Beverly Daniel Tatum

Throughout the film of The Crucible, there were many changes made from the play. These changes made the film have more drama and meaning within all of the characters in the story. It was also fascinating to see the characters evolve throughout the story. It was easier to see how drastic these changes were to the characters within the movie because the viewer could actually see them change. The characters that evolved the most were Proctor and Hale. Both characters changed immensely as they grew…

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist, developed a range of controversial theories about personality that shaped our learnings today. When considered from a psychoanalytic approach, The Crucible explores the worst of Abigail and the best of John – a contrast in their character. The Id, controlled by the pleasure principle, is a mental force that drives the person to act upon what feels right at the time – Proctor’s immoral affair with Abigail a clear exemplar of how he was controlled by his own…

In the crucible Arthur Miller describe corruption surrounding the Salem witch trials during the 1600’s, I feel he used the character pf Rev.Hale to show how a person’s personality changes due to paranoia. But Arthur achieved the purpose by character making rev hale a well-rounded ma he looks for justice so in the beginning of the play he is requested to come to Salem. Reverend Hale’s job is to diagnose witchcraft if it is present, Rev Hale loves what he does for a living. As I read the book, you…

“The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller takes place in the 1600’s. “The Crucible” is about the Salem witches. Abigail the niece of the towns Reverend convinced Salem that the devil is among them. Everyone in town is terrified of this so called witchcraft. John Proctor was an innocent who was executed for no reason, he wasn’t a witch. He just wanted to show how dumb the town was with the stories of being bewitched by a demon. Abigail Williams, niece of Reverend Samuel Parris’s is rumored in town…

Blanco Leiddy Blanco Mrs.Gerbasich English III 26 September 2016 The Blame Game The trials in The Crucible take place in a time of an overly religious and superstitious society. Most of the characters in the play believed they were doing a good for the society, their future, and god. However, there were many underlying feuds in the town that had no correlation to God, or witchcraft. Several of the Salem residents held grudges against one another and saw the trials as an opportunity. The…

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a lot of characters and themes have been introduced. One particular character is, a sneaky and deceiving young girl, Abigail. To be such a young girl, she acts a lot older than she really is. She chases after John Proctor, who is obviously much older than her and is already married. She talks about how she waits for him every night, and flirts with John. This was the biggest problem; she was the cause of all of the mayhem in the town. She soon started to do…

Henry Pratt Mrs. Thompson Period B 18 December 2014 Add Title Later In Arthur Miller’s famous play, The Crucible, there are many memorable characters. The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. Before the play begins John Proctor has an affair with Abigail Williams, the niece of the town’s minister Reverend Hale. Shortly after, Reverend Hale sees Abigail and some other girls dancing around a pot in the woods. There was a frog in the pot and some of the girls were naked.…

The Crucible is a play that was written in 1953 by Author Miller. It is based on the Salem witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts between the time period of 1692-1693. Author Miller wrote the play during the Red Scare as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the U.S government was accusing the people of communism. McCarthyism much alike The Crucible jailed whoever would not give up names and whoever would not confess. In The Crucible there are three characters who value their reputation…

Essay: The Crucible Human nature sparks the fires of deceit and betrayal in people in actuality as well as characters in literature. We are oftentimes very self centered beings and as such we are guided towards irrational behavior and unreasonable actions. We may not understand why we act in these ways, but they are nevertheless commonplace in humanity. Such behavior and action is expressed quite well in Arthur Miller's 1953 play “ The Crucible”. The tension and mayhem brought upon by the…

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, was a fictional story filled with lots of drama. It was about one village that had some people that got accused of witchcraft which was against their religion. Some people in the village were accused of witchcraft without proof, and some that were accused were innocent. Some people in the village found out that there were some young girls dancing in the woods and accused them witchcraft. In their village at that time witchcraft was against their…