...Corey’s character reflected in his death? Use one detail from the drama to support your response. 6. What qualities does Proctor find within himself that prevent him from at last saving himself and signing the confession? Use details from the text to support your response. 7. Explain how Proctor is right or wrong for refusing to sign the confession. Use details to support your response. 8. A tragic hero’s fate, according to Aristotle, inspires pity and horror. Name the tragic hero in The Crucible, and describe how his or her fate inspires both pity and horror. 9. People accused of being Communists had a difficult time getting jobs; some even moved out of the United States in order to try to resume normal lives. How is Proctor’s situation like that of the people accused of Communist activities? 10. Based on the conversation involving Tituba, Sarah Good, and Herrick at the beginning of Act IV of The Crucible, what obsession of the day is weighing heavily on these characters? 11. In Act IV of The Crucible, Cheever comments on the “many cows wanderin’ the highroads, now their masters are in jail and much disagreement who they will belong to now.” What does the report of wandering cows symbolize about the effects of the witch trails on...
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...of the Salem Witch Trials. Characters are put to the test when corruption and deception seep into the little Massachusetts town through the execution of accused witches. Two characters in particular that are the center of the chaos are Reverend Parris and John Proctor. Both are credible figures in the society and are respected by many, but they have very different views in values and morality. They bring out each other's contrasting qualities and they play the central foils of the story. Arthur Miller uses Reverend Parris and John Proctor as the central...
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...as a severe test or trial, or a vessel that can withstand intense heat and is used for melting substances. In the play written by Arthur Miller called the “Crucible”, the word applies to many characters as they progress and attempt to resolve their conflicts. During the play, we watch as the town of Salem has a witch hunt hysteria in which many Puritans are falsely accused by teenage girls. The word crucible is significant to the consequences that Mary Warren, Giles Corey, and John Proctor go through during this time of mass hysteria. Mary Warren was one of the girls that was found conjuring spirits in the forest with Tituba and the other girls. However, when she made a poppet for Elizabeth Proctor, she accused Elizabeth of making it in order to avoid being blamed of hurting Abigail.. This led to Mary becoming one of the main accusers of witchcraft in Salem. “Proctor: ‘We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know.’ Warren: ‘I cannot, they’ll turn...
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...Salem’s social order, the inhabitants suffered from a lack of personal freedom. The structure of the Puritan society in colonial Massachusetts served an important role in the setting of The Crucible. The Puritan pilgrim's intention was to create a pure and moral colony. In King James's famous declaration, “The Charter of Massachusetts Bay (1629)”, King James declared, “We favor the establishment of a colony in Hope thereby that you will advance the in Largement of Christian religion, to the Glory of God Almighty.” The King’s intent was to inform the English citizens to move and settle into this new land, which was Salem, in order to spread the Christian religion and abide by the English government. Another famous speech that helps give insight into Salem's society is called, “A City Upon A Hill.” The sermon was given by John Winthrop, leader of the 1630 migration of English Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony. The sermon discusses how the new colony should be influenced by morality and purity. Winthrop proposed, “The eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall [behave badly] and cause God to withdraw his help from us.” Winthrop’s proposition illustrates how the Puritans were inspired to keep their colony “pure” and “moral.” They believed that if they did not behave correctly it would cause God to withdraw help from them. Winthrop also proposed, “We shall be united in the bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us so that we shall see much more...
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...------------------------------------------------- Character Progression and Development of Reverend John Hale in The Crucible The character of Reverend Hale, in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, experiences a profound, dramatic and transformative personal evolution from when he comes to Salem in Act One through the climax in the third act. In the final act, in this progression, his identity by profession is challenged when he is confronted with the realization of an unjust, immoral community, and he responds with integrity and moral truth by abandoning his assigned mission of “witch hunter” in order to truly save others. When Reverend Hale first comes onto the scene, he is a pious and revered minister who was summoned by Reverend Parris because of his expertise on uncovering witchcraft. Reverend Hale presents as a strict and dedicated professional; he is confident, even arrogant as to his education, knowledge and, his authoritative role as expert, and falls back upon the fact that Salem needs him to resolve the unrest and chaos in the community. The hysteria in Salem is clearly exacerbated by Hale’s investigation; but initially, Hale is fueled by his charge to rid Salem of witchcraft and his self-assurance in that role, Hale finds himself, in the end, questioning his own integrity and his moral beliefs when he realizes that the witchcraft accusations were false. He has to battle his own internal guilt and regret for the needless suffering of other accused and persecuted which...
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...XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXIX Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Project Gutenberg's Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, by Andrew Carnegie This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Author: Andrew Carnegie Editor: John C. Van Dyke Release Date: March 13, 2006 [EBook #17976] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie 3 *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration: [signature] Andrew Carnegie] London CONSTABLE & CO. LIMITED 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY LOUISE WHITFIELD CARNEGIE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PREFACE After retiring from active business my husband...
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