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    Abigail lies throughout the entire play. She has Tituba cast a spell to kill Elizabeth but in order to avoid detection of this she lies saying she saw all these people with the devil; "I saw Sarah Good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil!" She also states before these lies "I want to open myself!" The word ’open’ means ’entirely honest; Ironically‚ nothing thatshe says is actually truthful. She lies in court by pretending she see’s things that aren’t actually there in hope to get others

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    Geography In The Crucible

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    because of the influence of geography. In The Great Debaters‚ The debate team is a group of black teens from Texas where they have to face many troubles for the color of their skin. In the Crucible‚ the geography is in an eerie town near the woods where everyone is trying to survive from each other. The Crucible‚ Great Debaters‚ and my childhood all show how geography and setting are extremely influential. The Great Debaters shows a group of black teens who

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    The Crucible: Air of Hysteria and Paranoia The Crucible (1996) is a drama-film adaptation directed by Nicholas Hytner. The cast of the movie involves a myriad of performers such as Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder. Derived from the play by American playwright Arthur Miller‚ many plots and concepts from the film are identical to the original work. The Crucible is based on true stories about the witch trials held in Salem‚ Massachusetts. During this time period‚ witchcraft was socially unacceptable

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    The Arise of Witchcraft in The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ the story is set in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the time that the Salem Witch Trials were beginning. The society was paranoid because the concept of witchcraft scared them and‚ even more than scared them‚ enraged them. Due to how paranoid the people were‚ the leaders began implementing new rules/laws that would prevent witchcraft from happening. In the play‚ by the end of Act 1‚ the girls dancing in the woods (and dabbling

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    Crucible Essay

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    The CrucibleCrucible”: A place or occasion of severe test or trial. This definition adequately describes what this story is about because it is based on a crucible that dealt with witchcraft‚ deceit‚ and revenge. In literature‚ there are 2 main types of characters‚ dynamic and static characters or ones who change and ones who stay the same. In “The Crucible” the biggest dynamic character is John Proctor. Another dynamic character was Reverend Hale. To me‚ Abigail Williams was a static character;

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    In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ lies and accusations of witchcraft drive the puritan village of Salem to uncover what each character values the most: reputation. Abigail Williams‚ accused of being seen dancing with the devil‚ confesses her friends names to the court in order to save herself from being deemed a witch: “I want to open myself! . . . I want the light of God‚ I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him‚ I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand

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    The Crucible Conflict

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    The Crucible Analytical Essay Act 5 of The Crucible. During the entire story of The Crucible there was a large conflict between characters. Within the characters there was a conflict between Good and Evil. The ultimate result of this conflict led to Deaths tragedy in witchcraft trials. One of the biggest conflicts in the story was between Abigail Williams and her love for John Proctor and her witchcraft. At the beginning of the story Abigail and some other girls were caught dancing in the woods

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    The Crucible

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    “The Crucible” Ignorance is bliss is a common saying that relates to Salem‚ Massachusetts during the witch trials. Arthur Miller‚ a player writer of “The Crucible” portrays what it was like during this time period. A young Puritan girl‚ Betty Parris‚ spreads rumors throughout the town causing innocent peoples death. By the end of this time people would have been better off not knowing what happened; Betty Parris is to blame for the tragedies of Salem‚ Massachusetts. For example‚ after Betty

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    Themes of the Crucible

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    rigid convictions often fall into corruption without even realizing it. In The Crucible‚ Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne believe that they’re messengers of God‚ and therefore that everything they believe must be true and everything they do must be right. They never see a reason to reassess their thoughts and actions‚ which makes them easy targets for cynical liars like Abigail Williams. Characters like Abigail recognize the court’s narrow-minded worldview and manipulate it to their own

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    Possible Essay Topics for The Crucible 1. Which character in the play best exemplifies courage and integrity‚ and in what ways? 2. The causes of the witch-craft hysterias include many things: vengeance‚ jealousy‚ greed‚ power (the formerly powerless accusers suddenly gained total power)‚ sexual repression‚ guilt and shame and the need to confess one’s sins‚ the need to blame others for one’s own misfortunes ... pick a character who sees and recognizes all these true motives and argue that

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