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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, tells the story about a tangle of lies, misunderstandings, and deaths in the town of Salem during the time of witch trials. In the story, Abigail Williams along with a group of girls who follow her, between they Mary Warren, are responsible for falsely accusing the vast majority of people in the town of alleged relationships with the Devil, an act that the highest authorities believe. In this occasion, Miller treats topics such as integrity, revenge, guilt…

1 / 2 Lexi Punturo The Crucible Theme Analysis Theme #1: Reputation Reputation is one of the many concerns for the characters in The Crucible . Everyone wants a good name in the town because they do not want to get accused of witchcraft or being a husband of a witch. As the play starts out, Reverend Parris ( the Minister of Salem) finds out that Betty Parris and the other girls have being dancing outside. Later, people all believed that the "dancing" was a form of witchcraft and this was…

John Proctor is the tragic hero in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The downfall of John in the play is due to a human flaw, which largely qualifies him as a tragic hero. John is a respectable farmer, who has a high social status .The tragic flaw was the physical attraction he had towards Abigail Williams, yet he had a wife. His wife realizes his husband’s acts of adultery and gets jealous. Proctor knows that he has the option to confess the deed. However, his pride comes in his way and he is…

In the story The Crucible, John Proctor has been sent to prison for adultery and accused of witchcraft. When John was pulled out of the prison cell he was given a choice, to either confess to his sins and let his name die or go to get hanged. At first he signs the paper, and then John rips the paper and says that he’d rather get hanged for his wrong doing. He was a fool for doing what he had done. John Proctor should have confessed and lived on in guilt. Proctor is a fool because he choose to…

In the book Crucible written by Arthur Miller there are many characters in the story that behave totally different from one other. Most of the girls in the book Crucible are not leaders and don’t have minds there own. Abby is a character that is in the book Crucible some readers may say she's a leader and some may thinks she's arrogant. Abby has many reasons why she may behave the way she does in the book. Abby is not mature in the book she is extremely young compared to John Proctor. The…

To demonstrate, Hale has a crucible that started developing when he first came to Salem, believing everything is black and white with no in between. Hale first shows this when he arrives in Salem at the beginning of the play and believes there are witches and evil and then there are the good and pure and the village is being over run with the evil. Hale explains to the Proctors that they cannot doubt that, “the powers of the dark are gathering in monstrous attack upon Salem” (65). Hale is…

gives food to. Proctor is respected around town by everybody. John proctor sacrificed his good name in the town to save his wife and his friend’s wifes. Then a bit later when he died to restore his good name and the names of his friends that died that day. Those are just some of the good things that John Proctor has done. John proctor despite being a good man had done some terrible things. For example he did not get his youngest son baptised. He does not go to church every week on the…

here are people who make mistakes and learn from them. These kind of people are considered good people. Good means that someone who has great qualities and is morally right. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, one character that represents a good person is John Proctor. John Proctor is a good man because he tells the truth about his affair with Abigail, cares and respects other people in Salem and sacrifices himself instead of “selling out” his friends. First, John Proctor is a good man…

In the beginning of the play Elizabeth Proctor was caring towards her husband but as the play went on she began caring less about her husband. In these next few paragraphs I will be writing about my feelings towards Elizabeth Proctor. I will also discuss whether or not my feelings changed throughout the different acts, and what my final thoughts were at the conclusion of the play. In act two while talking to the Judge Elizabeth Proctor states, “It is her dearest hope, I know it. There be a…

Heroes are everywhere from Superman to Batman we’ve seen them all; or have we? “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller embodies the perfect tragic hero. A noble man gone through a tragic flaw and reversed fortune, John Proctor. In the town of Salem, Massachusetts where Puritanistic beliefs empowered everyone's lives. A group of girls go out into the woods to dance with a slave. During their dancing they were caught by their town minister, Rev. Parris. Rev. Parris’ daughter Betty, who was also…