The Crucible‚ a play by Arthur Miller‚ is based upon the Salem witch trials that took place 1692. The society of Salem are of strict Puritan faith and their court is based on theocracy. Characters are convicted of witchcraft‚ built off the beliefs of the girls in the town who are trying to cover up that they danced. Choosing to live and ruin their reputations‚ or choosing to hang with dignity is a problem many face. Throughout the play John Proctor‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Reverend Parris are concerned
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yet social norms and taboos are established to keep it afloat. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ societal conduct is violated and a community is capsized. In this socially awakening play‚ society is corrupted when a naivete community is immersed in power that enables insignificant people to manipulate the status quo to selfishly satisfy their own societal welfare and relationships. In times of distress‚ an individual may blindly diminish their societal relationships to consequentially benefit themselves. Once presented with power
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to Wonderland. Why and how do people change after going to a new pace for a long time. As Alyss goes through her thirteen years on Earth she shows how people change in many different ways as they go to somewhere new. Alyss demonstrates the many ways people change as the environment around them change after a long time. In the beginning of the novel‚ Alyss is characterized as a premature‚ lovely‚ and non-princess like. She has a very strong imagination that she needs to learn how to control to be
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Crying. Not doing well in school. How did it all happen…at whose fault? Why has the relationship failed! In “ The Father” by Hugh Garner‚ John has failed his job as a father to his son‚ Johnny. John has completely responsible for the failure of his relationship with his son‚ due to his selfishness‚ drunken behaviour‚ and general irresponsibility‚ in raising his son. John does not care about Johnny‚ and does not take position‚ for a role model towards his son. Being selfish
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in the 1690s (as reported by Arthur Miller in The Crucible)‚ and the second is the massive anti-communism movement that took place in the United-States between 1947 and 1954. By looking at the facts found in the play‚ and by looking at the history of the anti-communism movement ‚ we will make the parrallels between these two major crimes against freedom of expression. Arthur Miller ’s play is written in a way that really shows the parrallels between the Salem witch trials and McCarthyism of the mid
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the lives of thousands of potentially innocent people. Even though many were against McCarthy and his practices‚ they dared not to speak out for fear of being accused. The happenings in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller were eerily reminiscent of those during the period of McCarthyism. In The Crucible the town of Salem became ruled by fear during 1692‚ when the possibility that witchcraft had occurred was discovered. It quickly became a case of blame or be blamed with a group of teenage girls‚
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Australia and Climate Change Australia is an Oceanic country comprised of 23.8 million citizens and it is set to be one of the countries most affected by climate change. Climate change is defined as a change in weather patterns of a regional or global scale. It has recently come to mean the change humans have affected through use of fossil fuels and other activities leading to greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions. Because Australia consists of an entire continent‚ climate change will affect different
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John Hale‚ from the Crucible Dynamic‚ Reverend John Hale needs only this one word to describe him. That is what separates Hale from any other character in the Crucible‚ while most characters are entirely static‚ with the exception of Elizabeth. That is why I consider him to be the best‚ and most flushed out character in the Crucible. In this report I will describe and analyze the character of John Hale and try show why his is the best character in the Crucible. In the first paragraph I will analyze
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that actually opens her eyes to the injustices happening in her country. The reason why Minerva joined the revolutionary movement was because she met a girl by the name of Sinita‚ Sinita tells Minerva about all the horrible things Trujillo has done to her family; Minerva then considers how Trujillo isn’t the saint as everyone proclaims him to be and how being aware of what is happening has set her free‚ “And that’s how I got free. I don’t mean just going to sleepaway
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John Proctor: Tragic Hero or Pompous Malefactor? According to Aristotle‚ a classic tragic hero must meet the following six criteria: nobility (of noble birth) or (wisdom by virtue of birth)‚ hamartia (a flaw or error of judgment)‚ peripeteia (a reversal of fortune‚ brought on by the hero’s hamartia)‚ anagnorisis (the discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero’s own actions)‚ the audience must feel dramatic irony for the character‚ and the character’s fate must be greater
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