People make bad decisions in their life and the choices that they made usually affect them later on. Most of the time they get in trouble for their choices. Then there are some people that lie and try to get out of trouble. The Crucible‚ was about affairs‚ accusations‚ and innocent people being accused of witches. The accused had the choices to confess and not get hanged‚ or to not confess and get hanged. Many of the accused lied so that they would not get hung. Instead they got jail time. Last
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In the play‚ The Crucible‚ there are many protagonist that were distinguished throughout the play. The meaning behind the word‚ protagonist‚ is more or less around the context of being the main character‚ champion‚ or an advocate. John Proctor was the one that stood out the most. He was a protagonist behind the reasons of one; he learns to forgive himself‚ two; he was one of the many reasons that the Salem court stopped the witchcraft trials‚ and three; he is a well respected man throughout the
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There is always a “however. “Each situation has its benefits and its drawbacks. In the book the crucible by Arthur Miller‚ we find a compelling example that supports this thesis. In the crucible one man‚ Thomas Putnam’s ambition for wealth and power feeds into the witch hunt. This greed drove Putnam to allow people to be killed for crimes that they weren’t committing and were being accused of things that weren’t really happening. Thomas Putnam’s actions led to innocent
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In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller a mass hysteria of witches goes around town due to an event that happened one night and led to a little girl to be asleep and was not able to be awaken. In todays world a certain mass hysteria is going on that all Muslims are dangerous and considered a terrrorist. One day on September 11‚ 2001 an airplane crashed into the twin towers. After a while another plane hit the second one causing both to collapse. This event lead to the deaths of thousands of people
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present. Everywhere you look stand individuals who differ from the society in their own unique ways. Where as societies or groups of organized people sharing the same beliefs can make the individuals stand out even more if they please. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller the society is a community of Puritans who live in and around Salem Massachusetts. Individuals continually struggle against society due to their will to fight for what is right‚ and the unfairness of the court which leads to society prevailing
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falsely accused his salve for the girls odd behavior‚ he also summoned reverend Hale who was an “expert” in the field of witchcraft. By doing this reverend parris sealed many of the villagers fait with know‚ but only time would tell. What started as an act ended up being a way for reverend parris’s niece to get the man that she wanted by having his wife executed for witchcraft. Once people
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Miller makes sure that the play is assembled so that the conclusion of the conflicts appear inevitable. He has written the play in a way that makes Eddie’s downfall obvious with the use of foreshadowing and other language techniques. Eddie’s opposition with impossible obstacles such as trying to overcome the fact that his niece has grown up and his inability to admit his inappropriate feelings for Catharine along with his extreme loathing towards Rodolpho and later on Marco all comes to the final
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The book The Crucible written by Arthur Miller takes place in the 1670’s in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The book is about the event better known as “The Salem Witch Trials” that happened when a girl named Abby had a seizure and the people of Salem believed that she was cursed by a witch. So‚ Abby decided to take an advantage of what the people of Salem thought‚ she then began to chose people she did not like or what other people had against and she would call the people out as a witch. She just had
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Priestley presents tension in various ways withing in the Birling family. At the beginning of the play‚ Priestley creates his tension by changing the colour of the lighting. The start is a ’low and intimate pink’ which could suggest a hidden tension within the family home. After the inspector arrives the lighting changes to a ’bright‚ harsh white light’ which makes the family look like they are in the spotlight of a police interrogation. This shows that there is tension at the heart of the Birling
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considered knowledgeable when they act from facts‚ whereas an individual is considered ignorant when they act from fear. The Crucible by Arthur Miller can be analyzed through the theme of knowledge versus ignorance‚ which is developed by the characters of Reverend Hale and Thomas Danforth. The character of Thomas Danforth shows how ignorance‚ especially
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