Beverly Daniel Tatum

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in order to give Americans a frightening mirror to stare into, with the hope that it might shock them out of their paranoid delusion. In his reflections on his work and society, he says “Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the state has lost its mind and is punishing so many innocent people is intolerable.” The identification of Americans resistance to accept their own mistakes shows a core problem that…

The Crucible Conflicts Essay In the book “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, there are a lot of conflicts including Tituba being accused of dancing with the devil. By false accusation from a group of girls in the village, they force her to admit to it so that she can save her own life. Along with a village girl named Abby, who is mostly responsible with everything that’s going on in the book, and a farmer named John Proctor. In the beginning of the book, in the town of Salem, a group of girls was…

The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller and was set in Salem, Massachusetts. In the beginning of the play a group of girls are caught dancing in the woods; which is prohibited by their beliefs. They know they will get in huge trouble if they admit they were dancing so they claim they were possessed by members of the community trying to initiate them into witchcraft. Since witchcraft is punishable by hanging, judges are brought in from out of town to determine if the people accused are guilty.…

The play “The Crucible” and the novel “The Scarlet Letter” have individuals that express similar qualities and actions. The particular characters are John Proctor, from “The Crucible” and, Arthur Dimmesdale, from “The Scarlet Letters”. The characters both commit adultery, however, their ways of expressing their guilt are very distinctive. During the 17th century, adultery was a very serious crime and was punishable by death. While the religious views of both characters are drastically…

In The crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts taking place in 1692. While in this time there were many girls or women that were accused of witchcraft, Elizabeth Proctor being one. Elizabeth Proctor is a married woman to John Proctor, in her late thirties, who is loyal, stubborn and strong mind. Her character may be little but her role has more to what meets the eye. While Elizabeth may be a small role there are small key ideas to show she is loyal. She is…

Arthur Miller illustrates how fear of losing one’s reputation can trigger poor judgement and dishonest actions, at the same time, losing sight of reality can change the truth and cause paranoia in anyones world. When that happens hysteria is inevitable. In the Puritan society Reverend Parris holds a high stature. As a minister he holds power and being one with the Lord also carries its own baggage along with it. Parris says to Abigail, “...I have fought here three long years to bend these…

Who Is To Blame in The Crucible (A Character Analysis of Abigail Williams in The Crucible) Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible, once said “Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” In his play The Crucible, there are many examples of betrayal and mass hysteria in the play and there are many different people who cause each. But, as in each tragedy, there is always one main antagonist. Some would say John Proctor is responsible for all the wrong done in the play. He is to a point, but there…

In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the author perfectly portrays the effectiveness of conformity and individualism through the use of the character’s actions and the consequences that those who do not conform face. For instance, the readers are introduced to John Proctor , the poster child in this play for ‘fighting the system’. Miller uses this character primarily, along with stage directions, dialogue, and other characters, to form his idea of conformity and individualism, and how…

Both the short story “The Possibility of Evil” (1965), written by Shirley Jackson, and the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846), written by Edgar Allan Poe, explore the themes of revenge by using a variety of techniques. “The Possibility of Evil” tells the story of an elderly woman manipulating the the town to be the perfect town she wanted, and when when one of the townspeople find out what she had been doing, they cut up her number one prize possession; her roses. “The Cask of…

World Lit draft 1 – Death and The Maiden How does the gun change the role of Paulina Salas in Ariel Dorman’s play ‘Death and the Maiden’? Ariel Dorfman’s ‘Death and The Maiden’ is a play unlike any other. The play takes place in the post dictatorship world of an unnamed country. Dorfman takes us through a story of crime and justice as we learn about the struggle of Paulina Salas. Paulina had been raped a number of years ago by a group of men containing a sadistic doctor whose face she never…