Braxton Bailey English Mrs. Jenson The crucible How the crucible is a tragic comedy I don’t think The Crucible is a tragic comedy. The book may contain a few comical parts in it; but it should not be considered a comedy. The only funny character would be Giles Corey‚ because he is elderly and sincere. He is vary grouchy‚ which makes him a laughable character‚ (for example when he used the word “fart”‚ and is often outrageous reactions when he hears something wrong‚ and takes offence.) Some other
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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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conquer evil‚ but in the play “The Crucible”‚ we learn that evil can sometimes get its way. The Salem witch trials prove that even in a place where religion is a number one priority‚
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The meaning of The Crucible The definition from the dictionary of a “crucible” defines it as being: 1. “A severe test‚ as of patience or belief; a trial” ("cru∙ci∙ble”). It is well represented in the play because the whole story revolves around the witch trials. The witch trials were caused by Salem’s beliefs‚ based on the Christian religion. This religion clearly indicated that witches were not to be accepted in a Christian community. “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh
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ways in which ‘The Crucible’ and Equus’ follow when religious faith turns into religious mania. How far does the two text attempt to present a more positive attitude to a life lived in faith? The plays ‘Equus’ and ‘The Crucible’ both explore the positive aspects of religion and its damaging qualities. The critic Mitchel Hay suggests that ‘The parental‚ adolescent and professional conflicts exhibited by Peter Shaffer’s Equus need not be disruptive. They can be fed into a crucible of growth.’ The plays
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don’t work on the Sabbath‚ they believe the Gospel‚ they respect the minister’s word like it is God’s‚ and so on. Value is something that is important to the person. Also religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. In The Crucible‚ the message Arthur Miller is trying to say to people about religion is that fear operating in the witchcraft accusations and the tension between the Salem residents one another‚ this misplaced anger steams from old grudges and vengeance. To
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! Vance 1 Carter Vance Mrs. Kelley Honors English 11 27 August 2013 The Effects of Exile in The Scarlet Letter Two main themes of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter are exile and the effects of this embarrassing and horrific punishment. Hester Prynne‚ the main character of this novel‚ was indeed exiled and considered an outcast by the Puritan society of New England‚ which she called her home. As a result of Hester’s punishment by society‚ her experience with exile was both alienating and
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In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ one of the main themes is forgiving others. When you forgive others‚ you free yourself from more hurt. And God commands it. Firstly‚ forgiving others frees yourself from more hurt. When you forgive someone you are saying to them that you stop feeling anger and resentment towards them and that you are willing to put it behind you. In The Crucible‚ Mr Proctor cheats on his wife and she has to learn how to forgive him. At the start of Act Two she hasn’t forgiven
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They don’t believe in themselves. Mary Warren in The Crucible demonstrates this by not believing in herself and settling for being a “follower”. Mary however‚ has a sincere sense of loyalty to John Proctor her employer. Mary Warren goes through an inner battle of peer pressure and her loyalty to Proctor. Mary’s yearning to fit in and loyalty to Proctor develops the theme that peer pressure easily overcomes loyalty. In the beginning of The Crucible‚ Mary Warren struggles with an inner sense of belonging
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Johan Rueda Michael Mendoza ENC1102-CRN#21229 25 April 2014 Revenge Hamlet is a very tragic and diverse story. What really makes Hamlet a unique revenge play from others is that the action in the story the audience expects to see‚ especially from hamlet is that its there is always something holding back the action from happening. All of this happens while Hamlet is always trying to deal with his
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