in his or her life‚ experiences greed. Not because of choice‚ rather‚ by human nature alone. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller portrays greed throughout many of the main characters. The main people‚ for example‚ include Thomas Putnam‚ Abigail‚ and Danforth. Each character shows greed in their own way. Throughout these characters‚ Arthur Miller try’s to show us that as a human‚ we cannot help to control the underlying greed within ourselves. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller shows internal greed through
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it Justified? (An Essay on the Crucible) I write in response to your column regarding Judge Danforth’s actions during the witch trials in Salem. Surprisingly‚ you praised Judge Danforth for his "impartiality and tact" during this tragic set of trials. You could not be farther from the truth. Judge Danforth abused his judicial power‚ throughout the trials‚ to the fullest of his abilities. His abuses range from berating and coercing witness into saying what he wants them go‚ to blatantly ignoring
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the sin of adultery. Proctor was a good man but chose to die so he lost the guilt of sinning. Pride is also a topic in The Crucible. Everyone holds a source of pride in themselves‚ but pride can blind a person from seeing the truth. For example‚ Danforth refuses to postpone the hangings. He has already hung 12 people who have been
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[Abigail] is a whore! DANFORTH‚ dumfounded: You charge-? ABIGAIL: Mr. Danforth‚ he is lying! PROCTOR: Mark her! Now she’ll suck a scream to stab me with but- DANFORTH: You will prove this! This will not pass! PROCTOR‚ trembling‚ his life collapsing about him: I have known her‚ sir. I have known her. DANFORTH: You-you are a lecher? FRANCIS‚ horrified: John‚ you cannot say such a – PROCTOR: Oh‚ Francis‚ I wish you had some evil in you that you might know me. To Danforth: A man will not cast
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Downfall from Arrogance The Crucible is a peculiar name to put for a play. In literal meaning‚ a crucible is a special pot in which you put materials in. The pot then goes in the fire‚ and you end up melting the contents‚ but not the pot itself. The way Miller named his play as The Crucible is what literary experts call symbolism. Arthur Miller’s basic purpose of writing this play was to signify that people react to situations in many different ways. In that same way‚ he symbolizes the attributes
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said it was him and that the others we not there and that Danforth had jailed the wrong people. Reverend Hale is not the true Hero of the story. Hale just tried to help and free them and convince Judge Danforth that Abigail and the other girls was lying on Mary Warren. When they were saying Mary Warren was controlling the girls and John Proctor knew Mary Warren was innocent‚ he kept telling Judge Danforth that they were pretending but Danforth was being Gullible and believing them.
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He is redeeming when he tries to convince Danforth to postpone the hangings of those who would not confess. Hale says to Danforth‚ “Excellency‚ if you postpone a week and publish to the town that you are striving for their confessions‚ that speak mercy on your part‚ not faltering.” (233). Hale wants the condemned to confess because he
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evident in Act 3 when he commits perjury by telling the court that he never saw the girls in the forest dancing naked‚ even though he told Abigail that he saw them. But in Act 4‚ Reverend Parris appears to have a change of heart because he convinces Danforth to postpone the hangings. But this is just another red herring to try and save himself. Parris found a dagger stabbed into his door‚ and if clearly innocent people are killed‚ the people of Salem might form an uprising against him. All of Parris’
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Three Men In the play‚ "The Crucible"‚ by Arthur Miller‚ there are three main authority figures. Unlike what the Bible teaches on this subject‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Reverend John Hale‚ and Deputy Governor Danforth show their understanding of authority in alternate ways. In the Bible‚ Peter says‚ ". . . I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority--the authority the Lord gave me for building you up‚ not for tearing you down" (2 Cor. 13:10). In "The Crucible"‚ the Biblical view of authority
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How can little girls be so deceiving and ruin a whole town on her devilish ways? Why do bad things happen to good people like John Procter‚ and good things happen to bad people like Abigail and Danforth? When John and Elizabeth do everything they can to be a good person and they still lose and when Abigail does everything bad nothing happens to her. Abigail accused a lot of people mostly for her own personal gain or just for the fun of it yet she doesn’t get accused herself. Abigail accused Elizabeth
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