overall message of Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ is that when uncontrolled hysteria is combined with ignorance‚ the outcome is tragic. While Miller offers his audience some comic dialogue to soften the events it does not mask the horrifying reality of the witch hunt and its aftermath. Rather‚ the humorous insights serve to reveal the simplicity and innocence of people living rustic lives in a God-fearing community. Several characters‚ Paris and Hale‚ Mary Warren and John Proctor‚ provide the
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Braxton Bailey English Mrs. Jenson The crucible How the crucible is a tragic comedy I don’t think The Crucible is a tragic comedy. The book may contain a few comical parts in it; but it should not be considered a comedy. The only funny character would be Giles Corey‚ because he is elderly and sincere. He is vary grouchy‚ which makes him a laughable character‚ (for example when he used the word “fart”‚ and is often outrageous reactions when he hears something wrong‚ and takes offence.) Some other
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In The Crucible‚ many individuals and institutions face moral tests. Characters such as John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ along with Giles Corey‚ faced such tests. During the time of the trials‚ Giles Corey was called by the court to release names of those suspected of witchcraft. Rather than reveal the names of the people significantly he was pressed to death and took the names of the people to his grave. As the claims of witchcraft troubled the town‚ John had hopes of ending the problem by revealing
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Pride and Prejudice is known to hold one of the most perfect love stories in English literature. The struggle for love between Darcy and Elizabeth‚ as in any good love story is one where the two must get away from and overcome a number of situations before they can‚ beginning with the tensions caused by their own personal qualities. Joe Wright (the producer of the film) makes us see the hardship their love endures throughout the movie with camera angles changing and music setting the type of mood
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Reverend Hale In The Crucible there’s a fine but distinguishable line between doing the right and wrong thing. Sometimes‚ decisions are made without entirely knowing what the situation is and how it came about. W. Clement Stone once said‚ “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” Hale follows these expectations to good integrity. When everybody fell in line with the court he saw they were wrong‚ and he broke away to try to save who
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Cited: Miller‚ Arthur. ”The Crucible.” The American Experience. Compiled. Power‚ Susan‚ et al. Boston: Prentice Hall‚ 2007.
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While pride has the possibility to be beneficial‚ it also demonstrated through much humility that it has the ability to be detrimental. Where there is pride that comes from being pleased by hardwork that lead to achievement‚ there is also pride that originates from In Edgar Allen Poe’s work of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe gives an account of a man by the name of Montresor‚ a clever and vengeful man‚ who seeks lethal retribution against his acquaintance Fortunato for causing him many injuries by
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If situated during the Red Scare‚ Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and Rebecca Nurse would still possess the same ruthless‚ power-hungry‚ and intelligent attributes that were demonstrated in The Crucible. In the midst of McCarthyism‚ Abigail would continue to be as ruthless and cunning as she was when she confronted the Witch Trials. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft so she can marry John Proctor. She was never afraid to lie to save herself and burden others with accusations. Abigail
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caused by jealousy‚ excessive pride‚ and greed of the town folk. The Christians of Salem slowly turn against one another‚ causing total hysteria. Jealousy causes individuals to falsely accuse their innocent neighbors. Abigail Williams is envious of John Proctor’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ and accuses her of witchcraft in order to resume her illicit affair with the married man. She frames Elizabeth with a poppet stabbed with a needle‚ which is discovered later on by Reverend Hale. She expresses her heart to
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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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