*take quote from page 57 for question 1* elizabeth is scared for her husband being accused of adultery #2
Miller has said he wrote The Crucible with the conviction that “there were moments when an individual conscience was all that could keep the world from falling apart.” Do you agree with his conviction? Do you think the play actually demonstrates a triumph of individual conscience? Explain your answers.
Throughout the trial process, the characters realized that people would believe anything in court. The trial was just a matter of pointing fingers in my opinion. Even with very little evidence, someone could easily be accused of witchcraft. To further explain, instead of making assumptions motivated by grudges or to even save themselves, …show more content…
She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a- (Act I, pg. 23/24)
What role did fear play in creating authority? How did some people choose to resist authority? Who are they and what form did their resistance take? How successful were they and why?
Reverend Parris isn’t just worried that his daughter is sick, more concerned about his position in the town (preacher) he’s worried about what people will think of him because of his daughter.
ABIGAIL: Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think you’d best go down and deny it yourself. The parlor’s packed with people sir. I’ll sit with her.
PARRIS: And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest? (Act I, pg. …show more content…
DANFORTH: A little while ago you were afflicted. Now it seems you afflict others, where did you find this power? (Act III, pg. 118)
DANFORTH: What are you? You are combined with anti-Christ, are you not? I have seen your power; you will not deny it! What say you, Mister? (Act III, pg. 119)
I think that their curiosity of the Devil turns into the town going into a hysteria; not being able to sleep at night from the fear of who satan will “attack” next. I think it’s false power that the citizens of the town feed into the girl’s minds. They even admit to pretending to be possessed by evil spirits.
DANFORTH: And you, Mary Warren, how came you cry out people for sending their spirits against you?
MARY WARREN: It were pretense, sir. (Act III, pg. 89)
Judge Danforth says “A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between” (Act 3, scene 1). What happens to a society where there is no “road between”? How can this type of certainty be
Miller has said he wrote The Crucible with the conviction that “there were moments when an individual conscience was all that could keep the world from falling apart.” Do you agree with his conviction? Do you think the play actually demonstrates a triumph of individual conscience? Explain your answers.
Throughout the trial process, the characters realized that people would believe anything in court. The trial was just a matter of pointing fingers in my opinion. Even with very little evidence, someone could easily be accused of witchcraft. To further explain, instead of making assumptions motivated by grudges or to even save themselves, …show more content…
She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a- (Act I, pg. 23/24)
What role did fear play in creating authority? How did some people choose to resist authority? Who are they and what form did their resistance take? How successful were they and why?
Reverend Parris isn’t just worried that his daughter is sick, more concerned about his position in the town (preacher) he’s worried about what people will think of him because of his daughter.
ABIGAIL: Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think you’d best go down and deny it yourself. The parlor’s packed with people sir. I’ll sit with her.
PARRIS: And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest? (Act I, pg. …show more content…
DANFORTH: A little while ago you were afflicted. Now it seems you afflict others, where did you find this power? (Act III, pg. 118)
DANFORTH: What are you? You are combined with anti-Christ, are you not? I have seen your power; you will not deny it! What say you, Mister? (Act III, pg. 119)
I think that their curiosity of the Devil turns into the town going into a hysteria; not being able to sleep at night from the fear of who satan will “attack” next. I think it’s false power that the citizens of the town feed into the girl’s minds. They even admit to pretending to be possessed by evil spirits.
DANFORTH: And you, Mary Warren, how came you cry out people for sending their spirits against you?
MARY WARREN: It were pretense, sir. (Act III, pg. 89)
Judge Danforth says “A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between” (Act 3, scene 1). What happens to a society where there is no “road between”? How can this type of certainty be