Arthur Davidson

In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller there are numerous amounts of examples surrounding the social injustice that occurred during The Salem Witch Trials. The social injustice demonstrated throughout the play impacted the mass hysteria during this time period significantly, causing numerous deaths due to false accusations of witchcraft. These innocent people accused of accompanying the Devil were incriminated in order to shift the blame off of themselves, and get others in trouble. Social…

“Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.” The Crucible, by Arthur Miller talks about how witchcraft was before. As well as how many people were accused by being a witch. Especially women because they thought that women had too much time for themselves that they decided to do or start something dangerous. In The Crucible, the characters of Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams can be compared and contrasted through Witchcraft, Love, and Lies. To begin with, Elizabeth was…

Since the beginning of modern society, the world has focused on one characteristic to define society: power. There has been a power struggle over who has it, how they obtained it, and how they execute it. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the struggle for power is evident in the hysteria which overwhelmed Salem, Massachusetts during the 17th century witch hunt. Abigail Williams is an orphaned, ruthless teenager struggling for an identity and control in the religious, child-oppressing society…

The Crucible is a play that focuses on the awfulness of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behaviors that can result from dark desires and secret agendas. A jealous girl, Abigail Williams, is accused anyone and everyone of witchcraft, including her secret lover’s wife. These accused citizens were given unfair trials, and many of them were hanged without questioning. David Calvert is a man who is believed to be Jon Venables, the murderer of two-year-old James Bulger when in fact, he is not.…

The legends of King Arthur date back to 9th century. Many authors throughout history have written about the great King Arthur. The first written description of his entire life, from death to birth, came in the 12th century and was written by Geoffrey of Monmouth. There are many skeptics about some of the stories of his life, mostly because so many different authors have written about his life and they are all different. From the wizards and magic to the extraordinary battles he fought, and…

The Crucible The book, The Crucible, is the history behind the famous Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller, the author, tells the story that revolves around a teen girl named Abigail. Abigail is a seventeen year old who is subjected to the lechery of John Proctor. Abigail believes that someday John is going to leave Elizabeth to be with her. Proctor continues to turn down Abigail’s advances as he struggles to forgive himself. Abigail gets jealous and when she is caught sporting in the woods she…

Reputation in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Reputation is something we all struggle to uphold. As humans, we want people to be thinking about us. Some just want attention, it doesn’t have to be specifically negative or positive; attention is often good enough. For many, their reputation is built through the attention they receive, whether it be for a girl’s promiscuity or a boy’s gentlemen behavior. Either way, reputation taunts all of us, whether we seem or act like we care. This is displayed…

collapse of the Round Table. Lancelot’s problematic situation is described at length in both Chretien de Troyes’ The Knight of the Cart and Sir Thomas Malory’s More Darthur. In both of these texts, Lancelot has to follow both the role of a warrior for Arthur and the Round Table and the role of a lover for Queen Guinevere, but each author showcases his character differently. Although both writers use the motif of Lancelot’s struggle between these two roles, Chretien blames his role as a lover…

No More Reputation Arthur Miller's allegory, The Crucible, an allusion to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 gives the audience a deep understanding in history with the structure of a classical tragedy. The play takes place in Salem where it's ran by a theocracy--a combination of state and religious power! Manipulative characters with hope and willingness ready to cease the madness of the witch trials illustrate the plot throughout the historical play. John Proctor playing as a tragic hero is…

In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams, a manipulative, egocentric young lady who seems to be such an atrocious character throughout develops a high appeal of dilemma on the town of Salem. As she continues to bring uproar of perspicuous details of people’s notorious lives and the secrets constricted in the town of Salem she builds hysteria. Choosing this character shows a depiction of what really lies beneath the pigments of such an emotion frenzy, yet destructive young lady.…