would do the same. Nonetheless, Abigail and Danforth’s hand in stirring up pandemonium erases all sense of logic, and leaves the Proctors’ declaration to become a death sentence. This lack of foresight in the consequences of actions is actually what led to the chaos in Salem in the first place. Unknowing, “Abigail has set in motion a disastrous chain of events with multiple and widespread social consequences” (Shroeder). Due to the affair of John Proctor and Abigail, this fuels Abigail’s jealousy
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satisfied that I had thoroughly enjoyed reading the story, whilst developing a love hate relationship with some of the plot lines, characters and themes that it portrayed. At the beginning of the story, I found myself sympathizing with the character Abigail Williams. She is a young teenage girl, in love, and I felt myself trying to relate to her and the way she may be feeling, being rejected by the man she loves. Before Abigail’s true personality was revealed, I thought
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they all would like to keep their good name. John Proctor would like to be known as the man who sticks up for the little person and always does the right thing. Judge Danforth wants to be known as a good judge who always makes the right decisions. Abigail and girls want to be known as good girls who are not witches and believe in God. All of these characters choose to keep their reputations rather than do the right thing or saving their lives. The importance of having a good name is a one of the biggest
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and protective instincts, and when signs indicate that they truly love each other. John Proctor validates that his relationship with his wife can stay together through the use of his moral goodness. At one point in the story, he has an affair with Abigail Williams, their servant at the time. Immediately after the incident he
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a vile sin, John Proctor is able to escape the consequences due to his powerful position. Thus, he fulfills the third criteria of a tragic hero, hubris. He displays his ability when he warns Abigail Williams, the accomplice of his lustful sin, to not speak of it, “Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abigail” (Miller 1). By refusing to speak of it himself and preventing others to, Proctor is attempting to escape the consequences of his crime by denying the crime itself. Proctor continues his attempt
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was being afraid of Abigail. When Abigail and the girls made it look like Mary Warren had control of them, Mary Warren wanted to be back on Abigail’s side due to her weakness instead of staying on John Proctor’s
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Nicholas Hytner. Hytner's film was released in theaters on December 13th in the year 1996. The Crucible’s genre is Historical period drama. Starring in this film is Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, the protagonist in this story, and Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, the antagonist in this story. Other important characters in this story are Reverend Parris played by Bruce Davison, Reverend Hale played by Rob Campbell, Giles Corey played by Peter Vaughan, Mary Warren played by Karron Graves, Tituba played
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This evidence ties in with the paranoia in the town that witches are among them caused by Abigail's false accusations. For example, Abigail states " I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" (T.C 485). With Abigail doing this, she spreads mass paranoia though out the town by naming people in the village as "witches". By doing this, she takes the
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In The Crucible many bizarre things happen because of individuals trying to get personal wants in the society. For example, Abigail Williams accused many innocent people of witchcraft just so that she could get John Proctor to be her husband because of the adultery they committed months before. Abigail especially accused Elizabeth Proctor, John’s wife, so that Elizabeth would be out of the picture. The society went crazy and many people were in the jails because they believed some people like Rebecca
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Truth and Lies How can one’s reputation affect his or her decisions? Reputations decide whether or not one is accepted or denied within the community. With reputation, comes a great responsibility, the responsibility of maintaining that reputation through actions of right and wrong. One’s actions can overall result in a truthful representation of one's reputation, or the falsity behind one's lies. In the tragedy, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, reputation motivates one's actions, whether right or
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