After studying Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ I have come to the conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the judge Hathorne. Each of these people‚ in some way‚ caused harm to blameless people‚ and I will‚ in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly or unknowingly did to contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1692. Abigail
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Reputation is the estimation or name of being‚ having‚ having done‚ something specified by the general opinion of either a private or public group of people. In Arthur Miller’s screenplay‚ The Crucible‚ Miller presents his opinions on the factual truth of the Salem Witch Trials. Various events in Arthur Miller’s screenplay reveal the theme of reputation as being a leading force in the developing plotlines of the story. By doing this‚ he brings a whole new point of view to the readers of his screenplay
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English III 6 November 2012 Integrity Reputation is the way that other people look at you‚ while integrity is the way you look at yourself. Many of the characters in the story had to choose to protect their reputation or their integrity. Parris‚ Abigail‚ and others chose reputation‚ while Rebecca and Proctor chose to protect their integrity. If they did show integrity and said they did not make a pact with the devil they were seen as liars and would hang for being witches‚ but when they confessed
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Desire In “The Crucible” by Author Miller‚ several characters feel the seduction of power leading to absorbing it and taking over all that needed to be free. Through out the entire story‚ Abligail becomes insanely infatuated with stringing along power that she once had‚ continuous affairs with John Proctor so she can be see as someone much more superior then all other villagers in the village. Abigails uncle‚ an old merchant in Barbandos who was very successful‚ also has a desire to control the
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Mac Morton 12 April 2013 English 12 Essay Question Although Miller’s The Crucible takes place in the late 1600’s‚ its lessons are still applicable to us in 2013. This short essay focuses on three specific lessons that I have learned from the play‚ which are the negative effects of mass hysteria‚ the consequences of deviating from social norms‚ and the dominance of patriarchy. The first lesson that I learned was that mass hysteria often creates harmful stereotypes. In the play‚ mass hysteria
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Can Teens Fall In Love? Imagine a couple of two high school sweethearts. Now imagine that they stay together forever. The question is “can this happen in real life‚” like it does in the sentence before? The answer to the question “can teenagers fall in love in real life” . For teenagers are not mature enough to understand love‚ teenagers do not make great decisions‚ and teenagers judge a person’s attractiveness based on looks alone. The first reason is that teenagers are not mature enough to
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In millers play the crucible full of themes such as romance‚ hysteria and tragedy we are drawn into the perplexing relationship between Elizabeth and John Proctor‚ A relationship that defines the main characters‚ as well as their inside thoughts and desires. We first get a true depth into the strained relationship of Proctor and his wife‚ when Proctor encounters Abigail‚ desperate young women who he once had feelings for and became unfaithful with. “John I am waitin’ for you every night. Abby‚
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Reality Appearance vs. Reality is a prominent theme in The Crucible as some people are carried and blinded by appearance while others actually look at the facts‚ John Proctor and Elizabeth are not carried away by lies while Abigail and the rest of her friends are ignorant and spread lies. The town of Salem‚ Massachusetts went through a yearlong period of witch trials. A group of girls led by Abigail the reverend’s niece manipulated the people of Salem to make them believe that witchcraft was happening
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very difficult topic. "Is it possible to love someone too much?" If you look at the question you first must define what love is and what it means to you before you can determine if it is actually possible to love someone too much. <br> <br>The Webster Dictionary defines love as "profoundly tender‚ a passionate affection for another person". In my opinion‚ to love someone is to care not only about them as a person but also about their well being. You can love a person even if that individual does not
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Ahmad Abdullhadi Shalabi World Literature December 10th‚ 2013 The Quest for Identity in Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” Sherman Alexie‚ a Spokane/Coeur d ’Alene Indian‚ was born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington.” [He] is a poet‚ writer‚ and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation” ( Konigsberg). As a Native American‚ Alexie’s main concern is presenting his own culture
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