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The Crucible
In Act Two, Elizabeth says, "I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man, John . . . —only somewhat bewildered." They have just been...
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The Crucible
In literature a dynamic character is one who experiences profound change. In the case of the Reverend Hale we see someone radically different at the end of the play from what he was at the start....
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The Crucible
Abigail Williams is by definition an immoral individual throughout the play. She not only engages in an affair with John Proctor, but continues to tempt him while they are alone, threatens to kill...
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The Crucible
In the story, Abigail has the character of a villain. She puts other people at risk in order to save herself. When pressed about dancing in the forest by Parris, she blames Tituba. Abigail: She...
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The Crucible
Throughout Act One, Miller reveals the palpable tension in the community of Salem when the Putnams voice their opinions and John Proctor speaks to Abigail. The audience learns that the Putnams...
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The Crucible
Your question relates to the dramatic events in Act 2 and seems to ask whether Mary Warren was aware that the poppet she made as a gift for her employer, Elizabeth Proctor, would be used as a tool...
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The Crucible
Throughout the Puritan town of Salem, young women were expected to be obedient, quiet, and God-fearing. Living in a society where males were culturally and economically dominant, young females were...
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Ethan Frome
The differences between John Proctor and Ethan Frome indicate that Proctor as an assertive and proactive individual, while Frome is a passive one. John Proctor is active while Frome is passive....
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The Crucible
The movie of The Crucible is a film version of a play by Arthur Miller. I should note that close analysis is much easier if you read the text of the play. Miller wrote the play as a critique of the...
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The Crucible
Ultimately, this is an opinion question. Your main job is to make sure that your letter stays within character for Elizabeth. I am uncertain as to when Elizabeth might be writing this letter to...
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The Crucible
The philosopher George Moore describes basing "ought" statements on "is" statements as a "naturalistic fallacy." In other words, although one can judge the feasibility of ideal and whether a system...
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The Crucible
This is a somewhat complicated question because Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, was an historical drama. Miller was interested in the psychology of fanaticism, and wrote the play as a way to...
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The Crucible
In “The Crucible,” John Proctor struggles with his decision to confess to witchcraft. His internal conflict is whether to save his life and lose his good name and honor, or to die with his...
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The Crucible
From the outset, it is clear Abigail is in command. She is the one who instructs the girls about what to do, and they all answer to her. This is pertinently illustrated when she threatens them in...
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The Crucible
Abigail's disappearance makes plain her dishonesty and deceptiveness, something the courts have been unwilling to see up until now. She lies to her uncle, telling him that she'll be spending the...
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The Crucible
Miller's assertion is, obviously, that the children were lying. They saw, in the witch trials, not only an opportunity to get back at those who they despised, but also as an opportunity to...
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The Crucible
Reverend Samuel Parris is not well-liked in the community of Salem, despite his position as their spiritual leader. Consequently, he is insecure. His insecurity drives him to try to exert more...
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The Crucible
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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The Crucible
Danforth checks Proctor's story about Abigail—that she has only accused his wife, Elizabeth, because she wishes to remove Elizabeth from the picture by having her hanged for witchcraft—by...
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The Crucible
Reverend Hale is one of the few characters who transforms throughout the play. He starts as a firm believer in witchcraft, and by the end of Act III he has completely recanted his position and even...
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The Crucible
At the beginning of Act II, Elizabeth Proctor wants her husband, John, to go to Salem to tell the courts what Abigail Williams, his former lover and the chief accuser in these trials, told him....
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The Crucible
In an exchange between Giles Corey, John Proctor, and Reverend Parris in Act One, Parris complains he has been waiting for the firewood he claims is part of his contract. Giles corrects him,...
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The Crucible
On the night before the play begins, Betty Parris and her cousin, Abigail Williams, as well as some other local girls, went dancing in the forest with Reverend Parris's Barbadian slave, Tituba....
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The Crucible
According to Cheever, Abigail Williams made the claim that Elizabeth's spirit stuck needles into her (Abigail's) stomach. Cheever is then summoned to the Proctor house to question Elizabeth and...
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The Crucible
Abigail's strengths include determination and intelligence. She is determined both to win back her former lover, John Proctor, as well as to exact revenge on any in her community who have impugned...
