the story. They themselves were accused of being witches and were pressed into a corner. Once they were backed into a corner they had no way to get out‚ so they started accusing people of witchcraft to save themselves. Unfortunately both Reverends Hale and Parris believe them and people begin being arrested. “I saw Goody Sibber with the Devil!” (Abigail‚ 45). Concern over ones own reputation was also a demonic force in play in Salem. Peoples concern for how others will think of them‚ that people
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speaking up to Reverend Parris when everyone else was to afraid to. Not only that‚ he confesses to the affair that he had with Abigail in order to save Elizabeth’s life‚ and also chose to be hung so that he would not be looked down upon while his name was on the church door. He is very open minded and is not afraid to speak what he thinks. An example of this is in his house talking to Hale when he was questioning John about not going to church. John tells Hale that he does not like Parris and sees no
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Reverend Hale In The Crucible there’s a fine but distinguishable line between doing the right and wrong thing. Sometimes‚ decisions are made without entirely knowing what the situation is and how it came about. W. Clement Stone once said‚ “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” Hale follows these expectations to good integrity. When everybody fell in line with the court he saw they were wrong‚ and he broke away to try to save who
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obviously had something to hide. In this document‚ I will prove her flawed actions with quotes from the story‚ and in-depth detail of how these actions contributed to the trials. In Act 1 of Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ Betty‚ the daughter of Reverend Parris and Abigail’s cousin‚ says “You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” Abigail was once a servant in John and Elizabeth Proctor’s household. In that time‚ Abigail had an affair with John‚ whilst he
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Arthur Miller cleverly wrote John Proctor‚ one of the main character’s‚ death scene to symbolize the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Many people in The Holy Bible represent characters in The Crucible. For example‚ the Jews crucified Jesus just as Reverend Parris and Danforth killed John Proctor. Jesus had threatened their religion by claiming he was God. In the Testimony of John in The Holy Bible‚ a woman said to Jesus “I know that messias cometh‚ which is called Christ: when he
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has pride in his beliefs of purifying the Church of England. His wife‚ Elizabeth‚ has pride in her ability to use the trials as an ultimate revenge against Abigail Williams. John Hale is the "expert" on witches his pride springs from his extensive knowledge‚ but later in the play he recants and loses all his respect. Hale is the chemical that cause the conflict to come into full swing between Elizabeth and John Proctor. Elizabeth Proctor is first founds singing to her children in her kitchen
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According to her‚ the devil (and those working with the devil) are the reasons why the babies died. She does not consider a biological reason for the quick death of the children‚ but instead chooses to blame the situation on the supernatural. 3.) Parris means that after everything he has done for Abigail‚ like taking her in and allowing her to live in his home after her parents’ death‚ she leads everyone in the town to believe that his family are somehow connected to witchcraft. 4.) John Proctor
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Arthur Miller in 1953 based on what happened during the Salem witch trials. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism and he used a lot of ironies to express he’s overall message. Through the whole play‚ Miller shows that‚ John Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Judge Danforth are three characters which could mostly represent the overall theme of absolute morality. John Proctor‚ a median age farmer‚ husband of Elizabeth Proctor‚ has been guilty of adultery but is also hesitating to confess. When the
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of the Salem witches begins at the parsonage in Salem Village in the middle of January 1692 (Baker 14). The Reverend Samuel Parris and his family moved from Barbados‚ an island in the Caribbean‚ in 1689. Salem Village was a backcountry hamlet outside of Salem‚ Massachusetts. A West Indian slave girl named Tituba‚ John Indian‚ her husband‚ and a few other slaves came with the Parris family to Salem Village.
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The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller who was born on 17th October 1915 in New York City. The Crucible is based on a small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men who are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman
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