music and dance were not allowed, as they were believed to be satanical practices. Some people convicted each other because of personal agendas and without evidence. Because of this, honor and respect were considered the value of each citizen. In The Crucible, Reverend Hale, John Proctor, and the people of Salem show that the value of life, and conscience are factors affected by the Salem witch trials. This kind of restates the prompt be more specific. Reverend Hale, a minister sent from a nearby village
Words: 677 - Pages: 3
Reverend Parris, John Proctor and Abigail Williams demonstrated their priorities in not damaging their reputation through threatening those close to them and trying to make the best decision for their future in the community due to a fear of the sin tainting their names. During a conversation written by Miller, Parris says “Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my
Words: 761 - Pages: 4
“Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft,” written by Paul Boyer and Stephan Nissenbaum, is a nonfiction book about the Salem witchcraft trials and how they came to light during the time of 1692. Boyer and Stephan wrote the book after taking an undergraduate research class at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst that required them to research a topic using “extended use of primary sources” (Salem preface). The book incorporates the religious, social, economic, and demographic factors
Words: 422 - Pages: 2
Relations Between The Crucible and The Red Scare Ever experience the feeling of being falsely accused? This was exactly the feeling many people felt, during the times of witchery and communism. In, “The Crucible”, many people were being accused of witchery, and would only remain alive, if they confessed. During the times of communism “The Red Scare” showed the increase of fear, involving going against the leaders and speaking up for what was right. Both the play and the article are similar in many
Words: 481 - Pages: 2
Many people can’t look past one’s flaws no matter what the person has done for them. Man can be a hero in spite of having some flaws. In Arthur Miller’s story The Crucible, the town of Salem is faced with a “witch problem”. Twelve girls claim they can see witches and accuse innocent women of witchcraft. This leads to many innocent people being put in jail, some of them put to death. The only way you could get out of being accused of witchcraft is if you confess. The confessing is what kept the trials
Words: 721 - Pages: 3
The Crucible a wonderful piece of literature by Arthur Miller. Has a very deceitful character named Abigail Williams. Her behavior is very shocking. The things she does to keep her name white. To begin, Abigail and all her friends got caught by Reverend Parris in the woods singing and dancing. They all brought different things to put in the soup. They brought flowers, and a frog and one of the girls brought a chicken. Abby drank the blood from the chicken. After the girls get caught in the forest
Words: 655 - Pages: 3
McCarthyism and The Crucible During the tense era of McCarthyism, “The Crucible” a book about the Salem witch trials was written and published. The Salem witch trials of “The Crucible” , were women making accusations of people participating in witchcraft. Arthur Miller the author of “The Crucible” is compared to McCarthyism because Joseph McCarthy, a senator, accused people of being communists, or having relations with communist. During the 1950s, if anyone was accused of witchcraft they would
Words: 252 - Pages: 2
The person who is to blame at the end of act one is tituba because she is the individual who lied about worshipping the devil and forced betty and abigail to do witchcraft which eventually evolves into a big histeria at mr. and mrs. putnams house. Ruth was laying down in bed unable to wakeup, this action along with other abnormal situations ocurring in different households was considered to be a result of demonic possesion, therefore abigail blamed tituba for this new devastating change in the village
Words: 264 - Pages: 2
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
Words: 702 - Pages: 3
The theme in The Crucible is redemption, which is one being saved from sin by their savior or, in a broader sense, redeeming one’s self from their mistake. This is present in life in our daily lives; every time we make a mistake we apologize and try to make it up to the person we caused a mishap. The image relates to the theme by the girl having chains wrapped around her hands which represent the sins she has committed. She is looking up towards the light that shines upon her as a representation
Words: 382 - Pages: 2