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The Crucible
Many people in Salem are inclined to avoid Sunday mornings at the meetinghouse because they dislike the minister, Mr. Parris. John Proctor tells Mr. Hale that he doesn't see the "light of God" in...
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The Crucible
The Crucible opens in the upper bedroom of a home in Salem, Massachusetts. We find Reverend Parris knelt in fervent prayer at his daughter's bedside. Betty, who is ten years old, has come down with...
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The Crucible
It doesn't seem as though there is any very special relationship between the Reverend Parris and Mr. Putnam. Putnam is one of the first people to arrive at Parris's house when Betty Parris falls...
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The Crucible
In Act I, when Thomas Putnam accuses John Proctor of hardly ever coming to Sabbath day services, Proctor retorts, I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear [Parris] preach only...
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The Crucible
In Act III, Proctor has come to the court to argue that Abigail and the other girls are lying when they accuse others of witchcraft and pretending when they behave as though they've been bewitched....
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The Crucible
The primary message that author Arthur Miller was trying to convey in The Crucible is that hysteria and fear come at a high cost. This story draws a parallel between the witch trials that occurred...
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The Crucible
Because this play is set in the late seventeenth century, the manner of speaking is already very different from modern and contemporary speech. In order to be able to detect character differences...
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The Crucible
Parris is the town minister in Salem. Although he is not well liked by many members of the community -- Giles Corey and John Proctor, among others -- this is his role. John, for example, feels...
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller's "authorial intrusion" into the play's action provides background information on the characters and events that precede the spring of 1692 when the play begins. Miller's commentary...
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The Crucible
Abigail Williams tries to convince John Proctor to be with her by emphasizing the fact that it was his wife, Elizabeth, who fired her seven months ago, not him. She reminds him of the sexual heat...
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller's intrusions into the play help readers to better understand these complicated characters because he offers us quite a bit of insight into their fictional lives. For example, he...
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The Crucible
In The Crucible, the major effect of Arthur Miller's authorial intrusions is to give us deeper insights into the characters. As a play, this text lacks a narrator who can explain what characters...
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The Crucible
It seems likely that Giles Corey tells Mr. Hale that John does not believe in witches because he is differentiating Proctor from others in the room—like Reverend Parris and Mr. Putnam—by...
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The Crucible
A section of the Salem community was persecuted based on superstition, religion, and personal vendetta. The power of religion over the people and the enforcement of the religious code on the...
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The Crucible
The debut of The Crucible at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway in January of 1953 was met with rather lukewarm reviews, though it did receive the Tony award for best play. Brooks Atkinson wrote...
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller likely chose the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 in order to comment on the hysteria created by the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s because they have several elements in common. First, both...
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The Crucible
Thomas Putnam did not literally kill anyone for their land in The Crucible, but it could be said that he influenced events that led to the deaths of George Jacobs and Giles Corey. It is not made...
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The Crucible
If Elizabeth Proctor were to deliver a monologue, I think that she would talk either about her ambivalence toward her husband in Act II or about her own guilt in Act IV. In Act II, Elizabeth seems...
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The Crucible
The audience learns that John Proctor's wife, Elizabeth, had been unwell for some time following the birth of their third child. During this time, Abigail Williams, the orphaned seventeen-year-old...
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The Crucible
A synopsis should cover the main elements of the movie. You can use headings to separate out these different elements and create a clear structure for your paper. One possible way to organize this...
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The Crucible
The fear of "the other" is one of the dominant themes in Act I, Scene 1 of The Crucible. "The other" can be defined as anything different. In his extensive stage directions, Miller suggests that...
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The Crucible
There are many characters that you could choose and create an interesting monologue for. My recommendation is to write a monologue for Abigail. I would place the monologue in Act 4. In Act 4,...
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The Crucible
One way to write an effective monologue based off of a character in The Crucible is to choose a complex character and explore the depth of their experience. One complex character is Abigail. She...
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The Crucible
The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Salem, a city near Boston, was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which was founded by Puritans. The Puritans ruled the colony as a...
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The Crucible
Acts I, II, and III take place in relatively closed spaces: the Reverend Parris's house, the Proctors' house, and the meeting house / courtroom, respectively. Each closed space seems to feel too...
