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    The Crucible. Marriage.

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    The evolution of John and Elizabeth Proctor’s relationship. In Arthur Miller’s play The CrucibleJohn and Elizabeth Proctor are introduced as a young‚ married couple whose relationship had a tense undercurrent. Their actions and reactions towards one another prove that they are at odds with each other. John and Elizabeth seem to be trying to smooth out the bumps in their relationship‚ but for the most part they only succeed in driving themselves further apart. Now at a time when communication

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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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    Weakness In The Crucible

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    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 she did. John and Elizabeth were trialed in the court but they

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    Critical Issues in Literature-The Crucible Name Piece Assignment Common Core Standards W 11.3‚ SL 11.6. L 11.2 At the end of the play‚ John Proctor refuses to sign his name to the written confession (stating that he participated in witchcraft). He responds to Danforth by saying‚ “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name?” For this

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    few of the characters within the play whose judgments are influenced by fear are John Proctor‚ Abigail Williams‚ and Mary Warren. Fear is a major driving force for the characters. It forces the characters to act upon emotions rather than logical thinking. Franklin Delano Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” in his inauguration on March 4‚ 1933. John Proctor is a well-respected and honorable man in the community. He has character

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    The Crucible Assessment The Crucible takes place during one of the several dark periods of American history. In The Crucible‚ the justice system of the time was inaccurately portrayed. In Act III‚ Reverend Hale claims that he has signed seventy-two death warrants close to the end of the Salem Witch Trials: “Excellency‚ I have signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord‚ and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt

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    Deception In The Crucible

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    fabricated ordeals. The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller that depicts the dramatized happenings of the Salem Witch Trials during the time of the McCarthy trials. In Miller’s play‚ the character Elizabeth Proctor is one of the only characters in the whole play who is associated with the truth in a time of delusion. The honest and loyal attributes of Elizabeth allow her to represent the truth throughout the pandemonium of the trials. Elizabeth Proctor’s continued loyalty to John throughout the play

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    Guilt In The Crucible

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    In “The Crucible”‚ John Proctor expresses extreme guilt about his affair with Abigail throughout the book. This guilt leads John to confess to Judge Danforth and sets himself up for chaos. At first‚ he wants to expose Abigail for faking it‚ but he is scared because of the guilt of his affair. He realizes that in order to keep his family together‚ and his friends alive‚ he must confess about his affair before it’s too late. Guilt is John Proctors biggest motivation. Because of his affair with Abigail

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    Why the “Crucible”?

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    Sara North April 21‚ 2013 Why the “Crucible”? Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1951 in direct response to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communism scare. Miller wanted the American people to convey the pain caused by false accusations and relate it to the Salem witch hunts. Sen. McCarthy accused a huge number of high profile Americans of being communists. In doing so‚ he ruined those people’s careers. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ innocent people were convicted and put on trial for witchcraft

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    The Crucible

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    I think the movie‚ The Crucible‚ reflects what I’ve learned about the Puritans. I honestly think that the Puritans were very hypocritical. The movie and the literature both show how hypocritical the Puritans actually were. Puritans were extremely strict and very religious also. There was no separation in church and state‚ therefore the people didn’t really stand a chance in court if the church shunned them. The Puritans‚ in the movie The Crucible and in the literature‚ thought that you were damned

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