Mary Warren

“How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” John Proctor pleaded this as he was denied of his confession, and condemned to hang. John Proctor wa a middle aged farmers in Salem during the Salem Witch Trials. He was accused of witchcraft due to his minuscule attendance at church, and he tried to tell the court the truth, that the group of girls were lying and fking their visions and fits. He was hanged at the tail end of the trials because the court would not take…

“The power of the individual is as powerful as the universe is infinite.” This quote comes from Tom Hanks; it explains how an individual has infinite power. One of the main characters in The Crucible is John Proctor. John Proctor possessed an abundant power in Salem. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor used his power to stop the witchcraft hysteria; causing him to put himself in a paradox. The act of sacrificing can be undoubtedly difficult for someone to do. John Proctor sacrifices…

The Crucible V.S. The Holocaust Arthur Miller's depiction of Salem, Massachusetts can be parallel with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany amid the Holocaust time. While the mtotivations contrast, societal likenesses exist and both show us that when an entire society of individuals have a dread so incredible that it can be utilized against them, the general public will endeavor to do everything without exception in their energy to keep this from happening. Notwithstanding when the methods for aversion…

One of the most important things to the people of Salem and most people of the 1600s. In the story of the Crucible, John Proctor shows how much his name means to him. And the different views on what having a good name really meant and how different people like Parris saw it and wanted a good name in for a different reason Keeping a good name is to keep pride for one's self and show that they're not a sinner. John Procter thought that keeping a good name was to be true to his wife and support…

“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.” (Donna Tartt). Puritans belief was an emphasis on the equality of being morally right and the power of god that started in the sixteenth century. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is about the Salem witch trials in 1692. A group of young girls in Salem village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused of witchcraft. Since Abigail is motivated by power her decision to stop at nothing to get John…

The “crucible” means a pot that is used for heating metals to a higher temperature. However, it also meant a time of difficult or “crude” decisions. There are numerous reasons for the decision upon this word. It may have related to the time of the Salem Witch Trials and what Arthur Miller had written because these trials were challenging for the ones that had to make decisions on who to kill, etc. Additionally, it may have been related to the fact that witches uses pots of that kind for their…

value life you’re faced with challenges with yourself and others all around you. Characters in The Crucible are scared for their lives. Marry Warren says, “She’ll kill me for saying that” (Miller 174). Marry Warren is refusing to give Abigail up because she knows Abigail could physically take her down. She doesn’t want to do the right thing if…

There are quite a few characters in “The Crucible” and all with different situations and personality, but a man named John Procter is the character is the character that peeks my interests most. John Procter was a farmer/outcast of Salem who has a wife (Elizabeth), 2 kids, and usually never attended the church. John is a good honest man who is able to see all perspectives of a situation and always sought for a solution that would benefit the people most, he was really looked up to by the…

Vocabulary.com defines hysteria as an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear. During the 1950s, also the start of the cold war era, a hysteria termed McCarthyism was rampant in America. During this era, a play titled The Crucible was written. This play demonstrated the events of the Salem Witch Trials, to prove how easy it is to fall victim to mass conformity. Many parts of the play symbolized the events going on in the Red Scare period. While Arthur Miller clearly wrote the play The…

“Innocent Until Proven Guilty” In The Crucible, Judge Danforth may have accidentally convicted an innocent person for a crime with which they were not involved. Even though Danforth may have done this, he should be considered innocent because of the false accusations the people made him believe. Considering there was a lot of false accusations and misconceptions, he should not be thought of as a false accuser; he may have gotten confused with all of the information that was being presented…