In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ many people are accused wrongly of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Whether it may be fear‚ anxiety‚ or even greed‚ these characters lie and accuse others of witchcraft. The characters: Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Goody Putnam display each of those motives when accusing others of witchery. Characters are motivated differently to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft Tituba accuses a few women of witchery because of the fear from being executed. Her fear
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Arthur Miller explores many different subjects during The Crucible. One of the most impactful subjects he uses is hysteria‚ when a large group of people have an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear. This happens in the play when the town becomes fearful of witches and begins arresting anybody accused. Miller uses the characters to develop a theme around hysteria. Arthur Miller uses Mary Warren to show how hysteria causes the town to fall into pieces because of the destruction‚ hallucination
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The Crucible In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ many themes are represented throughout the play between many different characters. Jealousy is the most important theme in this play sense it basically starts the conflict of the Witch Hunt in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail Williams‚ the niece of Reverend Parris‚ Used to work for the Proctor family. She was fired by Goody Proctor due to her affair with her husband‚ John Proctor. Because of Abigail Williams jealousy towards Elizabeth‚ she creates a hysteria
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Sai Mummalaneni Mrs. Rickard American Literature/ Composition 11 June 2015 The Lies of The Crucible One of the major themes in The Crucible is lying and Deceit. Some of the characters in The Crucible are lying and other characters lie to themselves. For example‚ Proctor cheats on his wife and doesn’t tell her about it; Abigail lies that she is able to see spirits‚ and the judge and ministers lie to themselves. There are many parts in the story where Abigail lies; for example‚ she says that some
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The Crucible Theme Essay Arthur Millers play‚ The Crucible is a story of the with hunt in Salem Ma. The town breaks out in hysteria because a group of young girls spread a lie to get out of trouble. Some of the characters must battle there own desires and morals to stay alive or to do what’s right. John Proctor struggles with many problems through out the story. He beats himself up over committing adultery with Abi. Further more his wife has never really forgiven him and brings it up all the
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Lying is a natural part of human nature that many people unfortunately succumb to on a regular basis. Whether it is to lay‚ The Crucible‚ something miller depicts several characters lying to protect themselves or to protect someone else‚ people will lie to do what they feel is right in order to protect their relationships and save others’ lives. In the beginning of the play‚ John Proctor sits down and eats with his wife discussing the current events in Salem. When Elizabeth hints at John having
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The Theme of Pride in the Play The Crucible Pride can be defined positively and negatively‚ it can mean a sense of one’s own proper dignity or value or self-respect‚ or an excessively high opinion of oneself or conceit‚ respectively. In the play which portrays both sides of pride we are transported to the late sixteen hundreds and introduced to the town of Salem in the province of Massachusetts Bay during the time of witch trials‚ and it’s excessively superstitious habitants. Some of the fictitious
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In the Crucible‚ John Proctor demonstrates that ambition will not corrupt even the most benevolent and reliant. John was ambitious to get his wife Elizabeth Proctor out of jail and for Abigail Williams to have justice for her crimes. Abigail was responsible for multiple deaths in salem all because she wanted John and had to disguise one lie after another to succeed. She did not vanquish‚ and after every lie she told more innocent people were accused and hanged. It all started with Abigail and
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John Proctor in The Crucible is faced with a decision; to live with a lie‚ or die for his belief. John Proctor made the best decision possible‚ to die for his belief and carry his good name. In doing this‚ he secures his children’s future by leaving a good reputation. He only has one name in his lifetime‚ so he chose to die to keep it instead of lie and tear his reputation down for himself and his future kin. Your name is legacy‚ and is more important than life itself. Although life is important
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In the Crucible there are many characters who take their reputation matter and think too highly of it. There are some characters in this play that do not care for their reputation in the community. One of the first characters we see that sees highly of the idea of reputations is Reverend Parris. When Mr.Parris finds out about the dancing and possible witchcraft that was going he was more concerned about what people would say about him then the safety of his own daughter. Throughout the play you can
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