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The Crucible is a play/story based on real events of the salem witch trials and is written by Arthur miller. In the beginning, Abigail williams is portrayed as good innocent girl. Through the play we realize she is actually a terrible, vindictive person. “I would never hurt Betty, I love her dearly”(25) makes Abigail sound like a good innocent person. But throughout this play we will realize how bad she really is. During the beginning Parris is questioning Abigail and why Betty is sick.…

Kate McGhghy Ms. Heitritter ILA 12/11/17 The Crucible In the play The Crucible Abigail is frustrated at the man she loves, John Proctor, who loves her but is in denial about his feelings because he is married to Elizabeth Proctor. On page 22 the conversation between Abigail and Proctor goes “you’re surely sportin’ with me. You know me better. I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a…

Facts on Crucible Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, take place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and was inspired by infamous Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials began in early 1692 when a bunch of young girls cried and claimed to be possessed by the devil and then later accused many women of witchcraft. Witches came from the belief of gaining from power devil “specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty” (history…

however, is when Miller expresses his worry about the future, saying this: “When one rises above the individual villainy displayed, one can only pity them all, just as we shall be pitied someday.” Miller is aware that McCarthyism is unjust, and will one day be as disgraced as the Salem witch trials themselves. Fifty years later, it is recognized that Miller was correct in his…

As stated in the above paragraph, the main focus of this paper is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Set in the small Puritan village of Salem, Mass., The Crucible starts with the girls dancing under the moonlight in the woods. When the reverend's daughter, Betty, falls into a coma like state, rumors of witchcraft spread quickly through the town. After Abigail blames the reverend's slave, Tituba, for witchcraft, to which she confesses but says she is not the only witch in Salem, leading to…

forgiveness and to be understood. The crucible tells of John Proctor having an affair with Abigail Williams, a young 17 year old girl. This affair later leads to the beginning accusations of witchcraft in the town of Salem. When John comes across Abby one day he proclaims to her “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I…

Today I will be discussing Arthur Miller’s 1952 play The Crucible and SmallPoppy’s 2015 YouTube video Instagram Husband and how it displays how although political motivations may be ambiguous, control is the ultimate goal. The motivation Proctor has to bring out the lies and deceit in the town of Salem while also combating his desire to maintain his reputation is similar to the men struggling to fight against their wives obsessed with Instagram while also maintaining their reputations as good…

The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s. This play starts out with many girls from Salem trying to conjure up spirits to get boys to like them. Mr. Parris, a pastor at the Salem church, caught the girls in the act of trying to conjure up spirits, and interrupted it which scared everyone. When he did this, some of the girls were passed out and wouldn 't wake up. This lead to a lot of people to believe witchcraft was involved. Mr. Parris…

Being shunned in your own home can make you go crazy, but Hester Prynne pushes through her rough life after committing adultery and shows the Puritans that she isn’t all bad. After committing adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet letter to show the crime she committed. Hester and the minister committed adultery and for this Pearl will never know her father and they will live their lives in loneliness. Growing up as a Puritan that was all Hester knew of, but after committing her sin…

Pola Matoga IB 1B English A Abigail As A Victim Of Her Society In The Crucible The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play with many complex characters, and sends multiple messages. One of those dynamic characters is Abigail, a seventeen year old girl. At first glance it is easy to blame Abigail for the witch trials in Salem, as she is a devious and manipulative girl, however, the truth is that Abigail is a victim of a strict, Puritan society. Her upbringing and past led her to be the person she…