Everywhere you go; people are always trying to uphold their reputation. They will make others lives worse or even in jeopardy just to make sure people don’t look at them differently. To make sure their reputation isn’t compromised. In the play The Crucible‚ Arthur miller expresses how important ones reputation is in a small community. He shows how they will defend their reputations because it is what keeps their social status in place. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are characters who make an attempt
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When reading The Crucible your mind is very lost as their morals and believes aren’t the same as our own today. The play is about witchcraft and the girls who dance as if they are witches which is considered to be immoral. The characters in this story seem to have something bad happening to them they just aren’t aware of it right away. Paris is very religious he prays a lot in the play‚ but he also seems to be very concerned as to if is daughter is lying about dancing around the fire. Knowing the
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writing skill‚ by the number of techniques he incorporates‚ such as dramatic irony‚ symbolism and his usage of the Chorus. Dramatic irony is a prominent device used in many tragedies. It allows the audience to feel a sense of privilege and engagement in the play and develops an alliance between the dramatist and the spectators‚ so that mere curiosity is not the only aspect keeping the viewers interested. Such tragedies containing dramatic irony include Othello‚ Romeo and Juliet and Time in the Conways
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The Crucible “The witch-hunt was not‚ however‚ a mere repression. It was also‚ and as importantly‚ a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to publicly express his guilt and sin‚ under the cover of accusations against the victims.” (Page 7 of Act One). These conflicts result and produce even more tragic occurrences. These conflicts are between either those have sinned and been accused – John Proctor‚ those who have been sinned against and accused out of jealousy and fear – Elizabeth
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Ollie McGee Have you seen walking through the village A Man with downcast eyes and haggard face? That is my husband who‚ by secret cruelty Never to be told‚ robbed me of my youth and my beauty; Till at last‚ wrinkled and with yellow teeth‚ And with broken pride and shameful humility‚ I sank into the grave. But what think you gnaws at my husband’s heart? The face of what I was‚ the face of what
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The story‚ “The Monkey’s Paw‚” is about a man named Mr.White‚ who takes a warning for granted‚ and does not think before he makes decisions. The author of this story‚ W.W. Jacobs‚ uses tension and foreshadowing to bring the reader closer to the climax‚ which is the part of the story where the conflict resolves. Tension‚ which means the suspense produced by a conflict on a problem that has not yet been solved‚ could be found on every corner in this story. Hints or suggestions that tell you what is going
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I was very surprised to learn that my plot selection was the Crucible by Arthur Miller written in 1953. My mind went to some of the modern day issues we face in the twenty first century. I became astonished when I realized what the actual story entailed. The scenario I had in my mind from the plot was so far off from the play the Crucible.
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In the play “The Crucible”‚ by Arthur Miller‚ it describes the happenings of the Salem Witchcraft Trials and it symbolizes how The Red Scare‚ After World War Two‚ is so similar as people accused their neighbors and friends for their own personal purpose Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible” to show how Senator McCarthy and the HUAC’s actions of accusing communism is similar to Governor Danforth and the Salem Witchcraft Trials are both being fueled by propaganda and misinformation. In his play he changes
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The world at the present is always the inspiration of a work. This idea is manifested in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He incorporates the political drama of the era into the play about the Salem Witch Trials. Therefore‚ The Crucible is a mirror image of the McCarthyism that occurred during the 1950s. This fact is reflected through the various connections in characters‚ themes. First‚ there are characters in the play which represent the actual people involved and affected by the McCarthy era.
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In this essay I am going to talk about how weakness‚ courage‚ and truth play a role in the Crucible. The first concept I am going to talk about is weakness and how it affected the Crucible. Mary Warren shows a lot of weakness because of how she got John and Elizabeth proctor in trouble with the court. Mary Warren wouldn’t fess up that she made the poppet and put the needle in its belly. Elizabeth got blamed for it because the poppet was in her house and Elizabeth said she didn’t have any dolls but
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