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Mary changes her story because she is afraid that she will be accused of witchcraft. She realizes that the judge is putting pressure on her to stick to her story. The judge has realized that he may...
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I think you have the two best reasons already listed, but another one could include that John Proctor is guilty of the sin of Pride. He has alientated himself from the church, and made enemies of...
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The Puritans believed that the forest was the home of the Devil. It contained mystery and the unknown so they presumed it to be pure evil. ...the Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the...
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I think for purposes of the play, Proctor made the right decision. He was concerned for about the consequences of having his "confession" made public. He was especially afraid that his sons would...
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ACT I - SUSPICION and HYSTERIA: Everyone wonders what the girls were doing out in the woods, while the girls wonder what they can do or say to not get caught. They frantically work on a plan when...
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From the beginning of the play, we see that Abigail Williams's grasp on power is tenuous. When Reverend Parris's daughter, Betty, comes out of her "coma," she says to Abigail, You drank blood...
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Alienation is woven throughout the plot of The Crucible and involves many of the characters. Tituba is alienated from the town of Salem because of her race and the perception that she is a witch....
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"She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s...
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Act II of The Crucible takes place in spring. John Proctor has been hard at work planting crops and asks Elizabeth to pray for a fair summer. A few moments later he says: I think we’ll see green...
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Providing an exact page number is going to be difficult without knowing exactly which edition of The Crucible you are looking at. In my copy of the play, Abigail accuses Tituba on page 16 and again...
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Proctor begins the play as a confident and uncompromising figure. By the end of the play, he has regained some of his confidence but only after a series of challenges sees him reduced to false...
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Early in the play, conformity is presented as a cultural issue for the Puritans in Salem. The notion of taboo and social transgression are defined, largely, along the lines of lack of conformity to...
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As these characters are rather fully formed and fleshed out in the play, assigning adjectives to them is not especially difficult. To do this, we can simply characterize the various behaviors the...
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In Act III, Proctor, Nurse and Corey go to court armed with a petition signed by 91 people who have vouched for their wives Christian characters. John Proctor is told by the court that his wife,...
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One disasterous consequence is that because Elizabeth kicked Abby out of the house for the affair, Abby grows a violent hatred for her that eventually leads to her accusing Elizabeth of being a...
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Reverend Parris is not in good with the community. They are angry with him, and he is pushy with them.In Act I scene 1, Parris lashes out at Abigail for being caught in the woods and for what this...
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While guilt is certainly present in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, I would have a hard time saying that it is a central theme. The examples of where guilt are seen is John Proctor's guilt for...
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Proctor's perception of a morally righteous person is one who is "right with God". He achieves this is the play because he is not rules by the rules of religion like the other Puritans. The...
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Reverend Hale moves from a confidence in his goals and methods to disillusion with the courts and even guilt over his own complicity. Arriving in Salem is the scholarly cleric that Miller describes...
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Many of the named characters in the play The Crucible are based upon actual historical records and people who were actually involved in the events portrayed. Certainly, any number of these people...
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The Puritan religion and beliefs were based on hard work, self-discipline, and religious duty. All Puritans were expected to live by strict, uncompromising rules that kept their intentions good and...
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Let's be sure to define these terms before we go on to answer the question: Direct Characterization: the author explains certain traits about a character directly to the reader Indirect...
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After what seems like an eternity, Mary Warren finally plucks up the courage to tell the truth about what really happened in the woods that night. She also tells Judge Danforth that Abigail has...
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At the beginning of the play, John Proctor is already attempting to change. This is due to his recent affair, and desire to be a man of morality and integrity. Proctor is still very unsure of...
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One intensely dynamic character in The Crucible would have to be Reverend Parris. At the start of the drama, he is scared as to what the implications of witchcraft will be upon his own stature....
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Many characters in Arthur Miller's The Crucible have a fierce desire for power, though not all of them are looking for power in the traditional sense. The Reverend Parris is thoroughly obsessed...
