our self-deception because of Proctor’s evident repression. Midway through the Crucible‚ John Proctor finds himself still struggling to cope with his guilt after an affair‚ which he has continued to not confess his sins to his wife. Proctor‚ being a lecher unable to confess his disloyalty‚ eventually made his wife‚ Elizabeth‚ suspicious of his disclosure and solitary nature. When Reverend Hale asks Proctor to list the Ten Commandments‚ he says‚ “Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s
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Although there are people like John Proctor‚ who knows the girls are lying and are trying their best to change everyone’s opinion before people die for it‚ there are other people in the story are only trying to protect their own reputation. The main characters that represents the people are john Proctor‚ Abigail Williams and Judge Danforth. John proctor is an honest man who believes in helping others‚ but when his reputation is on the line he is forced to make a decision. On the other hand‚ Abigail
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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 used witchcraft‚ which would
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maintain the courage to help John Proctor to win his court case in Act III. Mary Warren’s basic goodness is demonstrated on many occasions. She has been hired by John Proctor to help his wife Elizabeth with household chores. Mary proves to be a kind girl who gets along well with Mrs. Proctor. Although Mary has become a court official in Salem‚ she still gets up early in the morning to clean the Proctors’ house. While in court‚ Mary passes the time by making Goody Proctor a present of a small rag doll
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Abigail a hypocrite? She says she loves god in act 1 but she fuels the witch trials and is seen like a devil-like character 4. Why did Abigail want the charm to hurt Elizabeth Proctor? She wanted to have John to herself 5. How is Abigail related to Parris? She is he the niece 6. How did Abigail blame Elizabeth Proctor for poppet? She sticks a needle in herself and says
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blatantly obvious to the reader that she will fill the role of villain in the play. Abigail shows no sign of remorse for her actions throughout the entire story which makes her seem downright diabolical. She is so full of revenge against Elizabeth‚ and lust for John Proctor that it seems as if nothing could stop her manipulation of the entire town. However‚ Miller gives the reader reason to believe that there might be deeper motivations behind Abigail’s insanity‚ but does this make her actions justifiable
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FEAR AND SHAME In this essay‚ I am going to carefully explore the themes issues of fear and shame in act one of ’The Crucible’‚ and how they have an influence on the characters behaviour. Act one is where we are introduced to the majority of the characters‚ and we are given a close insight into each of their different personalities. The first character in the play is Reverend Paris‚ and straight away we can see that he is very self conscious‚ that he values himself quite highly‚ and that he
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John Proctor and Abigail Williams are the two main characters that are dishonest throughout the book. Witchcraft is known throughout Salem at the time because multiple groups of people have committed it‚ some of which have been caught. Other groups like Abigail’s have not been caught yet‚ they are being prosecuted and blamed for the uproar about witchery in Salem. In the end John is the one that confesses to being a liar and
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and listened to by the court and is seen as unguilty. Due to the stereotypes of young girls‚ the court believes that younger girls will only speak the truth because they are too scared to lie due to later punishments. Stereotypes also affects John Proctor. He is viewed as a respectful and trusted man but when it was revealed that he has an affair with Abigail‚ he lost his reputation. He lost his good character as well and was refused to be heard in court later on. Stereotypes are effectively shown
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woods dancing‚ the whole town starts to accuse others to save their own lives. Once everyone is being accused‚ Abigail sees this as a perfect time to finally be with John Proctor and accuses his wife Elizabeth of sending her soul out on others. Her selfishness soon turned on her and her beloved John Proctor is soon accused as well. Salem panics as more and more people are being accused and arrested everyday. The panic in Salem is the fault of the previous relationship with John
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