...In The Crucible, Abigail is crazy. At the beginning she doesn’t seem as insane as she does by the end of the play, she just seems concerned about her and her friends being caught for “just dancing in the woods” and for her cousin, Betty, not waking up. As the play goes on her true personality shines through. She starts warning the girls that if they admit to anything that happened that night in the woods, she will come and hurt them in the middle of the night. She starts “seeing the devil” frequently, but really she’s just trying to get out of the situation that she’s in and accuse anyone of witchcraft, she also accused Goody Proctor of witchcraft just to have John to herself. When she had the conversation with Proctor about their affair,...
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...Literary Analysis: A Character from The Crucible By looking at The Crucible by Arthur Miller, one can infer that the character, John Proctor, reveals the theme of reputation and integrity. These are important because refusing to lie to protect one’s reputation can stop hysteria from spreading. In The Crucible, John Proctor was more worried about his reputation for his family to live with than he was concerned with his own life. Basically, the idea of John Proctor protecting his reputation motivates him to deny that witchcraft exists in the village. Proctor had stated his worry by saying, “The town is mumbling witchcraft” (1.1.511-512). Proctor says this in reference to Reverend Hale walking through town with a stack of books for researching...
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...Kenya Finch Mr. Osborn Per. 7 March 17, 2012 Character Analysis Essay The world is made of all different types of people with different qualities. Some qualities we all share and some we don’t. We value some more than others and look down at some. Often the qualities that are look down on is what society seems to create the most around and pay the most attention to. Throughout the reading of The Crucible there are many characters that have been introduced with different qualities. One of the characters that have been introduced that has qualities that stands out more from others which are manipulative, devious, and inconsiderate. The character I’m talking about is Abigail Williams. All throughout the story Abigail displays all these qualities and many other but those three are the ones that are displayed the most. Out of all qualities Abigail displays devious is the one greatly revealed. Throughout the story there are many events that happen that Abigail had something to do with, with each event Abigail always has a different story from what actually happens and convinces people that her story is the truth. One event that happens that displays this would be when Abigail was in the woods with the girls dancing and took it to the next level by drinking blood and taking off her clothing. Before the questioning of what happen in the woods Abigail states “Shut up! All of you. We danced. That is all, and mark this, if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other...
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...Assignment Five 1. Lincoln’s melancholy made him to have higher purpose, which was to fight for freedom, justice, and liberty. According to Shenk, “When he threw himself into the fight against the extension of slavery, the same qualities that had long brought him so much trouble played a defining role. The suffering he had endured lent him clarity and conviction, creative skills in the face of adversity, and a faithful humility that helped him guide the nation through its greatest peril.” As a result, his melancholy empowered him to have a higher purpose, which was that “They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society…which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked to, constantly labored for … even though never perfectly attained” (Shenk). 2. “When faced with uncertainty he had the patience, endurance, and vigor to stay in that place of tension, and the courage to be alone” (Shenk). I would recommend this idea to my friend because it is useful and helpful to encourage those who confront uncertainty to be persistent and patient to overcome uncertainty. Assignment Six 1. Greed and desire for success drive Stephen Glass. He wants to use his news as a tool to get attention, be the winner of Pulitzer, and be succeed. I think he was truly know his strengths and weaknesses. In the film, he is good at maintaining relationship with colleagues, gaining good impression. In front of everyone, he is a humble and sincere person. When thing happened, Glass’s weak...
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...The Crucible (1996) Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joan Allen, Winona Ryder, Peter Vaughn, and Rob Campbell Director: Nicholas Hynter Synopsis: Daniel Day-Lewis stars as John Proctor, a young farmer during the Puritan Era. In this classic film that was nominated for two awards, John Proctor is determined to end an uprising of witchcraft in the little town of Salem, Massachusetts as Reverend Hale (Rob Campbell) comes to cleanse Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) and other girls from performing the Devil’s work. Review: Nicholas Hynter brings us another mystical and uproaring movie to theaters for our eyes to view. We see a few familiar yet famous faces in this outstanding film, but the audience will notice a few new faces as well. When witchcraft hits...
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...The Crucible, Red Scare, and Palmer Raids are all connected under fear and lies. Throughout the events that occur, multiple lies are created which cause mass amounts of fear and chaos. This chaos weakens the place, causing its inhabitants to lose sight of the truth. As time passes, the severity increases leading to greater consequences. A mass of fear can all be created by one person. The Palmer Raids were a series of raids by the United States Department of Justice intended to capture, arrest and deport radical leftists. The raids took place under the command of A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921, in November 1919 and January 1920. The Palmer Raids and these massive arrests occurred on the main basis...
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...The Crucible Rough Draft Prompt #4 Haven't we all heard the saying ¨Snitches get Stitches.¨,well in the play snitches get rewards. In the crucible the play by Arthur Miller people have been pointing fingers at each other. If abigail had not use scapegoating in the play no innocent people would have died. Abigail got caught in the woods by tituba and she told the court “I never called him! Tituba,Tituba…” and tituba calls out Goody Osburn “Aye,sir,and Goody Osburn.” This explains that abigail tells the judges that she saw tituba call out the devil in the woods. Abigail wants to be with john so she falsely accuses elizabeth for stabbing her “Why this go hard with her,proctor,this i had my doubts,proctor,i had my doubts,but here’s calamity you...
