John Williams

In Miller’s play, The Crucible, there are a numerous amount of antagonistic perspectives that force the reader to contemplate about whom the intended hero of the story is. However, throughout much of the play, one of the most dynamic characters, John Proctor, heavily displays the true demeanor of a hero. Despite his fatal flaw, Proctor obtains noble characteristics and righteous qualities that cannot be dismissed, which are evident in his final decision regarding the hangings. John’s decision…

scrutinized as much as the idea of human nature. From the 1700’s all the way to contemporary times, countless people have contributed to this discussion, two of the most influential being William Golding, a well-known author, and John Locke, a philosopher during the Enlightenment movement. Though John Locke and William Golding lived in very different times and had very different influences, they both focused on what people would do without any rules. Golding explored this in his novel The Lord…

The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare has many themes a couple being trickery and deceit. In this play the characters Prince, Claudio, Don John, Leonato, and the Friar use trickery to change the minds of other characters. This eventually leads to love and romance when many of the characters use their skills in deceit to help their friends and family fall in love. The themes of trickery and deceit were encountered three main times in the play. First when Prince tricks Benedick…

ado about nothing by William Shakespeare. The play is about a bunch of liars that make rumors about friends/family etc. Rumors are a problem in this play because everyone makes rumors of each other and it's just so annoying how they make rumors and it seems like they don’t do anything about it and they just keep making rumors of each other. Don john spreads a rumors about hero that destroys her relationship with claudio. Hero was supposedly cheating on claudio and don john showed them proof…

of making someone believe something that is not true.” Deception is a common subject for writers, and one example of deception is in the play, Much ado about Nothing, by the greatest writer of the English Language, Sir William Shakespeare. This play is about the antagonist (Don John) tricking a noble soldier, Claudio. His friends eventually uncover Don John’s plans and he is brought to justice. Deception is divided into classes, class one; lying to protect others, class two; lying in the…

Characters such as John Proctor and Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” take drastically different actions in accordance to the Salem Witch Trial crisis. All of the measures taken in the town directly relate to Puritan religious principles, whether they be reflective of John and Rebecca’s honest and godly tactics to end the madness, or Abigail and Judge Danforth’s objective of feeding the fire of the town crisis with their greedy lies in order to gain power. As a strict religious…

While they are in court for their trial, John Proctor refuses to confess to anything because he states he is an honorable man. Therefore, he says his wife will not lie, so they can question her. But sadly this is the only time John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, decides to lie to try to protect her husband. This is a great example of foiling, because Elizabeth tries to protect John from anything bad happening to him by lying. Shortly after Hale protects John from Abigail’s lies, Abigail starts to…

Mary Warren in The Crucible was one of the most complex characters in the book. She was easily influenced by Abigail Williams and the other girls in the novel. Yet, she was the only one who was present controversial dance and did not dance. Mary was undeniably naive and lonely, which allows her to be easily manipulated. Although she tried to repent for her sins, May ultimately succumbed to the peer pressure. She was embodied by three archetypes that specifically represent her character alone.…

William Shakespeare that wrote during a time in which Catholicism was discouraged in England may have shown his support for the Catholic Church secretly through some specific characters in his plays. William Shakespeare uses members of the Franciscan Order, who at the time were most despised by protestant reformers, as characters in his plays to show support for the Catholic Church. Three of his plays, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing, and Measure for Measure, feature prominent…

high-ranking position, numerous character’s claims in Miller’s novel are believed because of their reputation. For instance, young Abigail Williams is trusted time and time again, even though she is actually wrongly convicting nearly 20 innocent people, because of her role in society.…