Salem’s Outbreak Throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the Salem witchcraft trials accidentally become what are known as one of the most controversial events in Massachusetts history. A young woman named Abigail Williams‚ along with several other girls‚ lead accusations of witchcraft against their community in an attempt to deflect repercussions from their own witchcraft encounters. This constant accusing results in the wrongful condemnation of innocent townspeople‚ creating uncomfortable
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CRUCIBLE INTRODUCTIONARY NOTES The crucible by Arthur Miller‚ is a play that deals with conflicts involved in the Salem witch trials of 1692. The characters in Miller’s theocratic society are not only in conflict with their environment‚ but with each other and their religious authority. John Proctor sacrifices his life as he battles his individual conscience‚ guilt and the authority of the church. In his play‚ Miller shows that when an individual questions the dominant values of a society
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Use it‚ don’t abuse it Having a good reputation is a goal that every human being wants accomplished during his or her life‚ but only to a certain extent. Having a reputation‚ the basic theme of this book‚ has a great amount of importance in The Crucible. This theme plays a tremendous role in what the basis of this book is. Arthur miller developed this theme throughout the book by accumulating characters with this quality. There are many characters in this book‚ but the ones that convey these qualities
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Compare and Contrast the Characters and Actions of Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. Which Of Them Do You Consider to Be More Responsible for John’s Death‚ and why? In Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ there are two characters that differ in every aspect: Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. This ranges from the way they handle situations‚ their personalities‚ to their social statuses‚ history and so forth. Their social statuses can only be described as very contrasting: Abigail Williams
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The Crucible Essay: Introduction: Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” was first published in 1953 during the politically tumultuous time of McCarthyist America. By depicting how the Salem theocracy spiraled out of control in 1692‚ Miller draws a parallel between the mass hysteria present in the witch hunts of the period and the Red Scare during the Cold War. The play’s central character and tragic hero is John Proctor. Miller highlights how people speaking out against mass hysteria are like Proctor
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Guilty or Not Guilty? Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt. I was one of them. On April 25th‚ 2000‚ I pled not guilty to murdering my fiancé‚ James Watkins. I knew I was guilty and I was going to plead guilty‚ but my lawyer told me to plead not guilty. I didn’t want to go to jail‚ but I did the crime so I needed to do the time. Throughout this paper I will inform you about my story and its outcome. James and I were High School sweethearts. We had been together
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Unconscious transference is when a witness misidentifies an innocent person for a criminal. This is because the witness has seen the individual before‚ and is therefore part of his/ her memory. These defendant identifications are very persuasive to a jury since it provides them with proof that the defendant is guilty in the witness’s eyes. But‚ unconscious interference that the witness deals with can lead to many uncertainties and problematic issues. Firstly‚ it is not uncommon for witnesses to
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“Not Guilty” Story assignment ENG3U1 Teacher: Ms Lopes Period: 3 Date: 20th September‚ 2012 North Albion C.I. By: Sehab Shaikh Guilty or not guilty? A person who sacrificed lives of fifteen officers including him and saved five lives‚ should he be condemned? Lieutenant-Commander Oram and his crew of nineteen soldiers are under threat of losing their lives as there submarine has got a blast and they have air only enough for two days in submarine. As an in charge officer it is Oram’s call
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Ridgeview High School Expository Reading and Writing The Crucible Bennett‚ Jessica. “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” Newsweek. March 3‚ 2008. Hamilton‚ Anita. “Outsmart Your Haters.” Time. October 6‚ 2008. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. Penguin Group Inc: New York‚ 2003. “Witch Hunts‚ Pledges‚ and Blacklists.” www.borndigital.com/mccart.htm. Rationale: Witch hunts‚ blacklists‚ character‚ reputation‚ defamation‚ public and private identity‚ the dark side of human nature‚ and
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