failings of this system as indicated by the juxtaposition of Miller’s stage direction “Hale in a fever of guilt and uncertainty” with his words “Proctor‚ the court is just”. This demonstrates that he was not able to instantly relinquish his connection to the Salem community‚ despite the moral ramifications. He loses all sense of self-respect as he encourages Proctor to “give his lie”‚ which directly contradicts one of the Ten Commandments reiterated throughout the play “Thou shalt not bear false witness”
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Arthur miller expresses how important ones reputation is in a small community. He shows how they will defend their reputations because it is what keeps their social status in place. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are characters who make an attempt to maintain their reputations in their time of crisis. John Proctor‚ who is the main character in the play‚ has the biggest struggle with his reputation. At the beginning of the play‚ he isn’t even concerned with his reputation‚ and thinks that it doesn’t
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to her falsely accusing goody Proctor‚ threatening the girls to take part in her lies‚ and her admission to guilt by leaving Salem. Abigail is most to blame as a result of her extremely persuasive ways that involve threats towards the rest of the girls which made them start blaming people for witchcraft and they lied about all the things that they were accused of. Abigail is most to blame because of her vindictive way to try and get rid of Goody Proctor. In the play the crucible Abigail
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changing bravery‚ or lack thereof‚ is what ushers the story along. Mary is a very malleable character. At first‚ she is very obedient towards her employer‚ John Proctor‚ then very submissive towards the brutal character of Abigail. She enjoys the respect she receives from being an official of the court‚ and defying Proctor. After Goody Proctor is accused‚ she agrees to reveal Abigail to the court but once she is swept up in the hysteria Mary yet again shifts her allegiance back to Abigail leading to
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it did so many times throughout the movie. The characters like Abigail Williams and John Proctor both knew the risks of going against these roles and what it would do to their everyday lives‚ but both characters chose to do it in more ways than one. Religion played a huge role throughout The Crucible and all of the characters were expected to show some sort of respect towards their religion. John Proctor is one of the characters who face this double standard. He feels as if he showed enough support
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writing pieces there are connections that may not be known. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are two separate writing pieces that have two characters that are connected by one act that they committed. John Proctor from The Crucible and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale from The Scarlet Letter have both committed adultery. Also‚ both men cannot live with committing adultery; therefore they cannot live with the crime. Before the beginning of the writings John and Arthur
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in many ways. She uses many ways to fulfill her evil wants some of them were through whoring‚ insanity‚ allegation. Abigail williams is accused of whoring and from this branched the wickedness of The Crucible. Her love with John Proctor and bitterness with Goody Proctor all branches from her evil ways of lustfulness. She loved John‚ but he only had sexual desire for her because of tension in his marriage. this desire became obvious when John
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22nd 1953. The play took place during 1692 to 1693 in Salem Massachusetts. For the most part of this play it was all based on lies‚ you had people accusing others to keep themselves out of trouble and everyone would believe them. Other than John Proctor who knew what was happening but he couldn’t convince the others to believe him. So whoever Abigail or one of the girls would accuse they would either confess something that wasn’t true or they would be hung. The entire town of Salem was blinded by
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such as reputation. mOne of the biggest examples of this is shown in the character John Proctor. Women confessing to witchcraft or not confessing affects their reputation both ways. Reverend Hale risks others reputations to save his own reputation. Many have pride in their good well known name‚ but as the tension progresses between characters they become more concerned that their good name will vanish. John Proctor is a very happy‚ confident man that has a problem of forgiving himself for a sin he
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this village like a bridegroom to his beloved‚ bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought‚ and what I touched with my bright confidence‚ it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith‚ blood flowed up. Beware‚ Goody Proctor - cleave to no faith when faith brings blood. It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life‚ woman‚ life is God’s most precious gift; no principle‚ however glorious‚ may justify the taking of it. I beg you‚ woman‚ prevail upon your husband
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