been accused‚ and John Proctor was one of many. Before the witch trials started John was already trying to save his marriage with Elizabeth‚ his wife‚ and his reputation after his affair with Abigail Williams. John Proctor’s desperateness to save his reputation showed when he told the court about his affair‚ never turned in his friends‚ and when he would not turn over his confession that stated he had conspired with the devil. In the first act of The Crucible we learned that John Proctor and Abigail
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Name: January 9‚ 2012 Act four questions for review HOMEWORK: DUE TUESDAY January 10‚ 2011 (35 points) For each question below‚ answer in your own words with and explain the what‚ why‚ how…Include a quotation from Act 4 which shows your understanding. 1. What is the effect of Sarah Good’s and Tituba’s talk about flying south? Why does Miller include it? a. Both know that they are going to die‚ that they don’t have a chance of living. b. They want their freedom…talking/day dreaming
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chapter 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ or 5. Answer the opening case questions
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urgently tells her‚ while she is sitting up in bed‚ that he has come to warn her. 3. 1:32:39 – 1:32:42 Wide shot over the shoulder of Tono as he says that they will take her tomorrow. She shrugs it off and waves her hand saying that he has been drinking. 4. 1:32:42 – 1:32:47 Wide shot behind Mrs. Lautmannova. Tono agrees that he had been drinking but insists that she goes into hiding. 5. 1:32:47 – 1:33:03 Establishing shot of Tono sitting beside the bed and Mrs. Lautmannova sitting up in the bed. Mrs
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and mischief. In the exposition of Act I‚ Abigail soon realized that if she told the truth and confessed she wouldn’t be getting into serious trouble but she would have to accuse others of witchcraft without any proof whatsoever. During Act I‚ many were accused of witchcraft and a variety of them happen to be arrested and sent to jail for committing the atrocities against the Salem village and its people. Specifically‚ Proctor describes how he confronted Elizabeth towards her beliefs about him and
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women in the 1800s‚ or lack thereof. Gilman utilizes the relationship between Jane and John‚ along with Jane and the wallpaper to prove the independence and the determination and fortitude women in this century possessed. The short story demonstrates the need for a woman to be independent. It examines a woman’s fall into the madness due to their personal inactivity. In a much broader sense‚ the short story also highlights the struggles between marriage and career‚ along with social expectations and
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of 1692 were definitely drastic circumstances. Society’s hysteria‚ greed‚ and vengeance led to accusations that changed many lives‚ even changed some of those lives to death. Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend John Hale‚ and John Proctor were three characters that were altered during Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. <br> <br>Elizabeth Proctor is a kind‚ intelligent‚ almost joyless woman that has evidently been ill in the past. Around her husband‚ she is virtually nervous and replies to his questions and statements
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Act I: The first act of the play begins in the upstairs bedroom of Reverend Samuel Parris’ home. He is kneeling in prayer at the side of his bedridden daughter‚ Betty‚ when the curtain open. Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados‚ Tituba‚ enters the room‚ concerned about Betty’s well being‚ but Parris makes her leave. Reverend Parris’ niece‚ Abigail Williams‚ then enters the room‚ along with Susanna Walcott. Susanna tells Reverend Parris that Dr. Griggs was unable to find a cure for Betty’s illness
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In The Crucible‚ John Proctor‚ the protagonist of the play‚ is known as a tragic hero. He is a hero because in the end he stays true to his beliefs and his philosophies‚ knowing that by doing so he will be condemned to hang. Some may consider him as a tragic hero and some may consider him as only a pride filled coward for not telling the truth earlier. John Proctor can be viewed as selfish because many others including Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Good were hanged before John confessed to having an
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The Crucible‚ a play written to criticize the Red Scare‚ involves a theme which focuses on how the characters change as an effect of the intensity and hysteria of the town’s witch trials. Elizabeth Proctor and Reverend Hale‚ two major characters in the play‚ experience internal changes as the play progresses due to the individual pressures of the witch trials. Elizabeth Proctor faces the test of having been accused as a witch‚ having her husband be accused and condemned as a witch‚ and trying to
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