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    The Crucible

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    The scene starts off in a New York City Court of law jury room. There’s an empty jury room and a judge is giving a set of final instructions to the Jurors. We learn that this is a murder case and that if found guilty‚ he would be sentenced to death penalty. After these instructions‚ the Jurors enter. All the Jurors presume the obvious guilt of the defendant‚ whom we learn has been accused of killing his father. Eventually‚ the twelve sit down and a vote is taken. All of the Jurors vote “guilty”

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    Crucible

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    It’s more difficult to forgive yourself if the person you have hurt doesn’t forgive you. By: Lindsey Littlejohn Well this is somewhat not true‚ it’s kind of a 50/50 situation here .If the person hasn’t forgave you but has moved on from what ever happened it shouldn’t be that difficult to forgive yourself .People make mistakes all the time in the real world and yes some don’t forgive you but you have to go and move on . Really what’s happening is the reason you haven’t forgave yourself

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    Narrative Essay" Act 1(Abigail Williams)- I asked Tituba to go into the woods with a bunch of the girls from our area‚ I asked her to cast spells‚ and we danced. I was hoping that Tituba could put a curse on John Proctors wife since I had an affair with him. I was hoping that they weren’t gonna be together after all so that I could have John Proctor all to myself. It was all my idea but when it came down to telling the truth when I was questioned for witch craft I lied and said it was Tituba

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    The Crucible Narrative

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    Crucible Essay

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    Death Redeems Redemption is defined as atoning for a fault or mistake. Therefore‚ the idea of a redemptive character emanates from that character committing a perceived wrong and then overcoming the subsequent consequences with his actions. The Crucible‚ a famous play by Arthur Miller‚ incorporates this idea of redemption into its plot through the personal journeys of major characters in the Salem Witch Trials. One such character that displays these qualities of redemption is John Proctor. In the

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    Honesty in the Crucible

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    The phrase “honesty is the best policy‚” applies to Arthur Miller’s history-based drama‚ The Crucible‚ in a variety of ways. The accusations throughout the story build on lie after lie after lie from those trying to protect their own name‚ thus putting the whole town in a state of confusion and chaos. Nobody in the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts knows whom to trust anymore‚ after all of the false allegations made. There are three characters in particular in the story that‚ if they had told the

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    The Crucible Analysis

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    The meaning of The Crucible The definition from the dictionary of a “crucible” defines it as being: 1. “A severe test‚ as of patience or belief; a trial” ("cru∙ci∙ble”). It is well represented in the play because the whole story revolves around the witch trials. The witch trials were caused by Salem’s beliefs‚ based on the Christian religion. This religion clearly indicated that witches were not to be accepted in a Christian community. “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh

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    Hysteria in the Crucible

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    Hysteria in The Crucible               Arthur Miller’s‚ “The Crucible”‚is about the witch trials that occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. For the people in the town of Salem‚ it was hard to believe that their own neighbors‚ who they thought were good people‚ could be witches. The plot of the play is quite disturbing. The play starts off with these 14 girls who cry out witchcraft. The town fears witchcraft so hysteria begins to take over. Later‚ dozens of people are wrongly accused

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    The Crucible Essay

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    The Crucible is more than a dramatic play; it has an underlying‚ yet obvious message. When The Crucible was written many people refused to think for themselves concerning the trials of prospected communist‚ and Arthur Miller was the first. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller‚ uses the Salem witch trials of 1692 to exhibit the dangerous McCarthyism‚ the bystander effect‚ and mass hysteria. In the 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy said  "The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my

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    Tyranny in the Crucible

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    Literature occasionally takes the form of mirror – reflecting and commenting on the situation in a society. In “The Crucible”‚ Arthur Miller‚ remarks on the tyranny obvious in the society of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the late seventeenth century. In the book‚ Timebends: A Life‚ Miller declares: “I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there — it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.” Tyranny denotes

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