Daniel Ortega

Both the Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are based off of the same Puritan livelihood where adultery is a mortal sin. The main character in The Crucible, John Proctor, and the main character in The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, both share common paths that they take in life. Starting with sharing the same guilt of adultery in the beginning, keeping their secrets for the ones they love to keep them safe in the middle and then completely letting go of all guilt of their sins in the end. Their…

Arthur Miller demonstrates through his play, The Crucible, that John Proctor, the main protagonist, is indeed a modern tragic hero. Throughout another one of Miller’s works, his essay “Tragedy and the Common Man”, he explains who and what a tragic hero really is. This helps to inform the reader about Proctor’s stance as a common tragic hero. Throughout the play, The Crucible, John Proctor faces many obstacles and challenges. Soon after we are introduced to Proctor in the play, we learn that he…

Abstract The Moynihan Report of 1965 became one of the most talked about pieces during 1960s. At the time the report was written, Daniel Patrick served as Sectary for policy planning for The Department of Labor. The report was very controversial during that time; it spoke of the racial issues African American faced, education barriers, employment barriers, single family homes. It was during a time where African Americans were fighting for equality as well as liberty. Moynihan received great…

During the development of the United States, a woman’s role was set out for her through marriage, forcing her to follow the life her husband chose to lead for himself and, therefore, his family. The Patriarch system from England transferred over to their society early on, setting women below men. Women are rarely noted for their successes and involvement in main events during the colonial and post-war times of America; yet, women were directly and indirectly essential to the success of the…

Troy Maxson, the central figure of Fences, is a self-centered and stubborn man. He wasn’t a completely awful person, he did have some good qualities, but he just wasn’t a good man. In the play we see that does take very good care of his family and takes his position as the provider as the house very seriously. Although, his behavior and the way he talks to his family comes off as very cruel. Troy cares a lot about his family in the way that he just wants to keep them safe and provide them with…

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…

commons for economic reasons. While it seems irrational for the government to refuse a positive action such as planting trees that provides cleaner air and more food, there is a hidden economic cost to the government. In the documentary, when president Daniel arap Moi…

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…