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    The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in Salem in a Puritan community. John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Reverend Paris‚ and Abigail are the main characters. The book is about witchcraft or what the town thinks is witchcraft. John Proctor is the tragic hero because he is loving‚ loyal‚ authoritative‚ but his tragic flaw is his temper. John is a loving husband. He proves that by telling Elizabeth‚ “It is well seasoned” (p. 48) in reference to the rabbit she cooked‚ in which he had

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    explaining to Hale and Mr. Proctor that Elizabeth had something to do with Abigail being mysteriously stabbed during dinner. Since Hale and Cheever found the poppet Mary Warren had sewn and gave to Elizabeth‚ they saw this as hard evidence and Elizabeth was arrested and taken to court. This all started when Abigail saw Mary Warren sewing the doll for Mrs. Proctor and took this to her advantage. She came up with the idea to pretend the Elizabeth was causing harm to her through the poppet and this is

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    Abigail Williams is a very selfish‚ liar‚ and cunning character. She holds most of the responsibility for the groups of girls including Tituba meeting in the woods. Once Reverend Parris discovers them‚ Abigail attempts to conceal her behavior because it will eventually reveal her affair with John Proctor. Abigail is very selfish‚ she had an affair with Mr. John Proctor even though he is married. She states that she only wants john for herself. She also told john they could run away together‚ to be

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    (A) Make a list of the evidence that suggests that Oswald was preparing to kill President Kennedy. October 14‚ 1963-Oswald moves to Dallas October 16‚ 1963-Oswald starts work at the Texas School Book Depository November 6‚ 1963-Oswald delivers a letter to James Hosty at the Dallas FBI office. Gordon Shanklin later orders this letter to be destroyed. August 12‚ 1963-Oswald appears in court and is fined $10. (B) Make a list of the evidence that suggests that Oswald was being setup as a patsy

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    The Salem Witch Trials can be described as a set prosecutions of people who were charged with witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts despite a lack of evidence. The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays the catastrophic events that occurred in Salem and their impact on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but

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    Danforth had jailed the wrong people. Reverend Hale is not the true Hero of the story. Hale just tried to help and free them and convince Judge Danforth that Abigail and the other girls was lying on Mary Warren. When they were saying Mary Warren was controlling the girls and John Proctor knew Mary Warren was innocent‚ he kept telling Judge Danforth that they were pretending but Danforth was being Gullible and believing them.

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    stand up to Senator McCarthy. A definition‚ a theme‚ and how the theme affected my daily life are important in understanding The Crucible. The definition of The Crucible is a test. There were many people that were tested throughout the play. Mary Warren‚ because she was planning on telling the court all of Abby’s lies‚ but then ends up giving in to Abby and goes along with the accusations.“That were pretence sir (Miller p.1095).” At first Mary was telling the court the truth‚ and confessing that

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    Out of all the characters in The Crucible‚ none of them show quite as much development as Reverend John Hale. His character at the beginning of the play and his character at the end are almost completely different people. This change in character is caused by the trials that take place within the town and how Hale perceives them‚ and affects how the reader views his unique character. At the beginning of the play‚ the story introduces the young‚ naive John Hale. Parris has called for him to check

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    When that moment came all the accusers testified that Marry Warren bewitched them! I found that to be a staggering lie and a cowardly attempt to support their lie. I turned so angry that then I confessed of my affair with Abigail and even stated of her jealously toward my wife. I spat out the truth so rigorously

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    and Mary Warren and also encounters people that doesn’t believe one’s honesty whom are Judge Hathorne and Danforth. John Proctor and Giles corey are the only individuals that showed honesty and believes in others honest. He feels helpless when he’s in court since everyone plays the blame game on each other. John doesn’t know whether to tell the truth which is to say that he wasn’t involved with witchcraft or tell a lie which is what all of the town’s people wants to hear. When Mary Warren was speaking

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