In The Crucible, the witch trials were a major point of focus. There are numerous acts that needed to happen to lead to the witch trials and the ending of the novel. Girls in Salem had countless expectations, including the expectation to be perfect children. They were trained, even as children, to act like mature adults. The problem is that when a child is forced to act like an adult at such a young age, but aren’t treated as adults, they may feel ignored. When a child is ignored, they
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Abigail is a jealous and manipulative girl with guile to spare. She has a lascivious affair with John Proctor and wants to get rid of his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail wants to keep the blame off of her by falsely accusing innocent people that she does not like. She is asked if Elizabeth Proctor has ever kept poppets in her house and answers with, “ Goody Proctor always kept poppets” (Miller 99). This quote supports the fact that Abigail is a jealous liar whose
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Crucible Essay Suspicion can destroy because it causes hysteria and there are consequences for that. Rod Sterling’s quote and The Crucible are very similar in the way that suspicion ruined many lives and reputations in each story. The Cold War was a war of words, a war of suspicion, of hatred and power. Arthur Miller and Rod Serling both connect to the war in the 1950s in an allegorical way. In the play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller expresses similar views about suspicion through the characterization
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that the trials had even occurred. She started something she could not finish and by starting it she killed many innocent people. Abigail is at blame because she did all of this just to get with John Proctor (Elizabeth Proctor’s husband), who drank the chicken blood charm to kill Elizabeth. The entire situation in Salem was all because of Abigail’s obsession with John Proctor. Abigail is not a victim of her society. She manipulated the entire town in order to get John to be with her. She is a villain
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A person’s beliefs and character can change dramatically over a course of time. Even if someone believes so strongly in something, with time and realization, that person might have a change of heart and radically alter their way of thinking. Being part of a shameful situation can make a person become fully aware of the kind of person they are and prompt them to reform themselves. In The Crucible, the Reverend Hale is depicted as an honorable man caught up in a dishonorable situation. A character
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“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” - Joseph Conrad In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the whole town is captivated by paranoia. This play is based on the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 in a small Puritan town in Massachusetts. When a young girl named Betty Parris falls ill, the entire village suspects witchcraft. Even though Betty’s cousin, Abigail Williams, recognizes that the illness is the result of fear and
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who was the wife of John Proctor who had an affair with Abigail who wanted to be with him, but he doesn’t want anything to do with her anymore. Later into the play Abigail makes the decision to stabs herself and blame it on Elizabeth for using witchcraft on her. Causing Elizabeth to be thrown in jail. In the proctors home reverend Hale comes and have then recite their commandments but john struggles with adultery. Soon after Cheever searches the home and finds a needle in a poppet. Cheever is quoted
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Pride and reputation have prominent role in all societies. Often times, maintaining one’s reputation can influence how a person act. This theme is evident throughout Arthur Miller’s play, the Crucible. Miller presents a 1690’s town with a rigid system and an extremely religious-oriented people. In this Puritan society, private and public integrity interweave and the threat of tainting their names is ever present. The stressed importance of maintaining pride and reputation results in influencing many
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other girls follow her lead and do not dare contradict her. Within the first act, Abigail alone accuses seven people of witchcraft, all of whom were never witches, but she lies about it to save her reputation and to further her plan to eliminate Elizabeth Proctor, John’s wife, from
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In act two, Elizabeth tells John “John, you are not open with me. You saw her with a crowd, you said. Now you-”. (II. 212-214). This is where John has been caught in a lie by Elizabeth. John told her that he was with her in a crowd. Then she caught him slipping accidentally saying that he was alone with her after all. Also in act two as well Elizabeth tells John “quietly—(she has suddenly lost all faith in him): Do as you wish, then
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