becomes corrupted by this power. As the story progresses and the trials subsequently lose credibility‚ her motives become increasingly less clandestine. She is driven by her desires for John Proctor‚ a man who sees her for who she truly is. Jealousy causes a monster to surface as she falsely charges Goody Proctor with witchcraft‚ in addition to countless other innocent victims: “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw
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English Paper One: The Extended Response When you ask people what they hate the most about English the majority will say writing extended responses. Essays‚ lectures‚ feature articles they all cause great grief to the poor HSC students who have to write them. I believe this attitude is mostly due to the fact that a great deal of students simply don’t know how to construct a response. They don’t know how to construct a thesis statement‚ or write arguments that can be backed up by textual support
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what leaders believed at the time. Also‚ in the government systems‚ the ¨everybody is doing it¨ mentality was spread. Other parallel is‚ lives were ruind because of accusations and punishments. As we know‚ in the play ¨The Crucible¨‚ John & Elizabeth Proctor were found guilty but‚ there was nearly no real proof. He sadme occured in McCarthy Hearings and 2nd Red Scare. People were found guilty and imprisoned with nearly no real proof. If the same courts were held today‚ all suspects would have
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The Crucible: Abuse of Power In a Puritan civilization‚ the amount of power the Church and the court had on the citizens was unfair. The Church was depended on to make laws and the court acted as a threat and intimidated civilians to obey the laws. In doing so‚ the life of a Puritan was not a fortunate one. Second‚ the court is ruled by hypocrites and corruption. Two characters that were mainly at fault were Danforth and Abigail. Danforth was a judge who declared that “this is a court of law
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In The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials that happened during the 1600’s. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 during the Red Scare‚ “The Red Scare describes the time in American History following World War II when tension between Americans and other Communist countries‚ specifically the Soviet Union‚ were threateningly high” (Allison). During this time period many Americans spoke out about their situation‚ including Arthur Miller. He wrote The Crucible
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you die for a principle you do not believe? In The Crucible‚ Proctor died keeping his good name. He would not confess to something to which he did not believe/true to be a free man. He instead died not confessing to his
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weighty cannot be argued by a farmer. In God’s name‚ sir‚ stop here; send him home and let him come again with a lawyer”(99) This quote from The Crucible proves that Reverend Hale is starting to retaliate against the court and is trying to give the John Proctor‚ an accused person of witchcraft a fair trial. It’s obvious in the sentences above that Hale is starting to go against the court‚ and that he’s trying to give the accused a fair trial. Finally at the end of the book‚ Hale realizes the people have
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9/19/2012 In the play The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller applied the word "crucible" as a severe test or trial. Indeed‚ the characters of the play all lived through an immense ordeal. The trials and the executions were traumatic‚ and many characters were affected by what had happened. Many Salem citizens were in favor of the courts at first; later‚ however‚ began to despise the court. One of these characters was Reverend Hale of Beverly. As Hale came into Salem‚ his goal was to preserve goodness. He knew
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Comparing the Crucible and the McMartin Trials Two trials on opposite ends of the timeline of like that have much in common. Children are victims of child molestation and bewitchment of the Devil. Both cases children are manipulated by a greater evil causing mass Hysteria‚ Power of Accusers‚ and Power of Prosecution. Hysteria controlled the trials of McMartin and Salem by fear of the unknown. In the McMartin trial the town had never before been faced with molestation. It was a new fear to the
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In a way‚ McCarthyism is similar to the play‚ The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller. Although the actions taken against suspected communists were not as strict as those during the Salem witch trials‚ they were still vicious and shattered many reputations of well-liked men and women. This also occurred during 1692 and 1693‚ the years of the witch trials. There were many differences and similarities between these two topics. The death penalty was the number one difference‚ along with the after effects
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