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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Arthur Miller a playwright‚ who wrote Death Of A Salesman and The Crucible‚ among many others. He was cynical and questioned the norms‚ but that’s what made him brilliant. His characters fought with dilemmas that symbolize societal issues. He combined his characters inner struggles with social awareness. Arthur Miller was born in Harlem‚ New York in 1915. His father lost his clothing store during the Great Depression and his family had to move to Brooklyn. Miller started writing plays when he was
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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 Salem Witch Trials Abigail‚ Betty‚ Mary‚ and Mercy were the only evidence needed to get convicted in the adapted play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It became their word against yours and the girls had all the power because they were well trusted within the community. The same goes for this news story about José Antonio Zúñiga‚ or known more commonly as his nickname Toño‚ he was sentenced to jail for up to 20 years for a crime he did not commit due to no one doing a follow up on his story
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element in a literary work that is accepted by readers or viewers because it is traditional. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller deviates from traditional drama conventions in his telling of the Salem Witch Trials. He does not use scenes and uses a narrative technique more than stage directions throughout the play. A conventional play typically includes scenes dividing an act. However‚ Arthur Miller includes only one scene in the play‚ Act Two‚ Scene 2. In this scene‚ John Proctor meets with Abigail
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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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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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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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The salem witch trials took place in 1692‚ back then people believed almost everything they were told. When a well known reverend discovered his daughter‚ niece‚ slave‚ and a couple of girls from town dancing and singing in the woods‚ his first instinct was to rush over and confront the girls. When he got there the girls faked fainting to try and avoid getting in trouble‚ by doing so they made the reverend thing witchcraft was among them. He eminently falsely accused his salve for the girls odd
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comes a time in life when your reputation is on the line. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there are a lot of reputations that become tarnished such as John Proctor. Proctor had a moment where his reputation would be ruined‚ he was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be hanged. He had the chance between falsifying himself and regain the respect and safety of his reputation or lie to save himself. The author Arthur Miller‚ portrays the struggle of John Proctor fighting to live with the guilt
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