Icelic 1 Marija Icelic Garica, Joshua English III 19 October 2015 Reputation in the Crucible The characters in the play The Crucible have a lot of things about reputation. They are all known as good citizens, for one reason or another, and they all would like to keep their good name. John Proctor would like to be known as the man who sticks up for the little person and always does the right thing. Judge Danforth wants to be known as a good judge who always makes the right decisions. Abigail
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to the Salem Witchcraft Trials. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller many women portray different roles. In the play, Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and Elizabeth Proctor all portray the difference in the treatment of women during that time. Abigail Williams is treated with more respect than the other two woman, because she was the first girl to to lie and give up the names of other people she claimed she saw with the Devil. Abigail was the niece of Reverend Parris who was the priest in Salem during
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acting, and reacting to situations. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the town of Salem and many of its residents go through a major transformation after the idea of witchcraft is introduced. One character, Reverend John Hale, a visitor from Beverley and a known expert on witchery, undergoes a major character transformation throughout the play. Hale goes from believing in witchcraft and wanting to stop any witches in Salem, to doubting the court, and finally ending with an unshakeable guilt, knowing
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need for a reason or explanation for the outbursts, and finally, the religious leaders’ importance in the social as well as legislative hierarchy. The children making the accusations, under many accounts were, seeking attention. The children of Salem needed an excuse in order to receive much wanted attention. A local doctor diagnosed the girls with “bewitchment” after medical analysis resulted inconclusively. The kids’ acting out may have been subject to lack of importance in the colonial society
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until proven guilty.” In the Salem Witch Trials, this right was not in effect. The judges accused people of being witches without any real evidence, they were guilty until proven innocent. However, Reverend Hale was one voice of reason. In The Crucible, Reverend Hale goes from assisting the accusers of witchcraft, to denouncing the accusations. In the beginning of The Crucible, Reverend Hale is somewhat skeptical, but doesn’t reject the idea that there are witches in Salem. When he arrives, he states
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dishonorable situation. In The Crucible, Reverend John Hale is summoned to the town of Salem to seek out and expel any signs of witchcraft within it. Hale does, however, have good intentions to help the afflicted people of Salem. Unfortunately, in his hunt to remove witchcraft from the town, Hale lets others around him, such as Abigail, manipulate him into making wrong decisions. When Hale arrives to Salem, he is overwhelmed with false accusations and evidence from Abigail and other girls who do
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a demagogue. Praying on their fears of communist so he could get more power. Arthur feared that everyone was going to lose their rights and America won't be the same anymore. People were also being thrown in jail from court hearings not from court trials. Arthur Miller had to write the Crucible in a different country because McCarthy was coming after him. Britain was happy to take him in. He wrote the Crucible out of desperation and it branched out from a typical depression era trauma. His marriage
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not right. Just like in the Salem trials there were many innocent that died. During this time everyone was afraid. This led people to falsely accuse someone else to save their own lives. This same fear grows and grows throughout the people. Just like during the Salem trials, today there is fear of many things. One of them is fear of illegal immigrants. Why so many people afraid of this is because there is a group that feeds the fear for their own benefit. Both in Salem and today fear has led to many
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"Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party?" This was a common question heard during the 1950s in the age of what is known as McCarthyism, the name given to the time in American history during which Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy searched in an effort to expose supposed communist takeover in various areas of the U.S. government. Arthur Miller and Edward Murrow, two very well known Americans at the time, were very outspoken about how McCarthyism was affecting the nation
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the witchcraft happening in Salem Village. He was also accused to almost kill them with physical abuses. The three accusers had a unique pattern of accusing John Proctor to torture other people as well. In 1692 a group of young girls were working with egg white in a glass of water, trying to know who they were going to marry. They had done more than working with just egg white and they were caught by the villagers who soon accused
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