Giles Corey tells Reverend Hale that Proctor does not believe in witches‚ but Proctor says he did not speak one way or another. Hale says that they cannot look to superstition in issues of witchcraft‚ because the Devil is precise. Parris admits to the dancing and the conjuring‚ while Goody Ann Putnam claims that witchcraft must be the cause of death for her seven children. Giles Corey asks Hale what the meaning of reading strange books is. He
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“Hook”. Arthur Miller gives us insight through his novel‚ The Crucible. Set in 1692‚ Massachusetts‚ the characters in the story are put through trials to prove their integrity‚ loyalty‚ and conspicuously‚ what is valuable to them; their name. Also‚ Arthur Miller establish the characters in a society where the law bounds to the bible‚ and in which‚ the society drastically takes a turn into chaos when people commence‚ and accuse others of witchery. This not merely puts the villager’s viability at
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11/22/05 Ms. R. Cohen Yongjie Feng The Crucible The Crucible is not only a recounting of the Salem witch trials. Behind this story‚ Arthor Miller most wants to say is the essentiality of humanity. The most representative thing is what people do is mostly to satisfy their own interests‚ so mush as willing to believe outrageous lies when those lies serve their interests. Arthur Miller develops the characters to present this theme. His depiction of Putnam couple‚ Reverend
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being witches. Many innocent people were killed because of the accusations pinned against them. Many historians researched the Salem witch trials and The Crucible and found that politics played a big role in the trials. The politics of Salem village were a major cause of the Salem witch trials. First‚ politics play an important role in The Crucible and therefore‚ in the cause of the Salem witch trials. In the Puritan society
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If someone saw girls dancing naked in the woods today‚ they probably wouldn’t put them on trial. In early colonial times‚ it would have been considered a sign of witchcraft and a sin! In Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ a story of that kind of odd behavior is told about the now infamous Salem witch trials. In 1692‚ a group of young women were caught dancing in the woods and witchcraft hysteria went rampant through Salem‚ Massachusetts. The political‚ social‚ and environmental settings in the late
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Knowledge is power‚ which can give an individual the ability to persuade others. In the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the characters are accused of witchcraft. They tell the truth to who they choose‚ giving that person the ability to persuade the judge’s thoughts to their advantage‚ because‚ they know what actually happened in the woods. Power in the form of truth is passed between the characters as the witch trial progresses. Power is obtained when secrets or knowledge about others are revealed
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Fear makes people either attack or retreat – Within my expository essay I have chosen to focus on elements of Arthur Millers‚ ‘The Crucible’‚ which Illustrates the notion that fear creates various and diverse responses in people. My essay revolves around characters who exhibit signs of attack in the face of conflict‚ and conversly those who retreat. I have also drawn on the documentry about the Tank Man to explore further the way in which people will react when faced with conflict. Considering
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IRONY in The Crucible | |Occurs when someone states one thing and means another; often recognized as sarcasm | |Verbal irony |i.e. narrator refers to honesty as an “incumbrance” or “burden” | | |A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen | |Situational
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it’s four women‚ we have four different ways to love and forgive. It’s about the fact that you’re always making mistakes.” How are your characters like? (Sarah) – “The movie is just so packed with
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