pure. But, is reputation, how other people see you, more important than integrity, how you see yourself? The Crucible’s protagonist, John Proctor, is a perfect example of how keeping one’s good name can lead someone to extreme actions. When the witch trials began, and John Proctor went to court to protect those he knew were innocent, he went as long as he could without admitting he had an affair with
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had a day off from work, then praying was the only way free time should be spent. (TW) 2. “The Salem tragedy, which is about to begin in these pages developed from a paradox” Act 1, pg. 6 3. “…slave sense has warned her that, as always, trouble in this house eventually lands on her back” Act 1, pg. 8 The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a story about the tragedies that occur in Salem. I would have to say that tragedy is the big theme of the play because it informs the reader about
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themselves from other church and when they came migrated they made that happen 2-the witch hunt was a general revenge in the way that if someone did something to you can just accuse them of witchcraft and without evidence it actually works 3-tituba- reverent Parris slave, accused of trying to conjure dead spirits Abigail- 17-year-old niece of Parris, affair with proctor, control the girls involve in the witch trial Betty- teenage daughter of Parris, afraid of Abigail, fakes that she is under
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In the small Town of Salem, author Arthur Miller shows how hysteria works in a crowd of people in the play, The Crucible The mass hysteria presented in the play is the witch trials and the Red Scare. The score could have been stopped in the Salem village if Abigail Williams and Betty Parris would have told the truth and not accuse the girls of connecting with the devil and practicing witchcraft and served their punishment. Abigail would have been able to stop this if she had not spread the rumor
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“Damned Women”, Elizabeth Reis gives an insight on the experiences of women in New England in the 17th century. She discusses the views of women who claimed that their souls had been affected by evil. Reis argues that these perceptions made the women of Salem in Massachusetts and the regions that surrounded it to be targeted by the law as being practitioners of witchcraft. The law therefore, targeted women more than men, and women viewed themselves as evil. The evil they committed made them sin more than
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The Crucible is about the Salem Witch Trials where innocent people were hanged by the accusation of witchcraft. The trials takes place in the late 17th century in Massachusetts, near Boston. During this time, the colonies are still in development of its infrastructure and vulnerable to Indian raids. Salem is a small community of puritans who left england in hope to ‘purify’ the church. The court is the supreme power in all of the provinces in the american continent and under a theocracy. A theocracy
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In the movie “The Crucible,” written by Arthur Miller, Puritanism is portrayed in many ways. The setting of the movie showed us when and where the events of the Salem Witch Trials. The costumes and buildings opened our eyes to how the Puritans ran their daily lives. Meanwhile, the characters and actors in the movie showed us how hard it was to be a pure Puritan and even they could stray from the path of what they believed was ‘good’. Puritanism, in the movie, was shown to us very clearly. The movie
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In examining Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” alongside Tim Burton’s filmic adaption of the story, titled “Sleepy Hollow,” a number of fascinating similarities and differences emerge. Though elements of the characters and settings of Burton’s film borrow heavily from Irving’s text, the overall structuring of the film is significantly different, and representations of various elements are crucially re-imagined. Tim Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow” was released on November 19, 1999, a few
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to express the conditions the United States is in. Fear quickly spread throughout the country due to citizens accusing each other of being a communist. Similar to the Red Scare, the citizens of Salem began accusing each other of witchcraft due to their own fears. On the other, Jodi Picoult’s purpose of Salem Falls is to entertain the audience. Picoult adjusts the story to adapt to the twenty-first century. Unlike the ending of Miller’s play, the film had a true ending. In both versions, the audience
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sometimes have undisclosed meanings that lead one to think they will attain some sort of advantage over someone else. These kind of ulterior motives may come about from fear or jealousy and often can result in negative consequences. In 1962 a witch hunt in the town of Salem was held. In The Crucible, Parris feels like he needs to be in control and tries to maintain a moral order. Abigail is a young girl longing for a relationship with a married man named Proctor. Miller demonstrates that ulterior motives
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