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...The Crucible Critical Analysis Shakespeare believes that a tragic hero has potential for greatness, but is ultimately destined to fail. The character falls from greatness because of their ‘tragic flaw’. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, the protagonist John Proctor is portrayed as the tragic hero. He fits this description for a number of reasons. His tragic flaw or Achilles heel, like many other tragic heroes is his pride. Compounded with conflicts with circumstances, this tragic flaw leads to Proctor’s loss of life and arguably the loss of his eternal life as well. One of the major requirements to being a Shakespearean tragic hero includes having a tragic flaw. Proctor places a great deal of importance on his pride or what he considers dignity and self-respect. He lets pride overshadow his life and actions. He would rather maintain his pride or die. As the play nears its end in Act Four, it shows that he would rather give up his life, rather than post his fake confession on the church doors for the public to see. He states, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life... How may I live without my name? I have given my soul; Leave me my name!” (Miller, 133). John is too prideful and unwilling to stain his reputation. He prefers to die rather than have his name stained because of a fake confession. He wants to leave his name intact for his family. Another example of this is illustrated in Act Two, where Elizabeth urges Proctor to go...
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...People did not wait to find the actual truth of what was going on. They never stopped a bit to do research or tried to get the truth to come out instead the whole town went nonsense and jumped into conclusions believing what thought was right. After the truth actually came out so many incessant people were killed It was to late. While explaining that I learned a lot about how people often jump to conclusions before knowing the entire truth. , I’ll talk about the article I found yesterday and how that helped me understand more about the topic. In the News article I have found it had so many things that were the same from the crucible the News article was about two police officers who wanted to believe what others had told them false conclusions about a certain person. So they took action right away to get rid of the bad. They ended up killing a innocent family a little boy of six years old he was autistic and a man who had no weapons he was just having a normal day with his son. The police said they never seen a little boy and thought it was the car that had been reported. They come to find out that the car did not have any weapons at all. This relates to the story because many people from salem believed in themselves and they jumped into conclusion when people confessed things that were not...
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..."The Crucible" Hanging Ending? "The Crucible" was a 1953 play written by Arthur Miller that focuses in on Salem Massachusetts in the breaking point of the 1690's. This work was written to not only inform but to demonstrate the hard times and wrong doings of the Salem witch trials. Miller wrote the play to show the people McCarthyism in its full depth. Having Miller speak his voice in the form of a play write he rose some red flags for many other Authors and pushed them to make works about the issue. Let's just take a look into some of the major discussion topics that make Crucible the great work it is today. My initial thoughts and reactions after finishing "The Crucible" were grief and I felt cheated.It ends completely when John Proctor (our protagonist) is hanged publicly (Miller 1073). John Proctor was a simple and humble man that made one mistake and it haunted him until the day of his death. All of this being said Proctor fits perfectly into Aristotle's concept of being a tragic hero because Proctor is haunted throughout the whole play about one mistake he made, this being the affair with Abigail Williams. Us as...
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... For example, if you’re really scared that’ll affect what you do in the situation and you might have what is called Fight or Flight. This means, you might defend yourself or, you might turn and run Another example and an example from the Crucible is anger, Abigail was angry of being accused of witchcraft so she accused others. However, there are a lot more examples of fear in the play, I will be talking about these main three. In The Crucible, there is a variety of fear. For example, Reverend Parris is afraid of losing his reputation, even if not everyone likes him. Abigail, Rev. Parris’s niece, is scared that her and Mr. Proctor’s affer will be discovered so, she acts out in anger. Also, Mrs. Putnam is scared of her daughter, Ruth, being possessed which, she claims is also happening to Beth and that only the Devil is to blame. In the case of Abigail, when she is afraid, she gets angry and does her best to ruin whoever comes across her path. For example, at the trail when Mary Williams says that Abigail is faking all of it and so is the girls who were dancing in the woods were pretending and it was “for sport” and to make a scene, all the girls ,including Abby, were acting as if Mary had sent...
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...There are sexist people who believe that women should not be equal to men. An example of this would be in the Crucible when Giles asks Martha what she is reading. People on this time do not necessarily thing that women need to read. That is what men are for. They think that women should be conservative. They should not show much skin or any at all. There are racists who think that just a certain race should be equal but not everyone. This could be the reasoning behind the wage gap between females and males and minorities in the work place. In the Crucible, there were not many women actually doing jobs. Most women just worked around the house or they did minor things. (Imbornoni)“Female full-time workers made 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap of 20...
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...Powerful Many people say that covering a lie with more lies will achieve you nothing. The events that occurred in The Crucible are an exception to that saying. One of the protagonist in the play, Abigail Williams, uses lies on top of lies, to gain herself power. She uses this power to her advantage as the events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts unravel. Abigail started out innocent. She was in the woods with some of her friends. Things took a turn when Tituba started “conjuring demons”. All the girls went crazy. They danced, screamed, and took their clothes off. Salem’s reverend...
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...Pride and reputation have prominent role in all societies. Often times, maintaining one’s reputation can influence how a person act. This theme is evident throughout Arthur Miller’s play, the Crucible. Miller presents a 1690’s town with a rigid system and an extremely religious-oriented people. In this Puritan society, private and public integrity interweave and the threat of tainting their names is ever present. The stressed importance of maintaining pride and reputation results in influencing many of the characters within the play. The importance of reputation is instantly apparent, when Reverend Parris is more concerned about the hints and rumors of witchcraft and how that might blemish his good name, rather than his own daughter’s health....
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...Comparison Of The Crucible and McCarthyism The quality of being wise is not given by age, but by experience. Knowledge and upstanding judgment must be earned, even by men in power. Senator Joseph McCarthy tampered with the minds of thousands by using their lack of sagacity against them. During his term, McCarthy named playwright Arthur Miller, along with over 200 others a communist. In the early 1950s, many looked to McCarthy as protection against the Cold War, but for Miller, it was the spark that lit the match. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and the Red Scare are direct correlates because The Crucible is based on the selfish intentions Senator McCarthy possesses, “witches” were shunned just as the individuals blacklisted for communist...
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