OPIC TWO Discuss the theme of pride in the play The Crucible Paragraph I (introduction) Definition of excessive pride Brief summary of the play Introduction to the main characters Paragraph 2 (begin body) Reverend Hale Example of pride (quote/pg#/explanation) Result of his pride (example from the play/ another quote/pg#/explanation) Conclusion (was his pride justified?) Paragraph 3 (continue body) Elizabeth Proctor Example of pride (quote/pg#/explanation)
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Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692‚ the town serve‚ Reverend Parris‚ finds his little girl Betty‚ niece Abigail‚ and different young ladies moving in the backwoods with his slave Tituba. Betty swoons in trepidation at being found‚ and won’t wake. In the crucible‚ a play composed by author miler‚ is composed in a third individual‚ omniscient perspective. An omniscient storyteller knows insights about the majority of the characters in the story or play. Author miller utilizes this perspective to tell us how
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Abigail Williams is an important character from the drama The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. The story The Crucible is about how witchcraft becomes such a problem in Salem. John Proctor‚ the main character‚ have an affair with Abigail Williams‚ while being married to Elizabeth Proctor. Being the mayor´s niece‚ gives Abigail an advantage and she starts using witchcraft in order to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor. After analyzing the character of Abigail Williams‚ it is evident that she is dishonest
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number of problems. Salem was known to be the Puritan land. In the play “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ he talks about what happened in Salem in 1962. The Puritans believed that if any person disobeyed their religion‚ that they were part of witchcraft. The Puritans’ attitudes‚ along with the stresses of their daily lives‚ may have increased the likelihood of an outbreak of witchcraft hysteria. In “The Crucible”‚ Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty Parris‚ was caught dancing naked in the
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Arthur Miller sets his play‚ The Crucible‚ in a patriarchal and puritanical town where belonging to society is superficial. Through my study of this play‚ I have gained many insights‚ which are also reflected in my two related texts‚ I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson‚ and My Sister’s Keeper written by the author Jodi Picoult. Belonging to someone or a group gives an individual and others the strength‚ confidence and power. However‚ society may also marginalise different people within their society
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In Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ Brian Robeson‚ the protagonist‚ was very resourceful. Brian survived the horrific plane crash in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot had a massive heart attack and died. He was forced to survive with nothing but his hatchet‚ a gift his mom had given him. Brian used his hatchet to build a shelter‚ gather food‚ and start a fire. After Brian woke up from his sleep because of the exhausting plane crash‚ he began evaluating ways to build a shelter. As he started to think
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In the story Canyons by Gary Paulsen was a well-written story‚ but I would not read this over again. I didn’t love this story. Canyons takes place in El paso Texas near Dog Canyon where the weather is always super hot. Brennan Cole loves running and is 15 years old with brown hair‚ he is tall‚ skinny and healthy. Brennan’s mom is a single mother and always has been she works most of the time‚ but has always been in other relationships sadly none of them have worked out yet until Bill comes into
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Crucible conflicted In the play The Crucible Arthur Miller creates a play in which there’s a town with many persons of high stature. This makes a scene that is ready for an explosion with several different beliefs 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
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Aly Zaghloul G11 The Crucible Religion Introduction Religion is woven into the everyday life in Salem of the play. Meanwhile it was abused abruptly as an excuse to rule salem‚ the ones who thought they were doing god’s work later found out that they are doing the opposite. That they are killing innocent people. Well at least some did change and some didn’t‚ like reverend Parris. The puritans see it as a life manual. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many different types of themes throughout
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“I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it” John Proctor. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller presents a number of conflicts‚ external and internal. In the Crucible there are many character that favor integrity by admitting their mistakes and refusing to lie. Abigail Williams lied to everyone in the court the other girls had all their trust in Abigail so the girls followed what she did and said‚ Abigail claims to see a yellow bird on the beam on the ceiling so her
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