Mercy Otis Warren

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…

Did Lee Harvey act alone? I think Lee did act alone on this with the evidence I found online. President JFK was killed Nov. 22, 1963 it was said the Harvey had a lot of hate for his society and that he would act against it. He had fired three shots from a window of Texas Book Depository. Harvey had messed up in so many different ways that he was just a lost man. President JFK was shot on the main street of Dallas he was making he’s way through Dallas with his wife. I think it was wrong of…

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…

John F Kennedy was shot and killed November 22, 1963 on his way through Dallas, Texas, to make appearances in a bid to drum up support for the Democratic Party prior to the 1964 general election. The assassination’s significance to American history is that it stopped John F Kennedy from continuing to resist a US war in Vietnam. In the picture given, John F Kennedy is accompanied by the first lady through Dallas, Texas to make this appearance. Where the photograph provided shows a visual…

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…

Act 2 starts with John and Elizabeth talking about things such as, Mary Warren, crops, and more. They begin to argue about John’s affair and how Elizabeth is being judgemental when really John is judging himself. Elizabeth ends up calling out John for being the judgemental and how the guilt is making him think that there is…

Not much is known about John Willard's early life like when and where he was born. However, what is known is that he spent his youth in Lancaster, Massachuetts, and then eventually moved to Groton and married Margaret Wilkins in the 1680s. The Wilkin family disapproved of the marriage, this disapproval would soon play a role in the salem trial. Willard was a deputy constable who contributed to helping arrest accused people of witchcraft. At one of the trials he is quoted as saying, " Hang them.…