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    Mood In The Crucible

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    author wants the reader to feel. Mood provides an example of what the author wants the reader to take away from the piece of literature that he or she wrote. The purpose of mood is evident in the author of 1984 George Orwell and the author of The Crucible Arthur Miller. While portraying different moods to the reader‚ through character’s thoughts and actions‚ both authors Orwell and Miller are able to capture the mood of the literary work. Orwell and Miller are similar in their ability to suggest mood

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    Hyperbole In The Crucible

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    Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692‚ the town serve‚ Reverend Parris‚ finds his little girl Betty‚ niece Abigail‚ and different young ladies moving in the backwoods with his slave Tituba. Betty swoons in trepidation at being found‚ and won’t wake. In the crucible‚ a play composed by author miler‚ is composed in a third individual‚ omniscient perspective. An omniscient storyteller knows insights about the majority of the characters in the story or play. Author miller utilizes this perspective to tell us how

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    The Crucible Allegory

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    Witch Trials Many people today have read Arthur Miller’s great play “The Crucible” and believe that the real witch trials were portrayed in the play but many of the facts are not particularly wrong but might be twisted. There are many proven facts that some of the story is not true to the real life events and this confuses many people because “Arthur Miller makes his characters so vivid and actually used the real names of the people that were in the trials”(Salem Witch Museum). It has been proven

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    Crucible Motives

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    The Crucible: Try to distinguish as carefully as possible what motives each of the ‘pro-witchcraft’ group: Parris‚ Mr and Mrs Putnam and Hale. How does each contribute to the web of supposition? In what way or ways does each lay claim to the “the clean white hand of moral duty”? Are they justified in doing so? Act one reserves no unknown agenda’s in the sudden hysteria of Satanism plagued by the community of Salem. With this‚ the audience is introduced to certain characters that retain the

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    Abigail in "The Crucible"

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    Abigail Williams is an important character from the drama The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. The story The Crucible is about how witchcraft becomes such a problem in Salem. John Proctor‚ the main character‚ have an affair with Abigail Williams‚ while being married to Elizabeth Proctor. Being the mayor´s niece‚ gives Abigail an advantage and she starts using witchcraft in order to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor. After analyzing the character of Abigail Williams‚ it is evident that she is dishonest

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    Illusions in the Crucible

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    In‚ Author Millers‚ The Crucible‚ illusions are understood as reality by all of Salem’s inhabitants. The people of Salem ignorantly believe that a supernatural evil lurks within the world‚ and that they have to remove this evil by killing those accused of being a witch. Eventually Abigail Williams is claimed to be a witch‚ which is the niece of Reverend Parris. She is the most evil character in the play‚ and also ends up being the instigator of the Salem witch trials. Initially‚ it was she who

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    Paranoia In The Crucible

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    Crucible. One word. Three syllables. Two definitions: “a container for purifying metals” and “a severe test.” When applying this dual meaning to the Salem Witch Trials’ havoc‚ the title’s cleverness becomes apparent; Arthur Miller’s selection is fitting. Both definitions are suitable for the play because its characters are refined to their core elements as well as given the ultimate test. In terms of the word’s chemical definition‚ Salem itself becomes a crucible. The scorching temperatures used

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    Belonging In The Crucible

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    questions tonight‚ the author of the play ‘The Crucible’ Arthur Miller and contemporary feminist journalist Clementine Ford. Please welcome our panel. Now‚ to begin‚ I think our audience would appreciate if you’d explain your situations and a little bit about the text that both of you have published‚ regarding Belonging. Miller: Well hello everyone‚ my name is Arthur Miller. I’m from 20th Century America‚ and this specific play that I’ve written‚ ‘The Crucible’ is set in the Puritan society of Salem

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    Belonging Crucible

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    unmistakably experience a sense of belonging in a multifaceted and convoluted process. Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” and George Clooney’s film “Good Night and Good Luck” are both texts where acceptance into society is explored in characters through various and complex measures. While the play and film both illustrate the complexities of assimilation into society to an individual’s identity the Crucible further presents this as an ironic situation as people are pressured into conforming to societal desires

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    Changes In The Crucible

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    without fault.” John Proctor and The Crucible are great examples of what Joseph Smith Jr. said. “I do not wrongs that I am charged with doing… No man lives without faults‚” these words are the essence of The Crucible. He has done wrong‚ just like all the others. They are not being charged with what they’ve done wrong though. They’re being charged with witchcraft. Though‚ Proctor can be arrogant‚ and tempered at times he tries his best to do what’s right. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor has done his share

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