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The Evil Abigail In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is portrayed as an evil character because her actions throughout the play are very deceiving and end up causing the death of nineteen innocent lives. The play takes place in Salem, a conflicted town that is torn apart when Reverend Parris’ daughter, Betty, will not wake up. The town believes she had a spell cast on her when she was caught with the other girls “calling spirits” in the woods. The reason for her unresponsiveness…

The Crucible Mikael Kovtun The idea of a severe test is central in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. A handful of characters are subjected to tests by others to determine if they are rightfully accused of witchcraft. John Proctor, the story’s main protagonist, has the most severe test, which involves his morality and self-respect. Other characters such as Elizabeth Proctor, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren go through more mild tests. All of these tests demonstrate the fear and paranoia during the…

When the play ‘The Crucible’ first opens up, John Proctor is shown as a man of great importance who has committed a shameful act. His affair makes his personality weaker than he once. You can feel the guilt through the book filled in his heart. The author describes Proctor as a “respected” man who was “powerful of body” and even “feared” by some (Reverend Parris) in Salem. He still seems to be fighting off urges for Abigail. Almost as if he is not completely over her. He shows a sign…

The Crucible Through out history, reputation is the key that leads to people’s success. People do not want their reputations get blackened; Therefore people sometimes to keep others’ secrets or to hurt some innocents to protect their own reputations. For example, in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, people blinded themselves in front of lies and injustice to protect their scarce reputations. This is best illustrated by John Proctor, judge Danforth, and Abigail William because they should…

One can not emphasize on the start, but can be represented by their course of action. In the story The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor a troubled some man of sixty years has one wild life story to be shown. Mr. Proctor fights for what he believed in throughout the story even though some of his previous actions may contradict with his good name. To start Mr. Proctor’s story like many other people in Salem he fights to keep his good name and protect his family. Proctor distances himself…

The Crucible Essay In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible the town Salem turns chaotic after teenage girls start to act strange. The Crucible is based off the Salem witch trials which occurred in1692. In Salem the girls started to accuse other people, mainly women, of witchcraft merely based on their looks or what people thought about them. In The Crucible, the girls are accusing other people to put the blame on someone else because of what the girls did in the forest. There are three responsible for…

The Crucible; John Proctor “The Crucible” by Artur Miller is a play based in Salem Massachusetts. John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverned Hale, and Abigail are the main characters. The play is based on witchcraft. John Proctor’s wife is accussed of witchcraft. Proctor shows how heroic he is because of Elizabeth and Abigail’s actions. Proctor is a loyal man to his friends, and espically to his wife. “i will cut off my hand before i will ever reach for you again.” In this scene Proctor has a…

The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller, a story about The Salem Witch Trials. John Proctor is the most heroic character in this play because even though he made poor choices, he chooses to die for the truth instead of living a lie and is respected for it. John Proctor is highly respected in Salem. He is noticed for standing out from the crowd because every person in the town is the same besides Proctor. Everyone knows to go to church every Sunday. Proctor doesn’t like Paris because he…

The Crucible analytical essay Arthur Miller’s: The Crucible, is a story about the Salem witch trial in which many towns people get accused of witchcraft; however, they are all innocent. Because bad things happen when lies build up, innocent people will hang for crimes they never committed. Abigail and the girls are all caught dancing in the forest, when they get caught they accuse tituba of forcing them to do it. Abigail lies when she says, “She makes me drink blood,”(Miller 160) to throw all…

During the play “The Crucible," John Proctor moved to Salem with his wife Elizabeth, although during the play he had an affair with one of the girls, Abby. Unfortunately, John figures out how clingy and insane Abby is and tried to forget about the affair so they can move on with their lives. You may think that living your whole life with these strict rules may seem easy to live with, well what if I told you that if someone might think you're a witch just because they didn't like you. “There be…