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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The Inner-Struggle for Revenge This research essay will study and interpret the subject of revenge and murder‚ especially of that in the play The Spanish Tragedy. The ultimate goal is to focus strongly on the revenge of Heironimo from Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy‚ his near obsession with the matter‚ and the internal struggle he suffers between praying to God for guidance and the desire to take matters into his own hands. The Spanish Tragedy was one of the most popular in its day; in fact‚ the
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the world since the beginning of man. In the story Night‚ Elie and his father struggle for humanity. The story has taken place during World war ll. Ellie and his father fight to stay alive and don’t know if their last days will be at home. Starving‚ dehydration‚ fire‚ and dehumanization become a different meaning in a persons head after reading this story. People are inhumane to other people because of jealousy and power. Elie and his family were sent to a concentration camp‚ They were shipped
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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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In ’The Crucible’‚ Acts Three and Four‚ Arthur Miller has demonstrated female roles and dominance through the use of the themes: prejudice‚ paranoia and power. Moreover‚ Miller also utilises poetic and language devices to express the female roles in the times of the Salem witch-hunts and trials in the 1600s‚ as well as the ‘McCarthyist’ era in the 1950s. Firstly‚ Act Three leads on and constructs female dominance as a follow on from Act Two‚ the playwright than ‘morphs’ female dominance into female
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Writing the Crucible Both The Crucible and the McCarthy era were similar because Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the Crucible to parallel what occurred during the McCarthy era. Miller was one of several writers that were blacklisted during the McCarthy time so he experienced being wrongfully accused of something‚ and he had no way to overcome the accusations. Miller wrote the Crucible to indirectly describe the events that were happening in the 1950’s‚ by showing the abusive power of certain
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The Native American Struggle The way of life for the Native Americans changed greatly when the settlers arrived but they fought strongly to hold onto their sacred beliefs. No amount of influence or interference from the Europeans could change what the American Indians believed in. The natives fought long and hard to try to preserve their heritage and their lifestyles. While they are still given a small portion of land to live on‚ the plight of the Native American people has been going on since
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Will Power Will power the battle between good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ the power to say no or be able to quit when you say “I quit”. Will power‚ something not many people have a lot of but will power is how people chase their dreams or in xaivers case‚ survive he had the will power to control the morphine ‚ the mauser riffle ‚ and had the skills of snipping will power something that Elijah didn’t have. Morphine was first isolated in 1804 and has been used in every world war so far as an active
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death cause a bitter power struggle in 1483? Edward IV’s death caused many issues with regards to power shortly after he died because of many difficulties. This ranges from a complicated will‚ to the betrayal from his brother‚ Richard‚ Duke of Gloucester. Shortly before Edward IV’s death‚ he amended his will‚ and the only copy of the new will was ruined and nobody ever really knew what changes Edward IV made. Because of this‚ there was a bitter power struggle. This power struggle revolved around two
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The Crucible Theme Essay Arthur Millers play‚ The Crucible is a story of the with hunt in Salem Ma. The town breaks out in hysteria because a group of young girls spread a lie to get out of trouble. Some of the characters must battle there own desires and morals to stay alive or to do what’s right. John Proctor struggles with many problems through out the story. He beats himself up over committing adultery with Abi. Further more his wife has never really forgiven him and brings it up all the
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