Salem, Massachusetts

“The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem” describes the mysterious troubles experienced in Salem Village during the winter of 1691-1692 (Davidson & Lytle, 2005, p. 25). Accusations of witchcraft led to the death of twenty individuals. Reverend Samuel Parris’ daughter and niece came down with afflictions. The girls appeared to have pains, pricks, and convulsions. Many individuals, mostly women, were imprisoned. This forced them to defend themselves through forceful interrogation techniques…

The Crucifixion is one of the most widely known and told stories. Even if a person is not Christian, they have probably heard the story of Jesus’s sacrifice made on the Cross. It has been adapted in many different forms including storybooks, plays, and poetry. ‘The Dream of the Rood’ is one of the earliest poetic adaptations, dating back to somewhere during the eighth century. The book of Matthew from the Bible is one of the four original writings on the Crucifixion story, and often one of the…

of Abigail Williams, because she can manipulate all of them! How have you become so blind about what is occurring in the town of Salem, that you not question the main accuser? “Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem – vengeance is walking Salem” (Miller…

The seven deadly sins are excessive pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, the seven deadly sins are incorporated into the society of Salem and shown through each character to represent human nature. In Arthur Miller’s play, all seven deadly sins are incorporated through the characters to cultivate the theme of the human nature to sin. Judge Danforth represents pride, John Putnam represents greed, while Abigail represents both lust and…

reputations. This is best illustrated by John Proctor, judge Danforth, and Abigail William because they should sacrifice their own reputation to establish justice in salem. In the play, John Proctor’s thoughtless of the other had made innocent women hanged by being falsely accused by his lover Abigail William. In the play, he refused to go to Salem to tell the trial that the girls are lying : “ … John—let you go tonight… I know I cannot keep it. I say I will think on it!” (109) The quote…

previous actions may contradict with his good name. To start Mr. Proctor’s story like many other people in Salem he fights to keep his good name and protect his family. Proctor distances himself from a certain individual that can ultimately ruin his life. Abigail Williams a young beautiful women that has influenced Mr. Proctor to commit adultery and put the Proctor’s relationship at unease. As Salem is a very religious town it is well known to the citizens that the act of adultery is a sin.…

Miller’s The Crucible the town Salem turns chaotic after teenage girls start to act strange. The Crucible is based off the Salem witch trials which occurred in1692. In Salem the girls started to accuse other people, mainly women, of witchcraft merely based on their looks or what people thought about them. In The Crucible, the girls are accusing other people to put the blame on someone else because of what the girls did in the forest. There are three responsible for the Salem witch trials in The…

The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller, a story about The Salem Witch Trials. John Proctor is the most heroic character in this play because even though he made poor choices, he chooses to die for the truth instead of living a lie and is respected for it. John Proctor is highly respected in Salem. He is noticed for standing out from the crowd because every person in the town is the same besides Proctor. Everyone knows to go to church every Sunday. Proctor doesn’t like Paris because he…

How are Salem witch trials and the Red Scare similar? The Salem witch trials began in 1692 and the Red Scare in the fifties. However, both of these events are alike because they both involved a witch hunt against people with unpopular views. Although the Salem witch trials and Red Scare are decades apart, the similarities through the causes and the trial proceedings. One way the trial in Salem is like the communist scare involves fear and corrupt authority figures as the causes. In Salem the…

The Crucible analytical essay Arthur Miller’s: The Crucible, is a story about the Salem witch trial in which many towns people get accused of witchcraft; however, they are all innocent. Because bad things happen when lies build up, innocent people will hang for crimes they never committed. Abigail and the girls are all caught dancing in the forest, when they get caught they accuse tituba of forcing them to do it. Abigail lies when she says, “She makes me drink blood,”(Miller 160) to throw all…