Act 1 Summary The play opens in the "morning-room" of the Windermere house‚ where Lady Margaret Windermere is arranging roses in preparation for a "small but select" ball she and her husband are hosting that evening in honor of her birthday. Parker‚ the butler‚ announces that Lord Darlington has come to call‚ and shows him in. Darlington begins to flirt with Lady Windermere‚ who very kindly but firmly tries to discourage his attentions. She says she does not like compliments but tells him she
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a historical fiction play about the famed Salem witch trials. Historical fiction? So it ’s both historical fact and fiction? Is it more fact or fiction? In my opinion this play‚ The Crucible‚ is more fiction than fact. This is only my opinion though‚ it is not a fact and it cannot be proven that the play is more fact than fiction or the other way around. In this paper I will discuss why it is my opinion that The Crucible is more fiction that fact. In my opinion
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Arthur Miller Comparison Paper In the Death of a Salesman and The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller is saying that the “American Dream” and the Red Scare lead to many unnecessary deaths. Through the actions of Willy Loman and John Proctor‚ Miller shows us that the average man would die to save his name and his family. Willy Loman‚ from Death of a Salesman‚ was a the typical man during the late 1940s. He had a wife and two boys and had no other goal but to achieve the “American Dream.” He believed his purpose
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“The Crucible” The crucible convey themes of betrayal ‚ death ‚ and foolishness. Arthur Miller centers on Abigail Williams ‚ a troubled 17 year old girl ‚ who starts the main conflicts of the play. Her false confessions of witches convinces the local Puritans that witchcraft is among them. With false confessions ‚ her personal affairs are scandalous. Her relations with John Proctor have an effect on his marriage & his wife. In this essay ‚ I’ll center on Abigail Williams & how she affected
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manipulative relationship with John Proctor‚ her mind was corrupted into such an altered state that she
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Christian Ruiz Period. 2 The Crucible We all lie but to what point do the lies just go too far? In The Crucible by Arthur Miller Abigail Williams tells lies to the city of Salem‚ she speaks of witches. At first she told a small lie so she would not get it trouble but the lies soon escalated. Now she was lying for her own gain‚ to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor so she can have John Proctor all to herself. Arthur Miller teaches that lying is harmful through characters developed by the usage of dialogue
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located in Massachusetts‚ several young girls fell ill. They experienced seizures and hallucinations and the town attributed it to the devil or evil spirits. Arthur Miller’s book‚ The Crucible‚ tells the story of these girls and the series of hearings and trials that destroyed the town. A critical theme in The Crucible is the role that hypocrisy can play in tearing apart a community even though the people of Salem are of Puritan belief‚ they practice and claim to have moral standards but they do not
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In The Crucible ‚ the main character John sacrifices himself for the good of his family‚ in order to protect their kids and their honor. Thus showing the reader how virtuous he is. The story that is seen by John is one of sin‚ misdeeds‚ and corruption. His town is being overrun by the intentions of children who feel empowered due to their rising of standing in the town ranks. Even John himself committed adultery by sleeping with another woman. John’s conscience tears at him constantly for committing
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In the play‚ The Crucible there were many characters who stayed the same throughout the entire story‚ and there were others who changed. One of the characters who changed over the course of the play was John Proctor. He was an upstanding citizen in the community with one fatal flaw‚ his shame in sleeping with his servant‚ Abigail Williams. Over the course of the play‚ Proctor fights his guilt over what he did and faces whether or not to tell the court as he watches Abigail tear the lives of the people
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The Crucible: Who is to blame? In the play‚ The Crucible‚ who is to blame for the 1692 witchcraft trials of Salem‚ Massachusetts? Abigail Williams is to blame; she is a mean and vindictive person. She always wants her way‚ no matter who she hurts in the process. Throughout the play her accusations and lies cause many people pain and suffering‚ costing nineteen people their life’s. She led a group of twelve girls and made them lie to save herself from getting in trouble. Since Abigail would do anything
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