1.) In the play “The Crucible” the quote “You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor” was stated by Betty Parris. Betty was saying this to Abigail Williams in Betty’s room. The quote is being said under the circumstances of Abigail and Betty arguing about what happened in the forest the night before. This quote is very important to the play because it shows that Abigail is not truthful and it raises suspicion as to why she really got fired from Goody Proctor’s. 2.) On page 146 John
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manipulative in the first act of ’The Crucible’. From the audience’s first read of the play you can see immeadietley that she is deceitful‚ Miller says that she has "an endless capacity for dissembling". The word dissemble implies that Abigail is hiding her true opinions and affections. Also with an endless capacity for dissembling you begin to wonder whether you will ever see the true side or if she has been hiding her true personality for so long she has become her aliases. Through Act 1‚ Auther Miller
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An outlook on gender roles in today ‘s advanced society is drastic contrast to the views portrayed in the crucible written by Arthur Miller depicts women as weak . None of the females in crucible posses extreme power but the truthful pre-hearted and family oriented women seemed to be even less powerful than the others . Therefore‚ Miller has also shown women sufferance In crucible through interpretive evidence on how tituba was being accused for all witchcraft and how she demolished
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Clip 1‚ “Task 2 Engaging Class Discussion‚” illustrates a time during my lesson that I engaged students to construct meaning from two film adaptations of the same scene‚ Act 3 Scene 4‚ from Hamlet. I engaged the class by asking questions to draw inquiry‚ and it initiated a class discussion‚ where students were drawing on their initial reactions and interpretations that they had from just reading the text and comparing them to their interpretation now after watching both clips. I wanted the students
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Reputations are an enormous factor of one’s life in today’s society. They can affect one’s future‚ past‚ and present. In the novel‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ the characters John Proctor‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Reverend John Hale are the characters most concerned about their reputations. Because they are attempting to protect their prominence‚ each of them tend to act abnormally in the Puritan society. All of the characters tend to continuously lie about their sins. However‚ they do contrast when
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want and need. The play‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller and a narrative poem‚ “Half-Hanged Mary” by Margaret Atwood are perfect examples of represent Dorothy Thompson’s quote. In The Crucible‚ Mary Warren and Elizabeth Proctor represent the people that fear in the beginning and overcome at the end; for “Half-Hanged Mary”‚ Mary Webster did not fear at all and became stronger as a person including her significance in survival after being hanged and cut down. The Crucible is a play about Witchcraft
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Braxton Bailey English Mrs. Jenson The crucible How the crucible is a tragic comedy I don’t think The Crucible is a tragic comedy. The book may contain a few comical parts in it; but it should not be considered a comedy. The only funny character would be Giles Corey‚ because he is elderly and sincere. He is vary grouchy‚ which makes him a laughable character‚ (for example when he used the word “fart”‚ and is often outrageous reactions when he hears something wrong‚ and takes offence.) Some other
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Aesha Masood Ms.Smith Period 9 12/12/12 The Crucible Time from time ‚ the way women are portrayed and seen in society has been changing. According‚ to the society and time women are either considered suprerior or inferior to men. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there are many sterotypes regarding women; women are only seen as either wives‚ mothers‚ daughters or sisters in the patrioarchal society in Salem. They cannot do anything on their own and are only bound to their homes and
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be sanctioned by Heaven. This meant that any attempt to resist any of the government’s actions‚ was considered an attempt to overthrow God. Governments fueled by such rigid convictions often fall into corruption without even realizing it. In The Crucible‚ Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne believe that they’re messengers of God‚ and therefore that everything they believe must be true and everything they do must be right. They never see a reason to reassess their thoughts and actions‚ which
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The Crucible Analysis - Act Three Why do Giles Corey & Francis Nurse want to speak to the court? What does Giles Corey mean when he says that he “broke charity with the women (his wife)”? What does Danforth say is the reason that the court (“the state”) accepts what the girls are saying? What is Reverend Parris’ argument against John Proctor? How is Elizabeth Proctor’s current condition a benefit to her? Why has Mary Warren come to court? Danforth states “a person is either
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