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The Crucible
In The Crucible, it is not always clear what truth is because it is often distorted in both the play and in real life. The story is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and modern day readers...
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The Crucible
If Abigail were to write a letter to John recounting act 4 events, she would mention not only the main points of the act, but also her feelings about it. Imagine, based on her previous scenes,...
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The setting of act 3 is the courtroom in Salem Village, and the Deputy Governor of the province, Danforth, is presiding. A courtroom is a place of judgment, not mercy, and no mercy is extended...
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Certainly, I think Giles Corey offers some comic relief via verbal comedy, especially in acts 1 and 3. In act 1, we learn that Giles is quite litigious and has been to court a number of...
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John and Elizabeth Proctor are husband and wife in The Crucible. They are farmers on the outskirts of Salem, and they have three sons. At the beginning of the novel, their relationship is...
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Arthur Miller’s social drama The Crucible presents several types and instances of irony in the process of character development. For example, in act 3, the playwright demonstrates how the...
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There are several conflicts. Elizabeth and John Proctor are in conflict with one another because John has had an affair with Abigail Williams, a young woman who used to work for them and whom...
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This sequence of dialogue occurs toward the end of act 2 of Miller's The Crucible, following two powerful scenes. In the first, John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth have learned from their young...
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Although John Proctor committed adultery by cheating on Elizabeth with Abigail Williams, one could argue that he is indeed a moral individual because he valiantly refuses to capitulate to Salem's...
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Mr. Putnam is convinced that there are witches in Salem, and he wants Reverend Parris to make an announcement to this effect and deal with the situation openly and publicly. Proctor, however,...
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Proctor's closing to Act III says a couple of things to the audience. The first and most essential is that Proctor is reaching a point where his statement of dissent cannot be quelled. For a...
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In Arthur Miller's celebrated play The Crucible, Reverend Hale plays a significant role in cultivating an atmosphere of hysteria throughout Salem when he arrives from Beverly carrying books...
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The Crucible
There are lots of very important quotations in act 2 of The Crucible, and here are just a few of them: It is a mouse no more. I forbid her to go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter...
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The Crucible
"The Devil is loose in Salem." Arthur Miller's famous 1953 play The Crucible is an excellent work to research. It is, of course, based on the true story of the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th...
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In the play The Crucible, many characters are executed on the charge of witchery. Characters were given a choice to confess their sins of being witches or practicing witchcraft in return for their...
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First of all, there is no empirical evidence of any witches at all. Every accusation is from other people, so-called witnesses, and essentially just people pointing fingers. At the beginning of the...
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There are plenty of gaps that exist within Miller's telling of this dark point in American history. Specifically, I would look to the gaps that exist between the various acts in the play. A fairly...
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In terms of direct characterization, before Abigail even speaks, Miller tells us that she is "a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling." This "endless...
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Three literary techniques seem inherent in this passage: character development, external conflict, and the use of metaphor. Characters can be developed in several ways, such as through their...
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In my text, the Penguin edition of the play, this quotation of Abigail's is on page 20. She speaks these lines shortly after Mary Warren arrives and immediately after Betty Parris wakes up and...
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Danforth's characterization reflects his status as a judge in a Puritan colony: rigid and suspicious to a fault. He oversees the Salem witch trials in the story. He certainly does not view himself...
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In the looser definition of tyrant, as a person who uses power and authority harshly or oppressively, Deputy Governor Danforth can be considered a tyrant within the context of the play. Outside of...
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John and Elizabeth have a strained, tense relationship, which is a result of John's infidelity and Elizabeth's callous nature. In Act Two, the audience becomes aware that Elizabeth has not fully...
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The quote comes at a particularly intense exchange between husband and wife. Proctor and Elizabeth are at a challenged point in their relationship. Proctor's affair with Abigail has caused a deep...
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Rebecca Nurse suggests that, rather than look for witches or devils to blame for their problems, the people of Salem ought to "blame [them]selves" and "go to God" for the cause of any problems they...
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Arthur Miller, the author of the play, writes a sort of narrator for this work -- someone who interjects frequently in Act I -- to introduce characters, give the audience background information,...
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There are several arguments that point to different people. 1. Abigail Williams could be worthy of blame. We see in the first Act that she manipulates the girls into helping her lie about what went...
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Though not explicitly a Marxist work, The Crucible is nonetheless amenable to a Marxist interpretation. What's notable about the Salem witch craze as depicted in the play is the way that a...
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The governing body of Salem, at the time of the witch trials, was a theocracy. A theocracy is where the law makers of the group (or established colony) are in power based upon their "divine...
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I think that Proctor's power changes over the play as his voice becomes more definite. I don't think that it is accident that Proctor's wish to become invisible and not be involved involves him...
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The opening scene of act 4 achieves a mood of absurdity through the conversation that takes place among Tituba, a slave; Sarah Good, a homeless woman; and Herrick, the town marshal. Tituba and...
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Hale denouncing the proceedings because of the testimony and evidence against the girls, specifically against Abigail by Proctor, showing that the girls are faking and that witchcraft has nothing...
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To save herself. She knows that the penalty for practicing witchcraft is death by hanging. At first, she sees Tituba as the easiest target, but then things get out of hand. Eventually,...
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Integrity refers to a person's ability to be honest and have high moral values. Rebecca shows that she has these qualities by speaking her mind and not being afraid of what others think of her, as...
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Although Abigail is an important character, John Proctor is the main character because he is the one challenged to make the most important decisions during the course of the play. Early in the...
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I assume that this question is asking about reader feelings after having read the entire play. Reader feelings will be subjective, but in my teaching experience, there are some fairly consistent...
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There are a great many social issues in this play, and because the play is a metaphorical expression of McCarthyism, the social issues can be interpreted through the lens of two eras: the 1950s,...
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At the beginning of the play, Reverend Hale comes to Salem with a very high opinion of himself and his education. He believes that he knows the way to root out Satan and banish him from the...
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Abigail is very much to blame for the events that take place in The Crucible. Though one could certainly make the case that she's had a difficult life -- life for Puritan girls, especially, was no...
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After being falsely accused of attempting to murder Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor is arrested, and her husband attempts to save her life by challenging the corrupt court in act three. John...
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No, no. Now let me instruct you. We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed...
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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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There really isn't that much need for foreshadowing in The Crucible, as most of the audience already knows what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. Nevertheless, there are a number of instances...
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From the beginning of Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, strict Puritan religion is presented as one of the factors leading to the hysteria surrounding the witch trials. The opening lines of act 1...
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The entire community of Salem experiences mass hysteria and fear during the witch trials. The citizens of Salem genuinely believe that Satan is among them and are stirred into a frenzy as more and...
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In The Crucible, John Proctor initially struggles with the decision to expose the corrupt court by admitting that Abigail Williams is a fraud. The Salem community has become overwhelmed by...
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Oh, I very much disagree with this statement; this play shows the incredibly negative impact religion can have on a community when it is misused. The Bible says that Christians should not "suffer,"...
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Miller uses dramatic irony to create anxiety and tension in a critical scene in The Crucible. Dramatic irony occurs when the audience, along with certain characters on stage, is aware of a...
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Considerable pathos is generated by the knowledge that Mrs. Putnam has lost all her children in their infancy. Even though infant morality was depressingly common in those days, it still seems...
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In many respects, John Proctor in The Crucible answers to the traditional definition of a tragic hero. First of all, John's downfall evokes pity and fear in the audience. We feel that John, for all...
