Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible‚ take’s place during The Salem Witch Trails of 1692. The characters in this play are Puritans. They believe that after death‚ comes judgment‚ and judgment determines if eternity awaits in heaven or hell. With that side‚ this play portrays many conflicts; lying‚ cheating‚ jealousy‚ and lust. Characters throughout this play accuse one another of witchcraft‚ in which the only punishment is death unless you confess. The actions that lead to the death of Giles Corey
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up mystery and tension. In the story “Departure”‚ something that evokes mystery is when everyone from the town came to greet George off before he left. “On the station platform‚ everyone shook the young man’s hand. More than a dozen people waited about...Even Will Henderson... who was lazy...had got out of bed.” (Anderson 7) In other words‚ George’s departure was so significant to the point that it made the laziest of men move away from his mattress. Something that induces tension is that on the
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the New World‚ shows that the Puritans’ “self-denial‚ their purposefulness‚ their suspicion of all vain pursuits‚ their hard-handed justice were altogether perfect instruments for the conquest of this space so antagonistic to man” (Miller 6). The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ describes the Salem witch trials during the seventeenth century. Numerous people were hung and jailed for being accused of witchcraft. In his work‚ Miller describes how a young girl‚ Abigail Williams‚ becomes the main accuser in
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Title- The Crucible Author- Arthur Miller Date of First Publication- 1953 John Proctor-summary of his role in the book * John Proctor as the play’s tragic hero. Honest‚ upright‚ and blunt-spoken * Proctor is a good man‚ but one with a secret‚ fatal flaw. His lust for Abigail Williams led to their affair (which occurs before the play begins)‚ and created Abigail’s jealousy of his wife‚ Elizabeth‚ which sets the entire witch hysteria in motion. * Realizes that he can only stop the
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The Crucible - Quotations Characters: Abigail Williams • Stage directions: an endless capacity for dissembling • “…and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” • “I’d almost forgot how strong you are‚ John Proctor!” • Stage directions: Winningly she comes a little closer‚ with a confidential‚ wicked air. • “I want to open myself! I want the light of God… I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the
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My science fair project is on the surface tension of water and what affects the surface tension of water. The question that I am going to ask is how does temperature and salinity of water affect the surface tension of the water. My hypothesis is that the colder and the saltier that the water is‚ the stronger that the surface tension of the water will be. Some of the background research that I have done has explained to me that the surface tension of water is a property of a liquids surface that
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The Crucible In The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams is a wicked‚ sinful‚ foul girl who lies to get what she wants. She defends her life and her name by falsely accusing others of conspiring with the devil. Witchcraft or evil is forcefully shown through abigail williams. wickedness is represent by abigail in many ways. She uses many ways to fulfill her evil wants some of them were through whoring‚ insanity‚ allegation. Abigail williams is accused of whoring and from this branched the wickedness of
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Aneka Dixon The Political Economy and Urban Racial Tensions Summary In the article “The Political Economy and Urban Racial Tensions” there are several different areas with race that the writer William Julius Wilson explains his viewpoints about. In this article Wilson writes about many political economy and urban racial tensions. The importance of me writing this paper is to summarize the main viewpoints that Wilson has about the different topics in his article; also‚ to state how I feel about
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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Crucible Act One 1. "So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom‚ lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in that statement? 2. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge." 3. Identify Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Betty. 4. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem? 5. Why is Thomas Putnam bitter? 6. Parris says‚ "Oh‚ Abigail
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