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“She sends her spirit on me in church, she makes me laugh at prayer!” (Miller 1109) The crucible is a story over the witch trials in Salem. This story mainly explains how people were accused and killed while showing how idiotic this period in history was. There are an abundance of circumstances and details that make the decision of who is most responsible for the tragedies a toss up. Although, Abigail Williams is the one who stuck out the most and should probably be the one held responsible.…

“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death” was said by Coco Chanel. Guilt is the feeling of having done wrong or failed in an obligation. People can be taken over by guilt and it can lead to disastrous aftermaths. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, it is seen many times throughout and is a main theme of the play. Guilt has many effects on people, and throughout the play The Crucible, it overtakes some of the characters, and by their struggles the reader can learn about how real life…

The Deception of Abigail There are those who use lies or excuses to avoid punishment caused by improper actions. Some children and young adults will hunt for ways of redemption as they still develop propriety. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams is delusional, devious, and vengeful. She hopes to get what she wants by manipulating people around her to do her bidding. Abigail’s traits cause her to be dissembling without foreseeing the consequences that would come to harm others.…

A change in a person can be brought upon by traumatic events in their lifetime. These circumstances can give a new perspective on life and change his or her way of thinking. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor portray valuable insight into themselves. Elizabeth Proctor was a virtuous woman who was emotionless and unfriendly when she first came about into the play. This led her to face obstacles that have changed her ego. She attempts to…

by our own side, whatever it may be. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible focuses mainly on witchcraft and the devil, and the important roles it plays in a deteriorating Puritan society. In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, a widespread hysteria breaks out and results in hangings of innocent people driven to insanity by desperation to hold to their radical religious beliefs. When so many were accused of witchcraft, the root of the problem was the devil and lack of God. Characters such as Abigail…

Manipulation normally leads to bad thing. It is beneficial for motivators to achieve their purpose, and government or leader to gains social status and authority by exploiting people’s fear to manipulate them; it lets the manipulated people lose chance to think about themselves ; and it has a huge impact upon increasing terror and fear. The manipulation turns to bad when the manipulator tries to control people by threating them to get his own purpose. In the crucible page 1244，Abigail menaces…

Arthur Miller's The Crucible draws many similarities to the events that occurred in the 1950s known as the Red Scare. During the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, Senator Joseph McCarthy began trials to investigate suspected Soviet spies and sympathizers that were allegedly residing within the United States. Many U.S. citizens were wrongly accused and thrown in jail. Anyone who spoke out against the trials were then under scrutiny themselves, which scared many people from…

Throughout Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, multiple themes are employed such as the effect of delirium on society, the importance of reputation, and the belief that everyone indulges in the vices of hypocrisy. Miller describes the nonsense of witchcraft destroying the town of Salem. By the end of the play, three months after the accusation incidents, the village is left as a corrupt wasteland. The vengeance of the people allows their trust to falter and friendships to break. For example,…

Greed and Revenge The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about people in Salem being accused of witchcraft. Abigail works for Elizabeth and John Proctor. Then, Elizabeth fires Abigail because of Abigail displeasing her and her husband. Later on, Abigail, accuses Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, of being a witch so she can be with John Proctor. The play explores the theme that people who claim to be motivated by principles may actually be motivated by greed or revenge, which still applies…

When people have people Accusations made by the girls affected many characters in different ways in The Crucible. Many innocent people were hanged, some were put in prison, but authority of the court kept seeing the girls as “bewitched” victims, rather than lying criminals. After Reverend Hale comes to Salem, his specific education and past experience in that area ascertain the presence of devil in the village as hysteria begins. But after certain period of time, he starts seeing things from a…