At this point in the play‚ Abigail and two other girls have briefly spoken about what happened in the woods‚ and mass hysteria is spreading rapidly aided by Betty’s outbursts. This helps Miller to portray Abigail’s many different personality traits as in this extract she is depicted as flirty and vulnerable in the beginning then increasingly becomes aggressive and angry towards Proctor;
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How does Miller use the ending of each act to make the audience feel the madness in Salem? Miller is able to portray the madness of Salem in a variety of ways‚ throughout the whole of the play however the ending of each act allows the audience to fully feel the hysteria. By incorporating changes of key themes and ideas as well as using links throughout the text and a variety of dramatic techniques towards the end of each act‚ Miller is able to leave the audience with a sense of this madness. The
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