Ridgeview High School Expository Reading and Writing The Crucible Bennett‚ Jessica. “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” Newsweek. March 3‚ 2008. Hamilton‚ Anita. “Outsmart Your Haters.” Time. October 6‚ 2008. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. Penguin Group Inc: New York‚ 2003. “Witch Hunts‚ Pledges‚ and Blacklists.” www.borndigital.com/mccart.htm. Rationale: Witch hunts‚ blacklists‚ character‚ reputation‚ defamation‚ public and private identity‚ the dark side of human nature‚ and
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Elizabeth is a smart woman who does not mind voicing her opinion when she does not agree with someone‚ even though the other person may be more superior to her in society. For instance‚ when Lady Catherine de Bourgh went to Hertfordshire to confront Elizabeth Bennett about the rumor that her nephew Mr. Darcy ask for her hand in marriage instead of her own daughter Anne de Bourgh. Elizabeth firmly stood her ground and told Catherine de Bourgh how she felt whether she agreed with her or not. Elizabeth
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The Crucible took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during the time of the Salem witch trials. Throughout the story of The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ there were many dynamic characters. Characters that learned and grew as the story developed. John Proctor has many characteristics that made him one of the most important dynamic characters of the entire book—he was an upstanding‚ brave‚ and a dignified person. One of the characteristics that make John Proctor such a dynamic character is the
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In the crucible (1953)‚ the author‚ Arthur Miller demonstrates how the bitterness of others can ruin an entire town. During the witch trials in Salem‚ the condemned were only given two choices; they could give up the names of others who were possessed with the "evil spirit" or they would be hung. In Salem‚ there were many cases where many were accused just because of a grudge. Are people that hateful‚ they use personal grudges to their advantages? Throughout the crucible‚ the characters grudges
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Justice is meant to be administered with the upmost fairness and equality‚ although Aurther Millers play The Crucible demonstrates that this does not always prevail‚ and in numerous circumstances the forces of injustices are exposed. Those appointed to administer justice often misuse their power resulting in a lack of justice. The judges in the court of Salam do not deliver justice fairly and accuse those who are innocent without any tangible evidence. In addition‚ Justice failed to protect the
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The Crucible: From Play to Movie Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was adapted into a film premiered in 1996. Miller dramatizes the Salem witchcraft trials in the 1600s. When Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) and a group of girls begin to accuse people of practicing witchcraft‚ the town goes into hysteria. Abigail has an affair with John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and accuses his wife Elizabeth (Joan Allen) in an attempt to get rid of her. But Proctor seeks to prove that the girls are lying. Throughout
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McKenna Elliott Mr. Jahnke English 10 3A 10 November 2013 Crucible paper Weakness‚ Jealousy and Manipulation In the 1950’s people were imprisoned for being accused as communists. Many lost their jobs and family. Many were afraid to stand up for themselves‚ therefore people just accused them even if they were innocent. How would innocent people feel if they were used as everyone’s scapegoat? Imagine if they had to accuse other people of witchcraft just to save there job‚ and social
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In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ the Salem Witch Trials were filled with the same sins that were also shown in modern-day McCarthyism. In comparison‚ McCarthyism was a post-WWII investigation of Communists in the United States Government that involved blatant lies given by Joseph McCarthy that can relate to the lies shown by the townspeople of Salem during the Witch Trials. Specifically‚ three of the townspeople showed their sins the most; Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor‚ and Thomas Putnam. The
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The Crucible‚ a play by Arthur Miller‚ is a story where many people had been accused of witchcraft and a lot of innocent victims faced a difficult decision. They could either confess to being guilty and is punished and put into jail or deny any relationship with the devil and be hanged and killed. The Crucible is not only a dramatization of witchcraft‚ but also shows through many series of events that it’s a mirror of human weakness‚ hypocrisy‚ and jealousy. This story illustrates a lot of human
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being witches. Many innocent people were killed because of the accusations pinned against them. Many historians researched the Salem witch trials and The Crucible and found that politics played a big role in the trials. The politics of Salem village were a major cause of the Salem witch trials. First‚ politics play an important role in The Crucible and therefore‚ in the cause of the Salem witch trials. In the Puritan society
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