Ridgeview High School Expository Reading and Writing The Crucible Bennett‚ Jessica. “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” Newsweek. March 3‚ 2008. Hamilton‚ Anita. “Outsmart Your Haters.” Time. October 6‚ 2008. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. Penguin Group Inc: New York‚ 2003. “Witch Hunts‚ Pledges‚ and Blacklists.” www.borndigital.com/mccart.htm. Rationale: Witch hunts‚ blacklists‚ character‚ reputation‚ defamation‚ public and private identity‚ the dark side of human nature‚ and
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with her. Abigail then uses her uncle‚ Reverend Parris’ servant‚ Tituba to perform the crime of witchcraft so she can fulfil her lustful dream of having John Proctor to herself. Parris catches Abby‚ Mary Warren; who is the servant to John Proctor‚ Tituba‚ and many of the other teenage girls in the village dancing naked in the woods. He ultimately catches them in the act of witchcraft. In fear of losing his position of the Preacher‚ he seeks the help of Reverend Hale to drive the devil out of Salem
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characterized as having “an endless capacity for dissembling.” On page 1093 of the play‚ Reverend Parris is confronting Abigail of what happened the night before where she and other girls‚ including Betty were seen by him. Parris claims he saw a dress and a naked girl‚ “ Parris: I cannot blink what I saw‚ Abigail‚ for my enemies will not blink it. I saw a dress lying on the grass. Abigail‚ innocently: A dress? Parris - it is very hard to say: Aye‚ a dress. And I thought I saw - someone naked running through
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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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She was a servant in the house of Reverend Parris. Tituba was a dark woman from Barbados‚ and could have quite possibly been the cause of the horrible events in Salem Village starting up. Many girls from Salem Village were caught by Reverend Parris as they were dancing in woods while Tituba stirred a stew in a crucible‚ and chanted words in her Barbados tongue. Supposedly‚ Ann Putnam sent
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The word character means moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Character flaws in the Crucible by author Arthur Miller seem very apparent as a common trait. The characters John Proctor and Reverend John Hale convey the dominant claim that character flaws do not define a person. John Proctor conveys the dominant claim that character flaws do not define a person. In Act I‚ John and Abigail meet several months after a brief affair‚ and Abigail hopes to rekindle their relationship. John flirts
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revenge against Goody Proctor. This is due to Goody Proctor firing Abigail from her job after she had found out Abigail had had an affair with her husband. This seventeen-year-old girl also has an endless capacity for dissembling. John Proctor‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the Putnam’s are also characters in the play that are out to seek revenge for their own reasons. It could through the theme of revenge‚ be said that Miller tries to enhance your application of the play. Miller wrote the Crucible as a response
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The Crucible takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692 * Salem under a theocratic form of government * we learn that Reverend Parris’ daughter is sick * rumors of witchcraft are running through Salem about Betty because her sickness is unknown * Abigail‚ Parris’ niece‚ Betty and a group of girls were seen dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris * Parris jumped out of a bush when he sees the girls dancing‚ startled them‚ and Betty has been sick ever since * Mrs. Putnam is introduced
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of the “techniques” back then still remain. In “The Crucible”‚ as the play opens up in act 1‚ Reverend Parris kneels down next to his “ill” daughter‚ Betty Parris. Rumor has it that Betty has been involved in some witchcraft. Because of Reverends paranoia‚ he had asked to keep Bettys “situation” undercover as he was scared that it may have an effect on his reputation. In my personal opinion‚ Reverend Parris’ responsibility should be his daughter. No one for sure knows that his daughter has been strictly
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The Crucible has such a title‚ meaning severe trial‚ because puritans believe that life is a test. They lived a very strict style and understood that if you do anything wrong in life‚ god would harshly punish you for it. This puts a lot of stress on the characters to live up to the expectations of living perfectly and faithful. People are willing to do anything to make themselves look good. For instance in the play Abigail lies about several things to save herself. One of the things she lies about
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