everyone is a witch. Though they have that in common‚ there are differences. People were accused wrongly in both The Crucible and during the Red Scare. In The Crucible Mary Warren gave Abigail a poppet. Abigail used this puppet to accuse Goody Proctor of witch craft. As you can see in this quote from Cheever‚ “Tis hard proof! In the belly of the poppet the need is stuck!” (Miller). In the cartoon “We Now Have New and Important Evidence” it shows townspeople carrying a board saying Joe Zilch is
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extract has two characters in each scene. One of them is usually one of the main characters of the stories: Mr. Proctor in the Crucible extract and Blanche DuBois from the scene of Streetcar Named Desire. Both of them had a serious conversation with their partner. There are lot of stage directions in both therefore far more indirect characterization can be found than real ones. Mr. Proctor was depicted as a dissatisfied husband who tries to please his wife after an affair with a younger woman. He several
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they had to submissive to the men. The characters Abigail‚ Mary Warren‚ and Elizabeth was portrayed as simple-minded‚ controlling‚ weak‚ and submissive women. The character Abigail were portrayed as the whore in which she was weak and controlling. She would threaten the other girls just to get what she wants. She was so consumed with the idea of her and John being together‚ that she allowed it to drive her to accuse Elizabeth of the worst sin of all: devil-worship. After awhile she got the other girls
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The Crucible contains many allusions‚ which is a reference to something supposed to be known‚ but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference. Miller uses allusions to convey the theological beliefs and religious convictions of his characters. There is chaos in the town after the people there find out that there might be witches that inhabited the village. Abigail and her friends are accusing people of being possessed by demons. When Hale shows up he is convinced that there
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topics that each hold a theme throughout Act IV. For example‚ a main topic is guilt. The theme is personal guilt leads people to make extreme choices. At the end of the play‚ Proctor is hung because he chooses to hide what he knows about Abigail since he holds so much guilt inside himself for committing 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
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and when one woman confesses to the crime of witch craft it leads to several more confessions. One those who is convicted of witch craft‚ whose name is john proctor‚ cause a stir because the people that names carry weight in the town are convicted‚ but will not confess it raise some doubt. Which cause Judge Danforth to demand to get John Proctor to confess‚ however Johns concern for the respect people have for him in the town gets the best of him as he rips up the signed confession because he would
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for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with‚ but white enough to keep it from such dogs. Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now‚ show a stony heart and sink them with it!” At the climax of the play‚ John Proctor decides to hang in honesty instead of living in lies. Despite his mistakes and shortcomings‚ this shows Proctor’s character is of an honest man. Of the three‚ Proctor could be considered the best example of integrity despite
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Crucible can be defined as a severe test or a searching trial. The witch trials were a grueling and unnecessary process. The trials were finally kicked off when Reverend Parris found Abby‚ Betty‚ Ruth‚ Mary Warren‚ Mercy Lewis‚ and Tituba dancing in the woods and trying to conjure spirits. Betty fell ill the next day‚ almost all of Salem thought that the devil was in their small‚ conservative‚ intolerant town. To avoid being prosecuted as witches‚ the girls‚ with Abigail as their leader‚ would
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When fear grabs hold of somebody craziness erupts and there is no longer peace. When something goes wrong people tend to put the blame on anyone or anything besides themselves. In the crucible the blame is put on innocent women and this created mass hysteria and paranoia in the village. Kristallnacht was a night of violence that created mass hysteria and fear among the innocent Jews‚ just as Abigail did in The Crucible. In Germany the economy was not going well and they needed somebody to blame
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Fear is a topic frequently addressed in plays novels. Fear may cause an individual to try to gain control over other people. Some use fear as an advantage over others.Throughout the play The Crucible‚ the author develops the theme that the fear of the unknown causes hysteria.This theme is seen throughout the novel and is used mainly by Abigail Williams who gains power during the Salem witch trials of 1692. She uses the fear factor to protect herself and to manipulate others.Other factors of Fear
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