Zakaria Al Bahlani 2/17/2013 Word Count: 575 Question: What does Arthur Miller tell us through the character of Joe Keller in “All My Sons”? I think that Arthur Miller tells us about responsibility‚ how we should be responsible and not blame it on other people‚ also how your responsible‚ the importance of family‚ how money affects people and war. On Page 49 Joe Keller describes the importance of family‚ he says “see...this is what I mean. you get older and‚ you want to feel that you
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Devil worshipers and witches turn a village against each other. The author who wrote The Crucible is Arthur Miller and was published in 1950 but the play took place in 1692. John Proctor was a good man with great intentions. Proctor is an honorable man because he took the blame for the false lies so the innocent people who were accused wouldn’t die. An honorable man is a man who stands up for something he did or didn’t do and takes the wrath of whatever the punishment is. Proctor is an honorable
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Therefore‚ in my opinion people in Salem were afraid of a devil and this fear shaped their society to judge and perceive normal women as witches and in consequences killed them. Fear was one of the most important things which shaped society but as Miller wrote in his book lies were affected society almost in the same way. Abigail‚ the main character in The Crucible‚ uses intimidation to create an atmosphere of fear that pervades the entire play. In act one‚ she tried to scared girls for do not tell
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The Crucible has such a title‚ meaning severe trial‚ because puritans believe that life is a test. They lived a very strict style and understood that if you do anything wrong in life‚ god would harshly punish you for it. This puts a lot of stress on the characters to live up to the expectations of living perfectly and faithful. People are willing to do anything to make themselves look good. For instance in the play Abigail lies about several things to save herself. One of the things she lies about
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the character Mary Warren household maid at John Proctor house.In Act One Mary Warren is just this innocent girl who minded her business. She was also one the girls that had a met up in the woods when everything went to hell. As we were shown Marry Warren was the manipulative kind in act 1 but in Act 2 she changed‚ she was more involved because of the poppet. Mary wanted to tell the true story about what happened in the woods but she also does not want to do it because
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Abigail Williams‚ a teenage girl who started the whole scare about witches in Salem‚ blamed everyone else for her witchcraft practices and ultimately caused many of her village members to be wrongly executed. She took advantage of the judges trust to frame people for her actions. Abigail Williams was once caught performing a ritual dance in the forest‚ and to save herself she blamed her so called friends. Abigail began doing witchcraft to fight for John Proctor’s love‚ and she wanted to get rid of
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Final Projects for The Crucible Select one of the following to complete independently or with a partner: People Magazine’s Love Triangle of the Year Produce a magazine article in which you try to piece together the story of this love triangle from the various characters’ points of view. Your article should include comments by John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and Abigail Williams. The main goal here is to understand the effect their actions had on each of the others. Be sure to bring out the major
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In the beginning of the story‚ Reverend Parris is looking at his daughter‚ Betty‚ while weeping and praying. She is asleep on her bed and cannot wake up. They know that she is not dead‚ but she does not move or speak. She just lies there. Parris heard that Betty and other girls were dancing in the woods. (This was a very bad thing at the time because that implied they knew the devil.) Reverend Parris’s slave‚ Tituba‚ is from Barbados. Abigail says that she put a spell on Betty so she would not wake
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The effects that occur within a society when pressure is placed on different aspects can cause a person to conform into what the society is trying to force them into anyway. Throughout The Crucible the proof that a society can truly change who people are in a situation and make it to where the people are going against their original beliefs and morals. The importance of conforming isn’t just one that plays a role on the outside of a character but how they are changed on the inside as well that truly
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09.13.2011 The Dark Knight of the Soul Questions for a second reading 2. Throughout Miller’s essay‚ he follows a similar format in the way he states his opinion about the connection between reading and writing to his readers. With every subheading‚ he tells a story of the influence of reading and writing on the protagonist of each story. Every subheading begins with the introduction of the protagonists through the final outcome of their actions. For example‚ the first story of the two boys
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