The play “The Crucible” was published in 1953 by Arthur Miller and takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem witch trials. The night before the actual action begins‚ Reverend Parris had discovered his daughter Betty‚ his niece Abigail Williams‚ his slave Tituba and some other girls in the woods‚ where they were performing an occult blood ritual and casting spells. Soon the rumor that something supernatural is going on in the village spreads and puts the village in turmoil. Abigail
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Salem Possessed redefined the standard for the possibilities social history offers to understand the events and people of early America. Through a painstaking look at local records such as legal records‚ the Salem Village record book‚ the minister’s book‚ and tax records Boyer and Nissenbaum discovered a long-standing pattern of contentious behavior of which the witchcraft accusations in 1692 was just one episode. Their analysis provides an invaluable insight into the social history of New England
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In the opening of the play‚ how does Miller seek to create an atmosphere of hysteria and tension? Do you find the opening effective? Premiering in 1953‚ Arthur Miller’s the crucible was a scathing attack on the Communist scare of the era in the guise of a dramatization of the witch hunts that took place in Salem in the 1960’s. Throughout the beginning the play follows how fear of death‚ The Devil and the unknown causes people to submit to madness and how the sense of guilt could cause them
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prefer believing propaganda shoved by the religious figures of the community‚ Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale. These men of priesthood are considered to be completely holy‚ and they were exempt of any accusations of witchcraft‚ unlike almost everyone else in Salem. For example‚ Reverend Hale states that “The man’s ordained; therefore the light of God is in him.” (Hale‚ 66) Hale is referring to Reverend Parris‚ who in his eyes‚ was allowed to be overlooked as a victim of witchcraft because of his
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The Salem witch crisis‚ which occurred during the 17th century‚ involved a series of hearings and prosecutions of individuals in the Salem community who were accused of witchcraft. This crisis began in mid-January when the daughter and niece (Betty Parris and Abigail Williams) started having fits after playing with white magic (Wilson‚ 7). This was followed by more cases of alleged afflictions as other girls in the neighborhood started showing similar behaviors. The more afflictions also led to a long
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girls from Salem. Mr.Paris sees them dancing in the woods but doesnt think much of it. After that scene we see betty laying in bed unconscious with the town physician suggesting it was witchcraft. This is when the heat starts to rise because Reverend Parris recalls them dancing in the woods‚ and says he saw Tituba mumbling some words around a fire. After reverend Hale the “Witch Doctor”‚ questions Tituba with forceful manner‚ Tituba gives in and says the devil has her soul. Of course she knows the
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Abigail’s actions have revolved around her love for John Proctor. Everything she has done was to not let their secret affair get out and for her and John to be together. Abigail’s skill of being a liar is shown in the beginning of the play. Uncle Reverend Parris caught Abigail doing witchcraft in the woods‚ but instead she lies about it. She says‚ "We did dance‚ uncle‚ and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly‚ Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there’s the whole of it" (Miller‚ 1953‚ p
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irrationality‚ which shaped the United States Judicial system forever. Quite simply‚ the witchcraft outbreak came out of a feud between two families‚ the Porters and the Putnams‚ over a long-standing land dispute. In February of 1692‚ Reverend Samuel Parris returned home to find his nine-year-old daughter Betty and two other girls‚ including Abigail Williams‚ attempting to conjure and speak with evil spirits with assistance from his land slave‚ Tituba. When the girls realized they had been caught‚ they
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Objective Summary Fernando Garcia This story begins in Salem Massachusetts and a father (Reverend Parris) finds his daughter and some other random girls dancing in the woods as it is forbidden to dance in that place. Reverend Parris begins to ask his daughter what she doing as dancing is considered witchcraft. Some of the girls begin to get sick and Rebecca Nurse can help them. Reverend Hale is called to try and find witchcraft in these girls. The girls start accusing people of seeing them
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ABC’s of Alphabet Books. (n.d.). Retrieved August 31‚ 2014‚ from New Hampshire Public Television website: http://www.nhptv.org/authors/alphabet.asp “Chapter One – Colonial Missionaries and Their Schools” from Reyhner‚ J.‚ & Eder‚ J. (2004). American Indian Education: A History. Norman‚ OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Carty‚ B.‚ Macready‚ S.‚ & Sayers‚ E.E. (2009). “A grave and gractious woman”: Deaf people and signed language in colonial New England. Sign Language Studies‚ 9(3)‚ 287-323. Hiner
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