------------------------------------------------- The Crucible: Act I Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Betty John Proctor Thomas Putnam Mrs. Putnam Rebecca Nurse Reverend Hale Tituba A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the spring of they year 1692. There is a narrow window a the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams> A candle still burns near the bed‚ which is at the right. A chest
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“What is a crucible?” Why does the author choose to name this play The Crucible? However‚ two definitions of the word can apply to the play The Crucible‚ which could mean “a severe test” or could also mean a piece of laboratory equipment used to heat chemical compounds to very high temperatures or to melt metal. The symbolism is very clear here because the village of Salem was actually a very strict community‚ which kind of ties in with a crucible because the people were accused of witchcraft in
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to be corrupted. An example of that‚ March 12‚ 1999‚ where the FBI caught some border patrol points corrupted. The corruption among US forces along the Southwest border as a serious and growing problem‚ according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The number of such cases investigated by the FBI went from 79 in 1997 to 157 in 1998; therefore‚ the FBI is trying to stop every corruption possible in other police agencies.ƒxƒx In the other hand‚ the FBI as a strong agency makes it dangerous to the society
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Corruption of Technology From remote control blinds‚ to hands-free vehicles‚ the tech-savvy world is growing throughout our generations. Slowly but surely the people of today are becoming more and more dependent on technology to do daily tasks for them. The parents are blindly raising the children of the new generation with technology because of the convenience‚ and popularity it has within society. The children are learning everything from the television and computers rather than their parents
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become corrupt when they get power. For them‚ being corrupt may be the easiest way to get what they want‚ so they will try to keep it in spite of anything. Therefore‚ people’s concern should be what are their leaders doing?‚ in order to stop acts of corruption.
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We will never live in a “perfect” world. Everything either has major or minor corruptions to keep it from perfection. If we lived in a perfect world there would be no pain‚ crime‚ war‚ etc. As for our country‚ there are many problems within its system such as separation between church and state‚ gas prices‚ and the political parties. America was founded on the basis that we could practice whatever religion we believed in. But over centuries‚ we have lost sight of that. Politicians and representatives
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call himself "Man of Steel" for nothing‚ folks)‚ rising up from the lowly station of alcoholic’s son in Georgia to one of the biggest monsters in human history‚ supposedly killing more than Hitler. Exactly how did he do this? Why? And how did his corruption reach such extents as to do all this for power? Josef Stalin (originally named Josef Djugashvili) was born in Gori‚ a violent town in eastern Georgia‚ on the twenty-first of December‚ in 1878‚ to his parents Ketevan Geladze and Besarion Jughashvili
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Corporate Corruption In today ’s world it is all too prevalent to see more and more people hungry to gain success at an ever-increasing rate. Modern culture can and indeed is labelled greedy ’ and thoughtless ’. Through my relatively short time spent in business‚ I have encountered many of these types of people. But who are they hungry for? Who benefits from their thoughtlessness‚ and why do they do what they do? More importantly‚ who is to blame when things don ’t go according to plan? These
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The Crucible Study Guide Questions Amy Pham Act I - An Overture Describe the personality of Reverend Samuel Parris. Reverend Parris believed he was being persecuted wherever he went‚ despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side. He was a widower with no interest in children‚ or talent in them. He never conceived that they were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight‚ eyes slightly lowered‚ arms at the sides‚ and mouths shut until bidden to speak. He is described
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group‚ a family‚ a unit‚ and one can also be isolated from groups and rejected from communities. Through analysis of The Crucible by Arthur Miller in the milieu of the related texts The Outsiders by SE Hinton and the feature article‚ A Dangerous mind offer an insight into the concept of belonging is presented‚ and is substantiated through the use of literary devices. In The Crucible‚ belonging is explored through a theme of persecution‚ whereby one must conform to the norms of society in order to
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