drive the mind to manipulate others even if it is unjust. Abigail Williams is introduced as an extremely beautiful girl with an ability to disguise her emotions and she uses this pretence to manipulate the various members of the community like Reverend Parris and Mary Warren. Abigail is introduced as having “endless capacity for dissembling. Now she is all worry‚ apprehension and propriety” (Miller‚ I.30-31). Her “capacity of dissembling” indicates that she often conceals herself behind a false mask
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If the only way to save your life was to blame an innocent member in your community‚ would you? In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller expresses the acts of finding a scapegoat through John Proctor and Reverend Hale juxtaposed to Abigail‚ the girls and some of the accused. Many of the accused “witches” admit to being a witch and save their own lives by offering the names of other witches in the community. If the accused claim they are not witches‚ they will be hanged for witchcraft‚ but if they confess
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gives us the next big clue‚ though this would not be read to the audience but would hopefully be made visible by the actor portraying John Proctor. However we are straight away told of his wrong doings even before this section of the play as Reverend Parris asks Abigail for the reasons as to why her career so quickly curtailed within the Proctor household showing us an initial sign that all is not well between the two characters‚ however this descriptive stage direction confirms the initial suspicions
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The court perceives their town leader‚ the head of the church‚ Reverend Parris‚ as undoubtedly innocent because of his position as a man of God. In essence‚ through the implied promise of strict adherence to the word of God‚ he is absolved of the possibility of reasonable doubt in the face of crime. The court perceives
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to bring shame to his name. He is powerful in his community‚ “respected and even feared in Salem”‚ knowing the way things should be done‚ and fighting until they are that way. A good example of this is his distaste for Parris and his preaching. He speaks his mind as he tells Parris‚ “Can you speak one minute without we land in hell again? I am sick of Hell” (page 24). He obviously has quite an influence‚ as in the bit of prose Miller writes before Proctor’s first lines‚ he mentions that “in Proctor’s
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Essay Outline “Give me liberty or give me death.” (henry). This is a famous quote from the talented American revolunist Patrick Henry. It was said that henry could position his audience to anger‚ fear or laughter more sudden then professional actors. He showed this talent in his Speech at the Virginia Conventiomn. The most popular poets and writers uses multiple techniques and strategies to grasp their audience attention. The rhetorical
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reputation isn’t compromised. In the play The Crucible‚ Arthur miller expresses how important ones reputation is in a small community. He shows how they will defend their reputations because it is what keeps their social status in place. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are characters who make an attempt to maintain their reputations in their time of crisis. John Proctor‚ who is the main character in the play‚ has the biggest struggle with his reputation. At the beginning of the play‚ he isn’t even concerned
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The Salem Witch Trials Claudia Henry Survey of American History I Professor Craig Lowry December 11‚ 2014 In 1692‚ what is currently known as Danvers‚ was actually known as Salem Village. Salem Village was located in Massachusetts. At the time‚ Massachusetts was not a state‚ but it was actually an English colony. (Yolen‚ 2004) Life in Salem Village was most certainly a difficult one. There was no electricity‚ running water‚ or any form of motorized transportation
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Compare and contrast the ideas about belonging conveyed by your chosen texts and your core text‚ The Crucible. There are a substantial amount of aspects that correlate and contrast with the theme of belonging in various texts. The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1953) is a text that communicates belonging to oneself‚ as an understanding in allowing an individual to reach his/her full potential. This is expressed through the use of author intrusion‚ stage direction and dialogue. Similarly the text Harry
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Honors American Literature Mr. Davies 21 March 2014 John Proctor Character Analysis 1692‚ a time in which a small town goes into absolute chaos. The hysteria of witchcraft fills the streets of Salem‚ Massachusetts with rumors and accusations leading to the hanging of nineteen innocent people. Arthur Miller uses this tragedy to resemble the same stupidity of the accusations of the infiltration of communists in the United States throughout the 1950’s. To display the absurdness of the accusations
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