characters like Rebecca Nurse‚ Giles Corey‚ and to some extent‚ John Proctor. They believe that honesty should come before conformity and that you should never betray your ideals even if lying could grant you another day. The first character to die preserving his morals was Giles Corey. Giles is an 81 year-old man who lives in Salem village with his wife Martha. When the accusations of witchcraft began‚ Giles became
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potion to kill Elizabeth‚ John Proctors wife‚ because Abby had an affair with John and now wants to have him to herself. Tituba ‚is who Ruth goes to about speaking to her siblings. After the girls are caught in the woods Betty ‚ Reverend Parris’ daughter‚ and Ruth fall ill. The doctors are called and a cause cannot be determined ‚ so Reverend Hale ‚ a specialist on unnatural and demonic work is called in. Abby and Mrs. Putnam confess
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Throughout the play‚ Danforth consistently fails to examine evidence or proof to stop the tension within the community. He refuses to see that the witchcraft trials and hangings might have been part of the reason why people are accusing others. After John Proctor tells Danforth that he has committed adultery‚ Danforth is horrified by the realization that Abigail may be accusing others based on jealousy and revenge. Danforth ignores this chance and continues to
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we were yesterday. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller many characters are engulfed in guilt and are either punished or rewarded by it. Arthur Miller uses these characters to show how guilt can make you want to become a better person. Guilt pushes John Proctor to not only protect his wife but to protect the whole town at the end of the play. protects his wife by owning up to committing adultery with Abigail. “I have known her‚ sir. I have known her.” (Miller‚ 220). This
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important turning points in all the four acts. One of the main characters felt guilt throughout the play and this is‚ John Proctor; where the affair that he had with Abigail Williams behind his wife’s back completely destroyed him on the inside and out. Guilt and its role in the play somewhat controlled that characters and how they treated the other characters. The affair that Proctor was apart of was a crime that he could no longer hide‚ guilt built up causing him to lose his cool‚ leading him to fall
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Reverend John hale was a minister from Beverly and witnessed Massachusetts’ first execution of convicted witch‚ Margaret Jones of Charlestown in 1648. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about a group of teen girls convicted in 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts for performing spiritual rituals around a fire; Which sparked the Witchcraft trials that Reverend John Hale participated in. My character analysis is on Reverend Hale because his dedication to the witchcraft trials changed‚ he had confidence in John Proctor’s
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shows a lot of weakness because of how she got John and Elizabeth proctor in trouble with the court. Mary Warren wouldn’t fess up that she made the poppet and put the needle in its belly. Elizabeth got blamed for it because the poppet was in her house and Elizabeth said she didn’t have any dolls but she did. John and Elizabeth were trialed in the court but they couldn’t get the truth out of Mary Warren. So they were sentenced to death. I think John Proctor had the most courage because he wasn’t really
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Crucible because she had an affair with John Proctor and tried to kill his wife. Abigail convinced a lot of people that witchcraft was real or intimidated them into going along with it. She also convinced the girls and herself to send many to their deaths. The first reason I believe Abigail is guilty is that she had an affair with John Proctor and tried to kill his wife. The affair happened when Abigail was in service as a maid to John and Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth was sickly and bedridden
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can kill Elizabeth so she can have John Proctor to herself. Also Betty was trying to talk to the dead‚ to her dead siblings to see who murdered them. Shortly after the get caught dancing in the woods some of the girls get sick. Since some of the girls were sick‚ people began to think it was because of witchcraft. Once Betty woke all the way up her and Abigail began to call of some people’s name that they said the saw with the Devil. Elizabeth founds out the John was having an affair with Abigail.
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How does Miller use the ending of each act to make the audience feel the madness in Salem? Miller is able to portray the madness of Salem in a variety of ways‚ throughout the whole of the play however the ending of each act allows the audience to fully feel the hysteria. By incorporating changes of key themes and ideas as well as using links throughout the text and a variety of dramatic techniques towards the end of each act‚ Miller is able to leave the audience with a sense of this madness. The
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