crescendo and comes to a dramatic climax at the end, and thus ensuring the audience or reader of the play is gripped by the story throughout the whole play. The incident begins with the girls dancing in the forest and soon escalates into a huge witch hunt. There is sufficient conflict to keep the reader or audience member's interest aroused. There is a great deal of of tension and suspense in the story. It essentially covers basic human instincts and qualities. It depicts the human necessity
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on government issues. Another example I thought of shows how some religion can cause a fear of the unknown. Witches, or those who study Wiccan, used to be feared in a way that was detrimental to their health. The example I think of is the Salem witch trials. People, mostly females, were burned at the stake in this time period simply because they could do things that religion could not understand. The ‘religious’ believed it was the work of the devil. I remember reading somewhere that some of the
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Giles Corey believes they should move on and it the trials have been blown out of proportion, he even says to Reverend Parris, “It suggests to the mind what the trouble to be among us all these years. To all: Think of it.Wherefore is everybody suing everybody else? Think on it now, it’s a deep thing, and
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Set in 1692 Salem, Matechusses, The Crucible portrays the witch trials taken place in this time. Arthur Miller creates an atmosphere of hysteria through the use of fear and terror, clearly seen in act III the yellow bird scene. Through lack of evidence and falsely accused individuals, Miller turned the town into a place of madness and doubt, as seen when John Proctor is put on the stand to testify for his wife. He says he “rung the doom of [his] good name”(111) for his wife in hopes that
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Elizabeth Proctor and I “ I surely do. There be no mark of blame upon my life, Mr. Hale. I am a covenanted Christian woman.” This quote is said by Elizabeth Proctor who I believe mostly relates to me. After learning about her, I’ve learned that we 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
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The Crucible and the Detroit riots have a lot in common, whether it be from comparing the mass hysteria, or people being falsely accused of terrible acts, the similarities are unmistakable. A small rumor can have giant effects and push people beyond a breaking point. Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, is a very good example of how people react when they don’t know how to respond and they see violence as the only resolution, such as the residents in Detroit did during July of 1967. The two events
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During the seventeenth century there where many attempts to create the model society. The Puritans where one group that wanted to make a society based on their beliefs. The Puritans wanted to purify the church of England. They also wanted to build a purified society. One aspiration that really took of for the puritans was their attempt to create a self-government. The Puritans wanted to have “A City upon a Hill”, in which the eyes of all people would have been upon them . They felt in order to build
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The Crucible, is a play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials, which occured in the early 1690s in Massachusetts. Throughout the historical play, Miller shows many different characters, but some, like Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are easily comparable. Although Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams are distinguishable when it comes to morals and views of religion, there are a few similarities, like their love of John Proctor and their hatred for each other that make them so alike
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Sometimes people must risk their reputation to do what is right. This is what made John Proctor a hero, despite the flaws he had. The Crucible by Andrew Miller is a play about the Salem witch trials during the Puritans era. John Proctor is a hero in The Crucible because he believes in justice, values his reputation, and is fallible. John Proctor believes in justice for the people accused of witchcraft. He is willing to put himself on the line so others can be free. When John was at the courthouse
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The potential spread of Communism has always struck fear in the heart of the American citizen. “Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?” is a question as prevalent in American history as Kennedy’s plea, “Do not ask what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” America, paranoid of the “imminent” Communist overthrow, has lived in constant fear. The culprit of the Red Scare, Joseph McCarthy, was actually the senator of Wisconsin. On February 9
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