Fear is a strong tool to use when persuading people and trying to get what you want. Just as if a murder held a gun to someone’s head‚ that person would be submissive to the murderer‚ Jonathon Edwards and characters in The Crucible install fear into people to achieve certain goals. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God uses fear for good and to help people‚ while The Crucible uses it for both good and as an evil way to manipulate people. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a sermon preached
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out of his mind! I believe Miller chose to present the character Danforth in such a way‚ was to show how brutality can show up in different ways. Such as for Abigail Williams her brutality showed up through jealousy and greed for attention from Proctor. Whereas Danforth’s brutality showed up in court being so heartless and defenseless to all those that challenged his power. For it was these two main characters that caused 19 people to be
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common belief coincides with the speech made by Reverend Hale towards the end of the play. Just before John is scheduled to be hung‚ Reverend Hale realizes the grave mistake he had made by believed the girls of Salem. He pleads with John’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ to convince John to confess in order to save his life saying‚ “ Life‚ woman‚ is God’s most precious gift: no principle‚ however glorious‚ may justify the taking of it. I beg you… [convince] your husband to confess. Let him give him lie.” While this
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his own sin and can’t find a way to confess to the society‚ no one understands what is he going through. Hester has to suffer from her own sin with everyone be disgusted by her‚ wish to not have any relationship with her. This is the same with John Proctor in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He had to suffer a sin of his own‚ due to the affair between him and Abigail Williams. Therefore he has to face
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John committed the sin of adultery with Abigail. John is married to Elizabeth. Though John committed this sin does it seem that he is truly sorry for what he did? And does Elizabeth really forgive him of what he had done? In Elizabeth’s position‚ can someone truly trust a spouse that cheats? Why? Would I give a cheater another chance? Why? Though John committed the sin of adultery‚ does it seem that he is truly sorry for what he did? I feel as if he is truly sorry. I feel as if he is truly sorry
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towns people of Salem have taken advantage of the witch hunt‚ in order to manifest their grudges held towards one another. For instance‚ Abigail has a grudge against Elizabeth because she has fired Abigail after discovering John’s affair with her. Abigail‚ angry after losing not only her job but also her love‚ retaliates against Elizabeth by going to the courts and accusing her of witchcraft. Similarly‚ Ann is devastated by the loss of her seven babies that when her only surviving daughter falls ill
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In the play The Crucible‚ one of the main themes is the non-tolerance of things outside of the traditional customs and beliefs. Throughout the play‚ it is made obvious that witchcraft is something that can cause the people of Salem to be hanged. This is because Salem is said to be a Christian town and a town of God. Another example of this non tolerance is the act of dancing in the town. Nowadays‚ dancing is very popular and common‚ but in the play‚ Abigail tries hard to make sure that no one finds
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were taken away by her being selfish and only thinking of herself. Abigail’s affair with John Proctor was a past event that truly affected the way she acted. Abigails past events cause her to try and shift the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. Abigail lies to avoid severe punishment for witchcraft‚ adultery‚ and attempted murder. In the Puritan society Abigail’s attraction to Proctor is a sin‚ but can be forgiven if she refused to acknowledge her thoughts. Abigail does the opposite
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tell the truth or let Abby be her puppet master and back off and keep quite and not get on Abby’s watch list. Fed up with everything Marry still has no courage to confess and tries to escape "struggling to escape him: I cannot do it‚ I cannot(80)! Proctor tries to get marry to confess so he can save his wife but the power of Abby on Marry is much bigger. Suspicion cannot build and expand reputation if fear is what you intend to have. What people talk or say behind your back is clearly the position
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Reverend Hale is talking to John Proctor and Corey Giles about the imprisonment and charges against Rebecca Nurse and Giles’ wife. In the upheaval caused by the accusations Abigail‚ Betty‚ and Mary Warren gave‚ John Proctor’s word that they are lying means nothing. Hale cannot control the town anymore and is left to almost begging for more time to get confessions from those accused and to gain reason from the town. Abigail is trusted and believed because of her family tie to Reverend Parris. Since
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