OPIC TWO Discuss the theme of pride in the play The Crucible Paragraph I (introduction) Definition of excessive pride Brief summary of the play Introduction to the main characters Paragraph 2 (begin body) Reverend Hale Example of pride (quote/pg#/explanation) Result of his pride (example from the play/ another quote/pg#/explanation) Conclusion (was his pride justified?) Paragraph 3 (continue body) Elizabeth Proctor Example of pride (quote/pg#/explanation)
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Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692‚ the town serve‚ Reverend Parris‚ finds his little girl Betty‚ niece Abigail‚ and different young ladies moving in the backwoods with his slave Tituba. Betty swoons in trepidation at being found‚ and won’t wake. In the crucible‚ a play composed by author miler‚ is composed in a third individual‚ omniscient perspective. An omniscient storyteller knows insights about the majority of the characters in the story or play. Author miller utilizes this perspective to tell us how
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Abigail Williams is an important character from the drama The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. The story The Crucible is about how witchcraft becomes such a problem in Salem. John Proctor‚ the main character‚ have an affair with Abigail Williams‚ while being married to Elizabeth Proctor. Being the mayor´s niece‚ gives Abigail an advantage and she starts using witchcraft in order to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor. After analyzing the character of Abigail Williams‚ it is evident that she is dishonest
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number of problems. Salem was known to be the Puritan land. In the play “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ he talks about what happened in Salem in 1962. The Puritans believed that if any person disobeyed their religion‚ that they were part of witchcraft. The Puritans’ attitudes‚ along with the stresses of their daily lives‚ may have increased the likelihood of an outbreak of witchcraft hysteria. In “The Crucible”‚ Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty Parris‚ was caught dancing naked in the
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Arthur Miller sets his play‚ The Crucible‚ in a patriarchal and puritanical town where belonging to society is superficial. Through my study of this play‚ I have gained many insights‚ which are also reflected in my two related texts‚ I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson‚ and My Sister’s Keeper written by the author Jodi Picoult. Belonging to someone or a group gives an individual and others the strength‚ confidence and power. However‚ society may also marginalise different people within their society
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The crucible is a well written play during a historic time which united states was facing the red scare. The author timely wrote this comparing the witches in salem to the communist in united states. During the play there are many conflicts with characters and with one self. The author throughout the play demonstrates the theme of respect and reputation. The author represents this theme through John Proctor ‚ Tituba and reverend Parris. The author presents this theme at the beginning of the play
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Crucible conflicted In the play The Crucible Arthur Miller creates a play in which there’s a town with many persons of high stature. This makes a scene that is ready for an explosion with several different beliefs and when one woman confesses to the crime of witch craft it leads to several more confessions. One those who is convicted of witch craft‚ whose name is john proctor‚ cause a stir because the people that names carry weight in the town are convicted‚ but will not confess it raise some doubt
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La Modele rouge (The Red Model) by Rene Magritte (1937) is undoubtedly an iconic piece of surrealist artwork. Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious. Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whom was well known for his witty and thought-provoking images and his use of basic graphics and mundane objects‚ giving new meanings to familiar things. The Red Model depicts feet that morph into lace-up shoes. GOMA is Queensland’s paramount
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took place in 1692‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts. Historically twenty became executed as a result of “witchcraft”. The Crucible‚ a play written in 1953 about the Salem Witch Trials in 1692‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts and the townspeople are contemplating what to do with the prospect of witchcraft running amok in the town. Arthur Miller wrote this play as an allegory to Mccarthyism and the Red Scare‚ in the same sense that people are frightened by new concepts coming into their town and destroying life as the
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Fear and Hysteria destroy Good Judgment because when a part of yourself feels fear or paranoia (Hysteria)‚ your judgement goes away and you do anything you can to do away with that uncomfortable feeling. In the Crucible‚ the three girls Abigail‚ Mary‚ and Susanna are filled with fear and hysteria of getting into trouble and being spanked so they turn to the most drastic judgment they have and start accusing people of witchcraft to prevent their own punishment and put that uneasy feeling of uncomfortability
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