Abigail lies throughout the entire play. She has Tituba cast a spell to kill Elizabeth but in order to avoid detection of this she lies saying she saw all these people with the devil; "I saw Sarah Good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil!" She also states before these lies "I want to open myself!" The word ’open’ means ’entirely honest; Ironically‚ nothing thatshe says is actually truthful. She lies in court by pretending she see’s things that aren’t actually there in hope to get others
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Moore fires up plans for a ’Fahrenheit’ follow-up November 12‚ 2004|From Associated Press Michael Moore plans a follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11‚" his hit documentary that assails President Bush over the handling of the Sept. 11 attacks and the war on terrorism. Moore told Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd that he and Harvey Weinstein‚ the Miramax boss who produced the film‚ hope to have "Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2 " ready in two to three years. "Fifty-one percent of the American people
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to establish the character of Proctor in Act 1 of the Crucible? Proctor’s character is established initially through stage directions‚ and the initial view is not a beaming beacon of warmth as Mary Warren ‘leaps in fright’ at the mere sight of him‚ however we discover this is due to the fact that she is not where she should be‚ not because he is a man of evil actions. Then the stage direction that Miller uses merely for the actor and director to get a true sense of the character‚ gives us the next
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The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller was successful in warning the citizens of America against McCarthyism during the 1950’s. McCarthyism began because of a man named McCarthy and in the story The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail started the madness which lead to the witch trials. Abigail was galvanized by love‚ creating a duplicitous version of herself and sparked conflict between herself‚ Proctor‚ and Elizabeth. Deceitfulness and lies is constant throughout the story‚ and Abigail is the
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the majority of society‚ could result in one’s inevitable death. This message‚ along with many others‚ is conveyed throughout Arthur Miller’s brilliant play‚ The Crucible. His script focuses on the universal ideas of justice and witchcraft‚ both known to have existed during the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout the play‚ many characters’ moral strength is tested‚ and the local inhabitants of Salem‚ Massachusetts begin to lie and blame those innocent. People like Abigail Williams and Judge Danforth
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The Vampire Diaries are a supernatural book series that has been made into a TV series in the past few years. The show\books follow the life of a 17-year-old girl name Elena‚ who falls in love with a vampire‚ which leads to complications. The Genre of the both Vampire Diaries is supernatural drama‚ teen drama and horror. The TV show has been charge from the books; this is to see if these changes are positive or negative. The main changes are to do with the characters. There is one change that
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Aly Zaghloul G11 The Crucible Religion Introduction Religion is woven into the everyday life in Salem of the play. Meanwhile it was abused abruptly as an excuse to rule salem‚ the ones who thought they were doing god’s work later found out that they are doing the opposite. That they are killing innocent people. Well at least some did change and some didn’t‚ like reverend Parris. The puritans see it as a life manual. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many different types of themes throughout
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Arthur Miller sets his play‚ The Crucible‚ in a patriarchal and puritanical town where belonging to society is superficial. Through my study of this play‚ I have gained many insights‚ which are also reflected in my two related texts‚ I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson‚ and My Sister’s Keeper written by the author Jodi Picoult. Belonging to someone or a group gives an individual and others the strength‚ confidence and power. However‚ society may also marginalise different people within their society
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Contrastingly‚ Miller’s definition of a tragic hero differs from Aristotle’s; he states that if the individual in question is of “high-bred character alone‚ it is inconceivable that the mass of mankind should cherish tragedy above all other forms‚ let alone be capable of understanding it.” Furthermore‚ “the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life‚ if need be‚ to secure one thing-his sense of personal dignity. Miller stipulates that “tragedy
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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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