of the society in Salem. Hale arrives as an educated religious scholar who is brought to find the truth behind the witchery. He means well but ends up turning from the court and becomes incapable of stopping the executions. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale was able to use his intelligence to save himself from falling into adopting the perspective of justice of society. By being exposed to the residents of Salem‚ Hale gained the capability to see the truth‚ leading to desperate attempts
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True Test of Character In Homer’s famous epic poem The Odyssey he displays the characters with a wide variety of morals. These morals influence decisions made by them which provide a looking glass for the reader to see their true nature. In a certain scene‚ the characters discuss Odysseus to what seems to be a beggar; however‚ the beggar is truly Odysseus in disguise. One way to clearly test a person’s character is through an idea provided by Bob Sutton: “The best judge of character is how he or
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Discuss the ways in which the poets present character and voice in; ‘Medusa’ and ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ The two poems; ‘Medusa’ and ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ (LGS) have their similarities and differences. The most obvious being both speakers are women and how they subdue men. However‚ the most apparent difference is the way both poets present character‚ with ‘Medusa’ and her jealousy and mistrust towards her partner; ‘…a doubt‚ a jealously’. The standards of a woman are lowered; she is bitter‚ vicious
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apart and be unable to maintain balance and stability. In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible the reader sees examples of injustice inflicted on the victims within the plays through the people with power within the community. The Christians in The Merchant of Venice mock Shylock the Jew countless times while the high court in The Crucible believe citizens are practicing witchcraft without a proper testimony. In both situations‚ the Christians and the court see
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Final Projects for The Crucible Select one of the following to complete independently or with a partner: People Magazine’s Love Triangle of the Year Produce a magazine article in which you try to piece together the story of this love triangle from the various characters’ points of view. Your article should include comments by John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ and Abigail Williams. The main goal here is to understand the effect their actions had on each of the others. Be sure to bring out the major
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The Crucible – Character Essay: Abigail Williams In the play The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams is a very manipulative‚ seductive‚ and dishonest person. She is constantly caught up in a lie or is in the presence of trying to manipulate a person or a group of people. This vicious antagonist will stop at nothing to attain her demented goals. Although‚ in the end‚ Abigail’s persuasive lies do not get her what she really wants‚ her actions throughout the play influence many events
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Schemer One of the main characters of the play The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is the most spiteful and least complex character throughout the entire play. She is the villain of the play‚ even more than Parris or Danforth. She is on the lower end of the social hierarchy; the only people below her were slaves like Tituba. Abigail Williams possess wicked character traits that give her a negative perception. She is a jezebel figure who lacks feelings‚ an immoral character who lacks ethics and a manipulative
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How is the character of Tituba important in the crucible? Explore how Miller portrays her Miller uses the character of T to lay the foundation for the whole play‚ when right at the start she is falsely accused of witchcraft. It is important that she is portrayed as different‚ as being black and a slave as this gives a focus for all the fear ‚ suspicion and ultimately‚ hysteria ‚ which enables such a tragic twisting of justice to occur. Tituba is a slave brought by Parris from Barbados. She
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This quote by John Proctor was spoken in response to one of the many motives in the Salem witch trails in The Crucible. The witch trials were seen by some as an opportunity to obtain personal gain through accusing others of witchcraft. There were many motivational goals for the characters in The Crucible such as‚ sexual‚ political‚ and financial. The character‚ in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ who holds a sexually motivated goal for accusing others‚ is Abigail Williams. When Abigail is the Proctors’
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larger as it spreads‚ but it also gets more fearful than it already is. The power of fear can be displayed in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and in Ronald Oakley’s “The Great Fear”. As fear moves on from one mind to the next‚ it leaves the victim panicked and paranoid about everything that revolves around him or her. This “symptom” is known as hysteria. In The Crucible‚ the hysteria greatly affected the people of Salem. As well as “The Great Fear”‚ the whole world was in chaos and turmoil due to mass
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