The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials that happened during the 1600’s. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 during the Red Scare‚ “The Red Scare describes the time in American History following World War II when tension between Americans and other Communist countries‚ specifically the Soviet Union‚ were threateningly high” (Allison). During this time period many Americans spoke out about their situation‚ including Arthur Miller. He wrote The Crucible to make
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Act one of The Crucible begins with the confusion over what happened in the recent forest incident involving Abigail‚ Betty‚ Mary‚ Mercy‚ and Tituba. After a lot of questioning and uncertainty about the situation‚ all of the character except Abigail‚ Betty‚ Mercy and Mary
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The Presence of Pride in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" In Miller’s "The Crucible" the pride of the people of Salem leads to a massacre of innocent lives. Pride is delight or elation arising from some act‚ possession‚ or relationship. One of the main characters‚ John Proctor‚ has pride in his beliefs of purifying the Church of England. His wife‚ Elizabeth‚ has pride in her ability to use the trials as an ultimate revenge against Abigail Williams. John Hale is the "expert" on witches his pride
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Trace the development of dramatic tension in this scene from the apparently innocuous conversation around the meal table to the closing tableau of the chair lifting episode which concludes the act This scene is the last in act one and is an important scene for building up drama and tension between the characters. Even the positioning of the scene helps the drama‚ by putting it at the end of act 1‚ where in the theatre there would be an interval‚ it leaves the audience with a cliff
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During this long chunk of non-dialogue the Narrator‚ seemingly Arthur Miller‚ goes into great depth to describe what is happening in America at the time of this play and also establishes his beliefs and persuades us to believe what he tells us with rhetoric. He frames America in a light of strict law and where most people are almost authoritarian and view every law made as moral rights and wrong. He frames America in this time where political opposition is unheard of and has strict consequences.
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Main themes in The crucible Honesty is the most important thing in life‚and what keeps relationships healthy between people‚and hysteria is widespread in many countries. People accuse each other for wrong doing even though they weren’t sure. In The crucible by Arthur miller written in 1692 proposes how people long ago used to act concerning witchcrafts ‚and to face in certain situations in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Most of the people were fanatics and they were involved in prayers and church ‚ they
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Dear Diary‚ Today has been the strangest day of my life. I don’t even know where to begin. Everything I thought I knew has been turned upside down‚ and I feel like I’m drowning in a sea of secrets and lies. Mrs. Coulter‚ who I once admired and trusted‚ has shown her true colors‚ and they are darker than the night sky. When I first heard about the concept of dust‚ I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Dust‚ the mysterious substance that adults are so afraid of‚ the same substance that seems to be at
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“Archetypes” Paragraph The myths share four main archetypes‚ while “Woman Who Fell..” has a fifth‚ different archetype. Archetypes are universal understood symbols that appears repeatedly in stories from different cultures and across time. The first archetype that they share is a world covered in water‚ the earth is flooded and has no land. This part relates to the Bible story “Noah’s Ark” when the whole earth flooded and was covered in water. The second archetype that the share is a Life-Giving
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The scene starts off in a New York City Court of law jury room. There’s an empty jury room and a judge is giving a set of final instructions to the Jurors. We learn that this is a murder case and that if found guilty‚ he would be sentenced to death penalty. After these instructions‚ the Jurors enter. All the Jurors presume the obvious guilt of the defendant‚ whom we learn has been accused of killing his father. Eventually‚ the twelve sit down and a vote is taken. All of the Jurors vote “guilty”
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It’s more difficult to forgive yourself if the person you have hurt doesn’t forgive you. By: Lindsey Littlejohn Well this is somewhat not true‚ it’s kind of a 50/50 situation here .If the person hasn’t forgave you but has moved on from what ever happened it shouldn’t be that difficult to forgive yourself .People make mistakes all the time in the real world and yes some don’t forgive you but you have to go and move on . Really what’s happening is the reason you haven’t forgave yourself
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