The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play written about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. The story shows how people were accused of witchcraft through the corrupt society and killed for their supposed crimes. The time that Arthur Miller lived was filled with fear of communist infiltration into the government and accusations of people who were thought to be communists. Through his use of the Salem witch trials in The Crucible, Arthur Miller effectively illustrates the lives ruined from accusations
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Lindsey Sibille Ms. Gonzales AP English III, 1 16 October 2015 The Crucible Book Card Assignment Authorial Background Arthur Miller is the award-winning playwright of The Crucible along with many other famous plays such as Death Of a Salesman and All My Sons. Born in Manhattan in 1915, Miller experienced the pressing and devastating times of the Great Depression and both World Wars. His first two plays were The Man Who Had All the Luck and All My Sons, with the latter being performed
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shared a lot of the same characteristics. In the Crucible, Elizabeth plays a nice Christian woman who is married to John Proctor. She is accused of witchcraft but does not confess because of her beliefs. After reading the Crucible I am most like Elizabeth Proctor because I am religious, loyal, and forgiving. Being religious is a characteristic that I found Elizabeth and I had in common. One way Elizabeth shows her religious side in the Crucible is when she told John in Act lV that if he lies and
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The book and film of "The Crucible" are fundamentally the same as. The book and motion picture both show Reverend Parris' avarice for cash and houses. The motion picture demonstrated this attribute much superior to the book however on the grounds that there was a scene in the motion picture where Parris was raging about his yearly compensation and Hale strolled in the entryway. When Parris had seen Hale he totally changed his conduct. Another way the book and motion picture were comparative was
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Dear people of the town of Salem, hear my plea! I am only but a poor farmer! I am innocent on these charges brought against me. Such heinous charges of Witchcraft and consort with the devil. I have committed no such crimes! The evidence brought up against me is merely hearsay and testimony from confused children. How do you people expect to prove such a crime as witchery? There is no evidence other than the shoddy case made by a child who knows nothing of the world. If the positions of me and Reverend
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Reverend Parris. She is an essential character with qualities of being a calming mother like figure. Rebecca Nurse and I have a few similarities in that we are both caring, understanding, and sympathetic. Rebecca presents a very caring attitude in The Crucible. Whenever Reverend Parris’s daughter Betty was lying in bed with her unknown illness, Rebecca was the one to calm her down during one of her fits. I have experienced having the need to care for someone. For example, my stepmother works late and when
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In the texts the crucible and Year of Wonders, both contain strong, kind female characters that are devoted to do what is right. Through the characters Elizabeth Proctor from The Crucible and Elinor Mompellion from “Year of Wonders”, we see wives of religious and powerful men showing compassion and kindness to those that surround them. Elizabeth Proctor must deal with a lot of conflict during the crucible. Not only does she have to deal with the fact that her husband John Proctor had an affair with
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The Crucible and the Holocaust Deyang Hsu Throughout history, discriminatory accusations and persecutions have alway taken an undeniable role in our lives. No matter the scale of these accusations, they do mold our lives significantly. Similarly, these things can also cost the lives of people, and in a few cases; a really significant amount. The two most memorable crisis of discriminatory accusations which ultimately led to the ruin of a whole group or ethnicity of people are the Salem Witch
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Many people’s reputations throughout The Crucible come up to discussion. When accusations start, Hale receives comments from Giles Corey concerning Martha Corey. Giles Corey mentions the strange actions: “Martha my wife. I have waked at night may of time and found her in a corner, reading a book: could not say my prayers”(Miller 480). Hale and others suspicion grows when they hear the strange actions made by Martha. Accusations against Martha rise in the town. People in Salem lose confidence in
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Who was Really Responsible? “Don’t touch me-- don’t touch me!... You’re the Devil’s man!” (Miller 110). These words come from Mary Warren, a simple, yet nice, caring assistant for the Proctor family whose feelings were changed about his master within a minute by a Devilish girl who’s name is Abigail Williams. Abigail was the Proctor family’s assistant while Elizabeth was sick throughout seven months of her life. During this time, John Proctor, and Abigail had an unexpected affair behind Elizabeth's
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