the cost of living is losing all pride. In the Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ John Proctor chooses death of over living without pride. Some people say that living without pride is better than dying with pride. The truth is that John Proctor did the right thing dying with pride because he died by staying true to his morals. The main point that most readers would make is that lying is alright if the result is life. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor did not lie. Proctor had the choice to say that he had
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important lines take place‚ the wife overlooked takes control‚ and the quilt and the dead bird tell the real story of the Wright home. There is irony in the focus on the activity of her hands "pleating" her apron‚ this is mentioned several times by Lewis Hale‚ who is a neighboring farmer. These same hands are the ones that put the knotted rope around John Wright’s neck. There also is a focus on the work of her hands‚ when the women find the quilt she was working on; and the preserves of fruit. The apron
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The Crucible In the article "Witch-Hunting‚ Thwarted Desire‚ and Girl Power: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible by Karen Bovard‚ Bovard talks how people fight to gain power in the hysteria of the witch trials. Abigail Williams leads the girls into accusing people and turns people against each other. Mary Warren tires to stand up and tell the truth but fails. Male ministers and judges fight for power. Proctor and Abigail have an affair that starts the turning of friends against friends by the towns’ people
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Year 10 – ‘The Crucible’ Project Each activity has a value. Your minimum amount of credits to reach is 90‚ but the more the merrier! This is a fun but serious project to help you understand the play‚ themes‚ context and characters‚ so I am expecting the highest of standards in presentation and effort. Your project must include a title page about ‘The Crucible’ AND be presented in a folder of some sort. Even if you do anything on a computer‚ it must be printed out and stuck in. Create a quiz on ‘The
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Author Miller in his play The Crucible explores the lives of people who strictly live under the church’s authority in a theocratic society during the 1690s in Salem‚ Massachusetts. A community of Puritans with their strong beliefs will cause a paranoia in their entire village. The ministers of the church afraid of losing their power will do anything to keep it. Other individuals seek power for their own personal vendetta. With the use of direct characterization‚ allusion‚ and irony Miller shows his
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Context: After the hanging of John Proctor‚ Reverend Hale left for Beverly‚ his home town. He left a broken minister and went in a search to find himself again‚ wallowing in self-pity and hatred of himself; he stayed in Beverly for the next two years‚ not even going to Church. He could not bring himself to go‚ as he counted himself John Proctor’s murderer‚ along with countless others. After his two years of seclusion Reverend Hale decided that he needed closure‚ more than that‚ he needed to ask for
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persuade others. In the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ many characters are accused of witchcraft. These characters manipulate the truth to their benefit‚ creating an illusion of knowledge‚ and persuading the judges thoughts. As the witch trial progresses‚ power in the form of knowledge is passed between characters. Through secrest‚ or the illusion of knowledge comes the power of persuasion‚ which can be destroyed or gained. Throughout the play Reverend Hale loses power‚ while Abigail Williams
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“My pack is old Alwyn‚ older than most‚ but Hale paid no heed to our age. It was a mistake. Our memory is ancient and we have legends and truths that have long since been forgotten. Foolish Hale. If they had recalled how we obtained our name‚ they would have left a sleeping dragon alone and I would not be here.” (Actions and so forth.) “Any fool can make a rule. And any fool will mind it. The rules that they made‚ we followed some‚ but we are not asinine. Many of their rules were useless to us‚ more
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a very wise piece that perfectly explains the story of two time periods. Although Miller literally wrote about the Salem witch trials‚ his purpose was to describe the McCarthy trials which teaches many ideas about human life both generally and regarding politics. The two time periods were more than two and a half centuries apart‚ yet they had many factors that overlapped. Miller explains the McCarthy trials through The Crucible by teaching people’s fears‚ faults‚ and
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methods of manipulation throughout The Crucible. She manipulated anybody that was involved with her. Her manipulation tactics are used for personal gain and to try to get rid of John Proctor’s wife. She uses the Salem Witch Trials to her advantage and accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchery. Abigail’s manipulative ways prove to be beneficial to her‚ despite all of the damage she causes for the entire town. Abigail’s manipulative ways first show when her uncle (Reverend Parris) questions her about wrongdoings
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