strict death penalties for those who defy authority are even harder. In the story The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ a brave and stern character named John Proctor dwells within the plot of the play. Proctor was one of the few sensible people in the town of Salem to see the lies in Abigail’s witchcraft accusations. Proctor has a great will and love for his word and his wife. Honest‚ upright‚ and blunt-spoken‚ Proctor is a good man with one detrimental flaw: he has committed adultery with a young crazy
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1) The irony is that they don’t want to allow any other religion in the church‚ because it might influence their religion. 2) The witch hunt years provided an excellent opportunity to "get even". 3) Tituba- African American slave Abigail- craves John Proctor‚ young‚ beautiful Betty- Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ fainted in forest 4) Out of all the children she had only one survive; Ruth‚ who is afflicted. 5) He was mad because he wanted his brother in law to be the next minister. 6) Parris doesn’t know
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Sitcom Format A sitcom typically lasts around 30 minutes. In the early days of television‚ the show’s advertising came before the opening credits and at the end credits‚ using only about two and a half minutes of the show’s 15 or 30 minutes. Frequent advertising breaks cut today’s half hour programs down to 22 minutes. A sitcom usually has four main characters. In most cases‚ they include a hero‚ an anti-hero‚ a love interest and a buddy. Of course‚ there are always variations of this theme‚
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English Culminating (Seminar)- The Crucible : Marginalization of Difference Thesis: In every community there are outsiders who do not fit in for many reasons‚ but the way the accepted community perceives and judges the outsider and there actions dictates how much they are respected. Tituba Point: In The Crucible‚ there is one character that can clearly be seen as an outsider in the Salem community. Tituba‚ who is a black woman from Barbados was brought to Salem‚ Massachusetts by Parris
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Rough draft Community in Trouble The opening remarks for this literary analysis of community in the crucible are of the following. Theme‚ with the topic of community expanded .The setting is in the old puritans’ community. And allusions’ to other events in real life‚ that were encrypted in the text. Furthermore‚ how the story outlines what still happens in modern day communities. The theme of community is portrayed through the setting‚ and the characters. The characters are placed in a very
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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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------------------------------------------------- The Crucible: Act I Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Betty John Proctor Thomas Putnam Mrs. Putnam Rebecca Nurse Reverend Hale Tituba A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the spring of they year 1692. There is a narrow window a the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams> A candle still burns near the bed‚ which is at the right. A chest
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way that other people look at you‚ while integrity is the way you look at yourself. Many of the characters in the story had to choose to protect their reputation or their integrity. Parris‚ Abigail‚ and others chose reputation‚ while Rebecca and Proctor chose to protect their integrity. If they did show integrity and said they did not make a pact with the devil they were seen as liars and would hang for being witches‚ but when they confessed they were with the devil they would be put in jail. Parris
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John Brown is perhaps one of the most controversial people in American history. Born and raised in a family of devout Calvinists who hated slavery‚ he befriended many Native Americans and even a slave boy. Brown witnessed his slave friend receive many beatings and saw as the boy was made to sleep in the cold in only rags and this was what he later described as having transformed him into an Abolitionist. While Browns acts to put an end to slavery were extreme‚ to call him an international terrorists
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The Crucible is a play that advocates change in social or political attitudes or in traditions. Miller writes with a very strong and somewhat emotional tone. His words are daring and intense which helps pull the audience in. The way Miller shares his views and thoughts on the play could help influence and impact the audience or the readers view on the Salem Witch Trials and on the play. The detail and imagery he shares about films of Senator John McCarthy in his article is intimidating. The detail
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