THE CRUCIBLE BY ARTHUR MILLER CAST (in order of appearance) |Reverend Parris |Fred Stewart | |Betty Parris |Janet Alexander | |Tituba |Jacqueline Andre | |Abigail Williams |Madeleine Sherwood
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At the beginning of chapter 5‚ Jo is in her exercise clothes‚ and Meg can not believe that Jo decides to go out on such a cold‚ wet day. Jo heads over to her neighbor’s house‚ the Laurences. Ever since the New Year’s Party‚ Jo has wanted to talk with Laurie. To get his attention‚ she throws a snowball at his window. Laurie pokes his head out and explains that he is very sick and very bored‚ so he can not go outside. However‚ Laurie invites Jo over. When Jo comes in‚ she has a large dessert that her
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In the beginning of the story‚ Reverend Parris is looking at his daughter‚ Betty‚ while weeping and praying. She is asleep on her bed and cannot wake up. They know that she is not dead‚ but she does not move or speak. She just lies there. Parris heard that Betty and other girls were dancing in the woods. (This was a very bad thing at the time because that implied they knew the devil.) Reverend Parris’s slave‚ Tituba‚ is from Barbados. Abigail says that she put a spell on Betty so she would not wake
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The Crucible The Crucible is a book that could lead the mind into many different ways. More of a play or act‚ The Crucible has many different themes and subject matters from different opinions. Themes are the primary and original widespread ideas spread in literature. The Crucible‚ takes place in the Puritan Society where people are condemned of witchery‚ guilty or innocent were taken upon very harshly. The Crucible has many different themes‚ as mentioned before. One of the themes is narrow-mindedness
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The Crucible “I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria‚ who were frightened of life‚ who were desperate to reach out to another person…These seemingly fragile people are the strong people really (Williams: Twenty Years after Glass Menagerie).” Tennessee here captured the very essence of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is all about the desperation‚ hysteria‚ and fear of Salem’s people. The main theme of The Crucible is fear. Hysteria and fear are
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The Crucible According to the Encarta® World English Dictionary‚ a definition for the word crucible is a place or set of circumstances where people or things are subjected to forces that test them and often make them change. In the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ various citizens of Salem‚ Massachusetts face the witch trials. Victims were tried and convicted based on only spectral evidence. John Proctor‚ Giles Corey‚ and Reverend Hale were a few among the many that went through these severe
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Chapter 1: 1 Charlie’s approach to quality and service will affect his company’s performance in an excellent way. He is the first to arrive at his office. His head is full of ideas‚ and his heart is full of confidence. He clearly knows his colleagues’ strengths and what’s expected of them for their jobs. He could build on his strengths by traveling with each of the sales reps and coaching them. Inez‚ the owner of the company‚ offers him the first sales manager of the company‚ since he is far and
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Chapter 1: The plot begins with a utopian society of sorts that exemplifies perfection and every living thing existing in agreement. Flourishing ranches encompassed the town described by Rachel Carson and phenomenal vegetation. The Spring in this town was an absolute beauty. A drastic change suddenly overcomes the image and poisons the life. People and animals begin to become sick as a result of environmental destruction from toxins. Chapter 2: The trend of humans harming their environment has
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McCarthyism took place in 1948 between 1956‚ the mid twentieth century. These two proceedings are known as two of the greatest mass tragedies in America. The Crucible is an allegory of McCarthyism or in other words the second Red Scare. During McCarthyism the United States was petrified of Communists influence. Many people in both the Crucible and McCarthyism who feared the court provided names of suspects in an attempt to save themselves. Throughout these two proceedings‚ there is the concept
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The Crucible Reading plays and watching them being performed live on a stage provide two very different representations of the same idea‚ with one highlighting themes that the other might understate or vice versa. While reading The Crucible‚ I found that I while I could easily sympathise with Proctor and his wife‚ I did not emotionally connect to the other convicted characters‚ such as Giles Corey or Goody Nurse. However‚ after watching The Crucible performed on stage‚ I realised that I felt much
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