Daniel Day-Lewis

obstacle to their forbidden relationship. After Proctor and Abigail share a intimate time together, Abigail becomes obsessed with him. John however soon regrets his action and repents to his wife, which enrages Abigail. So she goes to the woods one day with a bunch of other young girls in Salem to cast spells. Yet when…

A prevalent theme in The Crucible is preserving one’s reputation. There are several characters throughout the story that are concerned with keeping a good reputation; although I am going to focus on only three, John Proctor, Judge Danforth, and Reverend Parris. John Proctor wants to be seen as someone that always does the right thing. Judge Danforth is known as a trustworthy judge that always makes the right decisions. And Parris is a churchly figure that always sticks to God’s word. All of the…

A crucible is a serious test as of patients or conviction, a trial. The play The Crucible is a voyage through the trials of numerous townspeople brought on by the superstitious conviction of witchcraft. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller advances and develops the standpoints and perspectives of the townspeople of Salem and shows how occasions, individuals, and disasters cause the characters to change their perspectives on whether the general population arraigned were liable or pure of witchcraft.…

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is a place in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change of development , it is fixated on the Salem witch trials. Although the witch trials is the main aspect of the play , other topics should be looked upon as well. For example two characters in the book, John and Elizabeth Proctor. John and Elizabeth Proctor are a married couple going through a lot of difficulties on their commitment to each other. In Act I, Elizabeth is not present,…

Would you ever be a witch? The Crucible is about the witch trials that happen in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail and her friends are caught in the woods dancing around a fire. When they are discovered they are now being accused by the church of England of witchcraft. This brings on social activism which is the intentional action with the goal of bring about social change in society. The two themes Reputation/Respect and Following the Group were used by the Arthur Miller in The Crucible as a form…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters, John and Elizabeth Proctor, consist of tension and God. The both of them have many religious principles that they try to abide by to however a mistake was made that ended up causing a downfall to their deaths. John Proctor is a God fearing man who fell weak to a deadly sin by having an affair with his maid; His wicked action caused his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, to be falsely accused of witchcraft by the now prior maid. When John receives the news…

The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600s. In the play, people have to decisions that come from accusations having to do with the which trials. It is one of which includes a lot of stress, drama, and lies to make the play itself more interesting and suspenseful. The characters were also an important part of the story. One of the main characters, John Proctor, is a man who was unsure of himself at the beginning but develops…

The Crucible The Crucible is a fictionalized play written by Arthur Miller, a playwright in 1953. Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts, the witchcraft trials provoked many conflicts between people. This uncontrollable emotion, towards the witchcraft trials, was for the church’s fear of the many individual women starting to become fond of their values. These vulnerable women or outcasts were accused and believed to be witches, when a group of young girls were being obsessed by spirits. Accusing…

The Crucible is a fun tale which tells of the Salem Witch Trials. These, of course, involved much bloodshed. Put simply, the Salem Witch Trials arose because some girls were accused of witchcraft and stated that they weren’t witches but that these people are, and they pointed out some other people who then pointed out more and more, confessed, or were hanged. The entire event was chaos, and, obviously, none of them were really witches considering the fact that witchcraft is nonexistent.…

To every person’s personality, there is an opposite… In Arthur Miller’s play he emphasizes on that with two certain characters. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller, it is set in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692. It is about a man named John Proctor, his wife Elizabeth Proctor, and his ex-mistress Abigail Williams. Hurt by John Proctor not loving her, she seeks revenge on Elizabeth, taking down everyone with her. Elizabeth is considered a saint in a town full of sinners and Abigail is…