The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in Salem in a Puritan community. John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Reverend Paris‚ and Abigail are the main characters. The book is about witchcraft or what the town thinks is witchcraft. John Proctor is the tragic hero because he is loving‚ loyal‚ authoritative‚ but his tragic flaw is his temper. John is a loving husband. He proves that by telling Elizabeth‚ “It is well seasoned” (p. 48) in reference to the rabbit she cooked‚ in which he had
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takes place. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor develops from a powerless woman‚ to a protective wife‚ to supportive wife. In act two Elizabeth Proctor shows the character trait of being powerless women when she is confronted by Mary Warren. Elizabeth says‚ “I couldn’t stop her.” Proctor responds‚ “It is a fault‚ it is a fault‚ Elizabeth—you’re
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character is Mary Warren she is very honest and innocent. Mary went to the trials‚ she made the doll that basically put Elizabeth in jail‚ When proctor made her lie she still came out and told the truth. In fact‚ Mary was very interested in the trials she was even in the court room knew every detail about everything. Mary went to court when proctor told her not to this was in act to proctor and Elizabeth was so furious with her they demanded
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Abigail Williams is a very selfish‚ liar‚ and cunning character. She holds most of the responsibility for the groups of girls including Tituba meeting in the woods. Once Reverend Parris discovers them‚ Abigail attempts to conceal her behavior because it will eventually reveal her affair with John Proctor. Abigail is very selfish‚ she had an affair with Mr. John Proctor even though he is married. She states that she only wants john for herself. She also told john they could run away together‚ to be
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The Salem Witch Trials can be described as a set prosecutions of people who were charged with witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts despite a lack of evidence. The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays the catastrophic events that occurred in Salem and their impact on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but
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Danforth had jailed the wrong people. Reverend Hale is not the true Hero of the story. Hale just tried to help and free them and convince Judge Danforth that Abigail and the other girls was lying on Mary Warren. When they were saying Mary Warren was controlling the girls and John Proctor knew Mary Warren was innocent‚ he kept telling Judge Danforth that they were pretending but Danforth was being Gullible and believing them.
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Compromising honor‚ decency‚ and faith to protect oneself was normal to most people in The Crucible. People knew they would die without sacrificing‚ so they took the easy way out by giving up their self image and confessing to a sin they never committed. The first to give in to a fake confession was Tituba‚ who happened to be Reverend Parris’ slave‚ so she didn’t have very many rights to begin with. In the play Tituba says‚ “I love God with all my bein’” (Miller 24). Tituba is from Barbados‚ so she
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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 at the time. Then later in the story she stuck a needle in the poppet that Mary was making in the court house and accused Elizabeth of witchcraft so that when they go to search Elizabeth Proctor’s house‚ they would find the poppet with a needle stuck into it and then Abigail stabbed her self in the gut with a small needle to make
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In Arthur Miller’s Crucible individuals take advantage of others in order to satisfy their needs. In the Crucible‚ Manipulation and lies changes the perception of society. In the crucible‚ Arthur Miller shows how power causes individuals to have evil thoughts hence being a risk though protecting their reputation. Abigail lies in order to portray herself as an innocent victim. Abigail uses Hale to expose those involved with the devil. “I don’t compact with no devil! I want to open myself‚ I want
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and Mary Warren and also encounters people that doesn’t believe one’s honesty whom are Judge Hathorne and Danforth. John Proctor and Giles corey are the only individuals that showed honesty and believes in others honest. He feels helpless when he’s in court since everyone plays the blame game on each other. John doesn’t know whether to tell the truth which is to say that he wasn’t involved with witchcraft or tell a lie which is what all of the town’s people wants to hear. When Mary Warren was
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