In the Crucible, by Arthur Miller my character Abigail is seen as a selfish person who only looks to do things for her own convenience. Throughout the book we can see Abigail do many actions to benefit herself rather than helping others. The reason she acts this way is because she is worried about her reputation. She also fears being singled out from the Christian community. The only thing she has left is her reputation which is why it is so important that she keeps it. In the phrase “She made me
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The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts around the year of 1692. The Crucible contains belief of witchcraft, along with deal making with the devil. There also is a affair between a married man and a servant. Therefore, there ends up being multiple hangings. John Proctor whose married to Elizabeth Proctor has an affair with Abigail Williams. She had been John’s wife’s servant before Mrs.Proctor released her of her duty. Reverend Parris had discovered multiple girls dancing in the forest
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In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, people who were innocent were accused of witchcraft. These people lived in a community that had high morals, and they stood up to their morals. In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts people's pride and name meant a lot, so people did whatever they needed to in order to keep their reputation clean. In The Crucible John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey are amongst those who are accused of witchcraft even though they are innocent, and to keep their
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Mock Trial Jury Member Naomi Was She Guilty? So we end on a less fortunate note upon Abigail Williams. Did she help conspire these murders in Selma? The jury says yes, (Off with her head! What a heartless bunch, nobody pleaded against the decision) but was she truly guilty? We, the jury, listened to each witness, while scrambling to take notes; experienced emotions of confusion, intimidation, and occasionally questioned if the witnesses were even honest… Starting with Mary as first witness, the
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Based on the text from our textbook, “The Crucible” seems to be a pretty accurate portrayal of the Salem witch trials. According to American History Volume I, “The most famous outbreak…was in Salem, Massachusetts, where adolescent girls began to exhibit strange behavior and leveled accusations of witchcraft against several West Indian servants steeped in voodoo lore. The hysteria they produced spread throughout the town, and before it was over hundreds of people (most of them women) were accused
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Fear can lead good people to do horrific acts, especially when religion is involved. For example, in the play The Crucible the girls who was following Abigail knew dancing was considered in Salem as an act of the devil. When they got caught dancing in the forest, they began to think about their punishments in this case, were whippens, jail, or even worse death. They decided to keep following Abigail's lead and began to claim that the devil and these images of the people from Salem tried to make them
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that she believes will bring her to salvation and that is an ingrained part of her identity, in order to try and save her husband; but it will be their doom. Elizabeth Proctor may be one of the most, if not the most morally pure people within The Crucible. She is honest to a fault, faithful, and kind, simply because she believes it is right. Unfortunately, the things that make her so moral are the things that will destroy her. As the play climaxes, John is desperately trying to save his wife from
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The Crucible Essay “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller is based on witch trials in Salem 1692. “The Crucible” was written because of McCarthyism which started in 1950 and ended in 1954. Senator Joe and his campaign accused US government and other organizations of communist. Many people lost their job because of McCarthyism. McCarthyism and witch trials in Salem of 1692 are both similar events. Many people had their reputation damaged because of false accusation. In “The Crucible” we see John Proctor
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or a threat. Inside of you can feel that something bad will happen because of that fear you have inside of you. In the Crucible there are a lot of examples of fear that have been shown. To began, In the crucible there a lot of fear. From all the lies people start saying and then they end up believing the lies they have told. Like John Proctor one of the character from the crucible show fear. Proctor have been in a secret romance with Abigail Williams and he is scared that people with find out. If
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Inflated ego a feeling, deep pleasure, or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements. Proctors inflated ego was why he decided to hang instead of confess to witchcraft. Towards the end of Act 4 of The Crucible John started to realize how much his name meant to him and how he couldn't confess to something that was not true. Proctor came clean to Danforth by not signing his name. “No, It is not the same! What others say and what i sign to is not the same!” This quote by John Proctor shows that
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