From Michael E. Huge, his article “Public Opinion” expresses how a socially acceptable ideas, or “Public Opinion”, sway scholars from looking in other directions in terms of fields. From the article, he says: “Bearing the dubious distinction of being one of the oldest, yet least understood, concepts in social science, public opinion continues to inspire and perplex scholars from communication and other fields”, which is the thesis for his essay.
Starting Act one of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, we are thrusted into an entanglement within the town of Salem in 1692. In short, during that time, anything that was done or practiced that was out of the norm was most of the time associated with conspiring with the devil. The issue that is …show more content…
It has rage induced dialogue between Proctor, Elizabeth, Danforth, Hale, Rebecca, and a few other characters. We see Proctor saying his final words to his wife, and we get to see Proctor admit that he doesn't want a paper of him confessing on the Church because he wants to keep his good name and reputation. “Because it is my name! Because I can not have another in my life!” (pg. 133). We see here that Proctor doesn't want the document that records him confessing of him being with the devil that also has his signature being hung on the Church door due to him wanting him to keep his good name around the village. Unfortunately, we also get to see Proctor's death. The stage directions say “hysterically, as though the tearing paper were his life” (pg. 133). The piece of text seems to be a bit of irony, as the paper did hold his life literally. The page titled “Echoes Down the Corridor” seems to be an epilogue for the story, giving some closure to how some of the characters stories carried on. We see that four years after Proctor's death Elizabeth married again, and that twenty years later the government offered compensation to the affected (those who were still alive, and we also get to see what happened to Abigail. “The legend has it that Abigale turned up later as a prostitute in Boston” (pg. 135). So in the end, the book really ended on a not so positive note, with Proctor as one of the only sensible characters dead, and others just in unpredictable
Starting Act one of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, we are thrusted into an entanglement within the town of Salem in 1692. In short, during that time, anything that was done or practiced that was out of the norm was most of the time associated with conspiring with the devil. The issue that is …show more content…
It has rage induced dialogue between Proctor, Elizabeth, Danforth, Hale, Rebecca, and a few other characters. We see Proctor saying his final words to his wife, and we get to see Proctor admit that he doesn't want a paper of him confessing on the Church because he wants to keep his good name and reputation. “Because it is my name! Because I can not have another in my life!” (pg. 133). We see here that Proctor doesn't want the document that records him confessing of him being with the devil that also has his signature being hung on the Church door due to him wanting him to keep his good name around the village. Unfortunately, we also get to see Proctor's death. The stage directions say “hysterically, as though the tearing paper were his life” (pg. 133). The piece of text seems to be a bit of irony, as the paper did hold his life literally. The page titled “Echoes Down the Corridor” seems to be an epilogue for the story, giving some closure to how some of the characters stories carried on. We see that four years after Proctor's death Elizabeth married again, and that twenty years later the government offered compensation to the affected (those who were still alive, and we also get to see what happened to Abigail. “The legend has it that Abigale turned up later as a prostitute in Boston” (pg. 135). So in the end, the book really ended on a not so positive note, with Proctor as one of the only sensible characters dead, and others just in unpredictable