English 11 AP The Crucible Literary Analysis The Crucible, a novel by Arthur Miller is a historical fiction novel that takes place during the year 1692. The novel is written in the format of a play and takes place in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. The town consists of a tight knit highly religious society. The situation and circumstances that the community is in encourages the development of several different themes in the story. Religion, integrity, and respect and reputation are all
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Marasti Ms. Kelly Survey of American Literature 16 October 2015 The Crucible Analytical Paper “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it,” Benjamin Franklin once said. Reputation has a large impact on the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts in the play, The Crucible. John Proctor is most affected by the thought of maintaining an acceptable reputation for his name. Throughout The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor made many mistakes, one such as committing
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible exposes conflicts between the characters and the Christian society of Salem, Massachusetts 1692. The concept of social pressure and rules are used to establish the play. If the common man in Salem is to work proficiently in his surroundings, he must participate in all social activities or he faces the consequences of untrue allegations. Miller uses the character John Proctor as a prime example whose individuality ultimately isolates him from his community. Proctor tries
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Abigail Williams Of the major characters, Abigail is the least complex. She is clearly the villain of the play, more so than Parris or Danforth: she tells lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths. Throughout the hysteria, Abigail’s motivations never seem more complex than simple jealousy and a desire to have revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. The language of the play is almost biblical, and Abigail seems like a biblical character—a
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Explore the ways in which Arthur Miller presents the character of between his entrance and Parris’ line ‘What happened?’ in Act 1 Miller presents the character Proctor as a character that is isolated form the Salem Community by choice as he does no believe that there is witch craft nor does he like the way Revlon Parris leads the service. Act one is when Miller first shows the audience Proctor and Abigail alone together in the play at Parris house. The way in which Miller decides the actions
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of the crime himself. The self inflicted pressures that Abigail places upon herself due to her selfish love of John Procter, result in complex and uncontrollable lies that eventually leads to the social destruction of Salem in Arthur Millers The Crucible. Abigail desires to have power in the court, in this way she can sway the decisions of the Judges and make anyone appear as a threat to Salem. This empowerment causes Abigail to get all girls involved in the court hearings, if all girls follow
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Austin Decker 10-27-14 English Witches in Salem?! Today, in the year 1692, we have had word that witches are present in Salem Massachusetts. Girls have been caught dancing naked around a fire, and drinking chicken blood for sport. We are to believe that Tituba, a house maid from Barbados, is to be blamed for this. She has often been caught in the puritan environment saying alien chants and songs. The person who gave us this lead goes by the name of Abigail Williams, she is well aware of
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Fear can influence decisions and corrupt ones morality. The fear of death, judgment and isolation all have the capability to make good people do bad things. Arthur Miller portrays this phenomenon in his book The Crucible. In The Crucible there are distinct examples of fear debilitating ones ability to make the right decision. Mary Warrens fear of death resulted in many deaths. John Proctor’s fear of judgment kept him from revealing the truth. Lastly, the fear of the unknown, in the mind of the townspeople
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The War of Roses The War of Roses are a series of battles fought in medieval England from 1455 to 1485. The people who had fought during the war were the House of Lancaster (the red rose) and the House of York (the white rose).The reason the war started was between both the House of Lancaster and House of York had claimed to have right to the English throne as descendants of King Edward. The wars kept going on between 20 or so years is because the people at the throne kept dying and having no
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Are your vocal chords set for some screaming? Get ready for Scream Queens season 2 to hit your TV screens! But are you really ready? If you want to prepare yourself before the premiere episode, here are some stuff you should know. 1.Taylor Lautner, or Dr. Cassidy Cascade, in Scream Queens season 2 calls himself a female viagra. 2.John Stamos, as Dr. Brock Holt, has weird ghost hands? He is also a doctor on the show. In the First Look trailer, he is out on a date in the movies and his hand suddenly
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