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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Abigail Williams is the very antithesis of the Puritan people of Salem. They are religious‚ she is not. They have to repress their desires‚ with a creed that “forbade anything resembling a theatre or ‘vain enjoyment’”‚ and she does not. She goes on to try to seduce John Proctor‚ having had an affair with him before. I get the impression that she is a very dissembling person. One moment‚ she can be very innocent and the next‚ she can be very aggressive and manipulative. When talking to her uncle
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The Crucible Analysis - Act Three Why do Giles Corey & Francis Nurse want to speak to the court? What does Giles Corey mean when he says that he “broke charity with the women (his wife)”? What does Danforth say is the reason that the court (“the state”) accepts what the girls are saying? What is Reverend Parris’ argument against John Proctor? How is Elizabeth Proctor’s current condition a benefit to her? Why has Mary Warren come to court? Danforth states “a person is either
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in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance‚ and you must see it:” (Miller 102). The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows greed and vengeance of the Salem townspeople in 1692. Miller is trying to show the government what they are doing with the communism trials and why they are so unfair. The witch trials closely mimic the communist trials in that the root of it was selfishness and greediness. Most of these characters actually lived and some of these events actually happened. Arthur Miller wrote this play
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Seham Mohammed English 11 F December 7th‚ 2010 Character analysis: John Proctor John Proctor John Proctor is the leading role‚ also known as the protagonist‚ in The crucible by Arthur Miller. John Proctor is the play’s tragic hero; a good man with one fatal flaw that eventually leads to his fall. John Proctor is honest‚ resolute‚ & upright. He is a man with pride. At the opening of the play‚ the narrator portrays the real direct characterization of John‚ "The steady manner he
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overboard in any given situations. Like in the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller which is a comparison the ridiculous social paranoia of the McCarthy period in the 50’s and the salem witch trials. The play written by Arthur Miller shows how many has not changed from century to century. That there is many similarities from how people use to act to how we act now. Many of the same situations happened to both eras. Arthur miller wrote the crucible as a parallel to the communist scares in America;
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How is John’s relationship with Elizabeth different from that with Abigail? The relationship betwen John and Abigail had more physical chemistry and lust compared to that between John and Elizabeth‚ who kept a more estranged and distant relationship. This is seen from Abigail’s flirtatious relationship with John‚ with Abigail caught admiring John physique‚ “absorbing his presence‚ wide-eyed”‚ in comparison with Elizabeth‚ who simply “receives” John’s kiss and remains indifferent towards his warm
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The Crucible is one of the film that is made from the play. There are some differences between them because some parts were cut off and some parts were made up to fulfilled the mood in the movie. In the book‚ the authors used a lot of devices to set mood and tone‚ and develop characterizations such as figurative languages‚ sensory imagery‚ and sentence style to create particular effects. In order to make the film even more intensive and interesting‚ the film makers need to use various techniques
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The play The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller connects to McCarthyism in the modern days and he makes it clear that manipulating others leads to people manipulating them. McCarthyism is the practice of making wrongdoing of disruption or treason without proper regard for evidence. It is also the practice of making unfair statements or using unfair investigative techniques‚ especially in order to restrict resistance political criticism. Part of McCarthyism was paranoia and finding a victim and blaming innocent
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John Proctor “I say I say‚ God is dead”. John Proctor said this in Act 4 when John refused to give his written confession to Governor Danforth John Proctor is a middle aged man who was married to Elizabeth Proctor. He is a hard worker and a sinner but he’s also loyal and a good leader at times. I think of myself as John proctor when it comes to his traits because I am hard working‚ loyal‚ and a good leader. One way i’m like John Proctor is by hard work. John has worked all of his life even on Sundays
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