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    The Crucible - PEE

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    ’The Crucible’. From the audience’s first read of the play you can see immeadietley that she is deceitful‚ Miller says that she has "an endless capacity for dissembling". The word dissemble implies that Abigail is hiding her true opinions and affections. Also with an endless capacity for dissembling you begin to wonder whether you will ever see the true side or if she has been hiding her true personality for so long she has become her aliases. Through Act 1‚ Auther Miller makes Abigail changes

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    Crucible Passages

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    Crucible Passages 1. Page 11 Parris: “I saw Tituba waving her arms over the fire when I came on you. Why was she doing that? And I heard a screeching and gibberish coming from her mouth. She were swaying like a dumb beast over that fire!” 2. Page 15-16 Ann Putnam: “And so I thought to send her to your Tituba” Rev Parris: “To Tituba! What ma Tituba---?” Ann: “Tituba knows how to speak to the dead‚ Mr. Parris.” 3. Page 38 Ann Putnam: “Mr. Parris’s slave has knowledge of conjurin’‚ sir.” . . . Ann

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    acceptable. Reverend Parris quoted‚”There is either obedience or church will burn like hell is burning.” This is either/or fallacy because Proctor had just criticized Parris for his focuses on deeds and mortgages. Ad hominem(to the man) An ad hominem means that it shifts the argument away from the issue to a personal attack on the person involved. Parris quoted‚”Such a Christian that will not come to church but once in a month.” This an example of ad hominem because Parris is trying to bring Proctor’s

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    Crucible Essay

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    This message‚ along with many others‚ is conveyed throughout Arthur Miller’s brilliant play‚ The Crucible. His script focuses on the universal ideas of justice and witchcraft‚ both known to have existed during the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout the play‚ many characters’ moral strength is tested‚ and the local inhabitants of Salem‚ Massachusetts begin to lie and blame those innocent. People like Abigail Williams and Judge Danforth begin to accuse the innocent‚ and subsequently‚ the convicted are

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    Hypocrisy In The Crucible

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    late 1950s—McCarthyism. In his play‚ The Crucible‚ Miller retells the story of the witch trials and relates themes that were prominent in Salem to those prominent during McCarthyism. In doing so‚ he creates a character who nearly exemplifies Joseph McCarthy himself—Deputy Governor Danforth. As the presiding judge at the witch trials‚ Danforth exhibits the themes of reputation

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    The Crucible Notes

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    The Crucible - Quotations Characters: Abigail Williams • Stage directions: an endless capacity for dissembling • “…and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” • “I’d almost forgot how strong you are‚ John Proctor!” • Stage directions: Winningly she comes a little closer‚ with a confidential‚ wicked air. • “I want to open myself! I want the light of God… I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the

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    The Crucible Final Essay

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    The Crucible Final Essay Widely interpreted as an allegorical testament to the hysteria of the 1950s ‘Red Scare’‚ The Crucible‚ a renowned playwright by Arthur Miller‚ depicts the troubled state of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692. During this time period‚ New England has become notorious for conducting witchcraft trials against members of their own Puritan communities‚ hanging many people who were likely innocent‚ but given unfair trials. In plain context‚ the panic is started when a few girls are

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    Ryan Hermes Mr. Kadwell Advanced English 11 January 2nd‚ 2016 Exploitation of the Trials The Crucible‚ taking place in the highly theocratic Salem‚ Massachusetts during the late 1600’s‚ starts off with the local Reverend Parris discovering several girls from the colony dancing in the woods. His arrival causes fright amongst the girls‚ panicking them. One girl‚ Parris’s daughter Betty‚ takes ill becoming unresponsive to any efforts to wake her up. The colonists believe the girl’s illness is

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    Every Nation has conflict. Whether it be internal within communities‚ or external between other nations. If one were to start a new nation‚ you would need to build it with a mindset of keeping future conflicts at a minimum. This will result in a long lasting nation‚ along with a content population. Here is a plan I propose for a “minimal conflict nation”. The government is a critical part of keeping a nation within order. However‚ problems arise when a government is given too much power and won’t

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    Symbolism In The Crucible

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    defines a “crucible” as “a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted”. Also‚ The Crucible is the title of Arthur Miller’s play. While is is not completely obvious at first glance how the two are similar‚ after further examination‚ it’s apparent how they are incredibly similar. The Crucible is a highly symbolic title. As the definition states‚ as more heat is applied‚ more substances come out‚ which is what happens in The Crucible. The actual crucible is Abigail

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