2012 Are witches real? The witch is defined as‚” a person believed to have magical powers; a mean‚ ugly‚ old woman.” Webster’s Dictionary .Landoll‚ Inc. Ashland‚ Ohio. 1997.(441). In other words‚ the stereotypical crone with pointed black hat‚ wart on her nose‚ flying with her black cat or familiar‚ on a broom. This cartoon interpretation of the word reaches far back into Western civilization and is reinforced by movies such as The Wizard of Oz ‚or Scary/comic witch and cat symbols are used throughout
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The Crucible Hysteria is displayed by communities all over the world. It is an important factor in making and especially breaking relationships. In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ hysteria plays an important role of tearing apart the community of Salem by creating an environment where people act on their grudges‚ which is exemplified by many of the characters throughout the play‚ such as Abigail‚ Proctor‚ and Danforth‚ as they ruin everyone’s life in the process. The girls‚ especially Abigail‚ begin
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separate sheet of paper. 1. Where does Tituba think that the Devil is going to take her? 2. Give one example of how Abigail shows her dishonesty in this act. 3. What effect do the trials have on Salem? Use three details from the drama to support your answer. 4. When first arrives at the Salem jail‚ Danforth complains‚ “There is a prodigious stench in this place.” How might this line be read to mean something besides a comment on the smell? 5. How is Giles Corey’s character reflected in his
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and ideas throughout The Crucible give insight into why Arthur Miller chose the title and how it relates to his view on America. Through the choosing of dramatizing the Salem Witch Trials‚ the actions of the characters who accuse others for personal gain‚ and the torment and torture or even death of those accused of being a witch faced Arthur Miller justifies his use of The Crucible as his chosen title and portrays how he felt and saw about America. The title of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is
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the fire of the Salem witch trials during the 1960s. Because of this‚ innocent commoners were convicted and hanged. Arthur Miller creates characters in his play The Crucible that add to the hysteria and are victims of oppression‚ which reveal the unjustness of these trials. Tituba‚ a black slave in the town of Salem‚ was the main character who experienced such unjust treatment. The outlook on race in The Crucible has a very negative effect on the people of a different race in Salem. Blacks were
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When young girls behave strangely in Puritan Salem‚ whom do townspeople call for advice? The people of Salem turn to Reverend Hale‚ a minister from a nearby town‚ to solve the problem. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale is an intelligent man‚ and his confidence makes him feel so important that he supports the witch trials. An outsider from another town‚ Hale eventually turns against the idea behind the witch trials because they were being used to place the blame on innocent people. Parents
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similar‚ but nowhere near as severe punishment that the victims of the Salem Witch Trials and the Jews during the Holocaust had to go through. There are many ways in which the witch trials and the Holocaust are similar. For starters‚ the victims of both cases were innocent of any crime. They are both great examples of being scapegoated for things they were not responsible for. Miller perceives a correlation between the witch trials and the Holocaust for scapegoating and destruction which obviously
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In Arthur Miller’s allegorical play “The Crucible‚” the characters share in a common state of hysteria‚ as reflected in the paranoid and conspiratorial mindset that allows for a witch-hunt to take root. Mrs. Putnam‚ the grieving wife of Thomas Putnam‚ firmly believes that a witch is responsible for the deaths of her seven infant children. Mrs. Putnam questions Rebecca Nurse as to whether or not she believes that it is God’s choice as to why Rebecca would never lose a child or grandchild‚ and yet
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The Crucible is a play about the intersection of private sins with paranoia‚ hysteria‚ and religious intolerance. The citizens of Arthur Miller’s Salem of 1692 would consider the very concept of a private life heretical. The government of Salem‚ and of Massachusetts as a whole‚ is a theocracy‚ with the legal system based on the Christian Bible. Moral laws and state laws are one and the same; sin and the status of an individual’s soul are public concerns. An individual’s private life must conform
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The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play about vengeance and greed. The Salem Witch Trials brought out the opportunities to inflict punishment on one’s neighbour‚ claim other’s land‚ and settle old scores. The Witch Trials brought out everyone’s inner greed‚ jealously and the revenge they yearn to seek. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are in constant conflict over John Proctor throughout the play. There is evidence of this conflict when Betty Parris says‚ "You did‚ you did! You drank
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