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Pain and humility are the essential elements of Elizabeth's changes in The Crucible. Learning to let go of her pain and to forgive, humbly, is the primary driver of her outward change. She has been...
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At the beginning of the play, Elizabeth and John Proctor's relationship seems somewhat chilly. He cheated on her with their former employee, Abigail Williams, and Elizabeth found out and fired...
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Fear and authority occupy vital roles in The Crucible. Fear was critical in the establishment of authority. Reverend Parris comes to understand that if he is able to manipulate the paranoia of...
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John Proctor is a character who faces great testing and trial through the action in this play. He has to choose to acknowledge that he is an adulterer, and that he slet with Abigail, in order to...
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By act two, Abigail's influence over the proceedings has already begun to snowball. She started everything off with her initial accusations of witchcraft, and a hysteria has developed. By act...
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Unlike with other characters in his play The Crucible, an allegory of the so-called “Red Scare” that swept America during the early years of the Cold War, Arthur Miller is more circumspect with...
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The blame for the events of the story has to be assigned to more than a single individual. Abigail Williams and her friends certainly deserve a portion of the blame. Judge Danforth, Reverend Parris...
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The best source for ideas on this one can be found in the play itself, at the end of Act Four, when Elizabeth and John talk. In this poignant exchange between the two of them, John expresses a...
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John Proctor is one of the most significant characters in the play, and the one who Miller seems to focus most on as far as the extent to which he changes throughout the play. Miller uses Proctor's...
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John Proctor is the protagonist of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Reverend Hale arrives to investigate the potential threat of witchcraft in Salem. He is summoned because of his apparent...
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I am not at all sure I agree with the statement, but here's how I would answer it if I had to. First, he causes the trials by having an affair with Abigail. It is partly her anger at Elizabeth...
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In my opinion, Danforth's basic attitude is that he cares more about how the court and government will end up looking than about anything else. He does not really care about justice or about...
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The Crucible examines the concept of justice by displaying the process and results of a juridical principle which will be completely alien to most modern audience members, whatever their religious...
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When we read The Crucible it’s important to know about Senator Joseph McCarthy. Even though he is not a character in the play, his role in history is important to Miller’s story. McCarthy was...
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In The Crucible, Abigail is a victim of the society that fails to help her recover from her parents' violent death. Abigail does plenty wrong in The Crucible. She demonstrates little hesitation in...
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When we first encounter Elizabeth Proctor in act II of The Crucible, she has ceased to trust her husband. It appears that for seven months, since John's affair with Abigail ended and they sent her...
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People in Salem seem to automatically assume that a good man would never be unfaithful in his marriage, and so it is a shocking revelation when John Proctor calls Abigail a whore and confesses that...
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In the beginning of Act Two, John Proctor is blind to the truth. He doesn't seem to believe that Abigail would be heartless enough or is capable of murdering his wife, Elizabeth. Even after Mary...
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Towards the end of act 4, Elizabeth apologizes to John for her cold nature and asks forgiveness for how she treated him following his affair with Abigail Williams. Elizabeth desperately wants John...
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is set in a Puritan community in which people are expected to devote their lives to religion and community. John Proctor is a member of the community, so he is...
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Evidence of sacrifice can be seen in the suffering of specific characters in The Crucible. The suffering that characters endure reflects the sacrifices they make for their beliefs. Giles Corey...
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There was a whole crowd of girls there, some that we know of, and other unnamed girls that don't have enough of a significant role in the play for Miller to have even mentioned them. The girls that...
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One distinct example of Abigail's manipulation can be found in the shift in personality from the start of Act I, scene one to the end of it. As the play opens, she is demure and appearing to be...
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John Hale in The Crucible by Arthur Miller epitomizes a dynamic character. Throughout the drama, Hale evolves from a man with intentions to free the world from satanic influence to a person who...
