devices to show the politically strict and crazy ways of society. Arthur Miller shows the theme of hysteria throughout the play in the characters and actions mostly of Abigail. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witch craft and gets her sent to jail. Abigail does this to gain control of John Proctor because she believes they are in love. But some people‚ such as Reverend Parris‚ thrive on the hysteria Abigail is causing. He is using it to strengthen his position in the village. And then everyone starts
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to what she did made it all the harder for the people of her town to find forgiveness in her. Guilt‚ it consumes both souls of Arthur Dimmesdale and John Proctor from The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible‚ respectively. It weighs them down and keeps dragging them into the darkness of their own mind until they have nothing left. Dimmesdale and Proctor were both sufferers of their sin of adultery; Dimmesdale’s internal suffering however was unlike Proctor’s vengeance. Abigail used witchcraft to make
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punishment. In The Crucible‚ there is a preferred method of practicing religion and anyone who goes against it is looked down upon and rejected. John Proctor is harassed for the fact that he plows on Sunday instead of attending church services and that he did not have his youngest child baptized by Parris. This leads to an argument about whether John Procter has sided with the devil.2 Whereas‚ if “freedom of religion” had been granted back in those times‚ this scenario would not have taken place-
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Dallas Ritschard Elizabeth Proctor Changes. Everyone goes through many different changes in their lives. In The Crucible‚ written by Arther Miller‚ many of the characters go through changes‚ such as Elizabeth Proctor. The Crucible actually means a severe test or trial. Elizabeth is one of the characters in the story who goes through a small test of faith and honesty. Elizabeth is introduced in act two of The Crucible. She asks John “What keeps you so late?”(Miller191) This statement suggests
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“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller talks about a time where people felt conflicted between what the church stated and what was happening in society. Miller states‚ “The Salem tragedy…developed from a paradox….Simply it was this: for good purposes‚ even high purposes‚ the people of Salem developed a theocracy‚ a combination of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together‚ and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies”(I
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Fear is an interesting concept. Fear can be spread like wildfire‚ it is like a disease that makes people do irrational things that they normally wouldn’t do. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ fear takes grasp of the whole village and throws it into chaos. Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible” as a parable on what was going on during the McCarthy Era. The play was to show the social injustice that was going on in the 1950s. In Salem witchcraft was a big deal‚ people believed in it because christianity
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authors unlock an evil portal on the spirit and display more about what is regretful in the human race then what is good. This true is because the writer is free to opinionate and write about their intimate emotions that for the most part are unpleasant. John Steinbeck‚ author of Mice and Men‚ said‚ "It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous fault and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement." What he means is that it is
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Any individual in any given situation has the potential to either enrich or challenge the group. This concept is well demonstrated in Arthur Miller’s play “the crucible” the film “Remember the Titans” directed by Boaz Yakin and Chuck Palahniuk’s novel “Fight Club” where numerous characters have this potential and choose to act accordingly due to personal beliefs‚ morals‚ consequences or even unknowingly. Good morning teachers and fellow classmates. Upon Arrival reverend Hale try’s to enrich the
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Hawthorne‚ Abigail Williams and Roger Chillingworth fit that criteria. Each character is driven by a force‚ a motivation which helps them execute their dastardly plans: Revenge. Abigail is consummated by damning Elizabeth Proctor. With her out of the way‚ she thinks she can regain John Proctor’s lust and affection‚ thereby unifying them emotionally. She chooses to portray herself as an innocent bystander of a
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In Arthur Miller’s allegorical play “The Crucible‚” the characters share in a common state of hysteria‚ as reflected in the paranoid and conspiratorial mindset that allows for a witch-hunt to take root. Mrs. Putnam‚ the grieving wife of Thomas Putnam‚ firmly believes that a witch is responsible for the deaths of her seven infant children. Mrs. Putnam questions Rebecca Nurse as to whether or not she believes that it is God’s choice as to why Rebecca would never lose a child or grandchild‚ and yet
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