Salem, Massachusetts

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…

During the play “The Crucible," John Proctor moved to Salem with his wife Elizabeth, although during the play he had an affair with one of the girls, Abby. Unfortunately, John figures out how clingy and insane Abby is and tried to forget about the affair so they can move on with their lives. You may think that living your whole life with these strict rules may seem easy to live with, well what if I told you that if someone might think you're a witch just because they didn't like you. “There be…

Crucible conflict Essay In the story “the crucible” there is many themes and issues in the world, but there is one that sticks out above the rest. This theme is lies and deceit because lying was used for personal gain or self-preservation, while it cause many people to get hanged for crimes they’re innocent of or haven’t committed. For example when the girls lie to the Reverend about being forced to the ritual, next when Abigail talks to John Proctor alone, and finally when John Proctor fails…

She ends up getting almost the entire town in the jail to save herself. “And yet silent, minister? It is fraud, you know it is fraud. What keeps you man?”(Miller Act II: 920) The Salem Witch Trials are the second worst cases of people being falsely accused of crimes they have not done, “This series of prosecutions that led to the untimely deaths of those who were alleged to practice witchcraft in 1692 to 1693 shows how the power…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the people of Salem go through rigors trials held by a corrupt court to support the idea of witchcraft; However, we come to find out that there is no such thing as a witch, and the court just sentenced innocent people to die. As the play progress we enter the relationship of a married couple who are going through a rocky part but somehow find a way to come together when one of them is accused of being a witch. Initially, John was not on the good side of…

all the characters in the book The Crucible, Abigail Williams stuck out to the audience. She was accused of plenty of things such as being crazy, mentally ill, some called her crazy, and an attention whore but she truly is the victim in the town of Salem because she witnessed her parents die (which would be traumatizing), as a Puritan and a woman she followed strict rules, and someone she loved dearly was merely using her. To begin with the devastating childhood of the innocent Abigail…

As I walk out the door of the house of reverend Parris, I am relieved of a musty smell of what can only be the cinder from the lit candle by the bedside of young Betty Parris. Burning for what seems like many a week ago. In the same way, I am relieved of any that think to accuse me of witchery. I have struck when the time is right. Several of the women in the room in a frenzy calling out names, much like attendance at Sunday Mass, accusing anyone that come into their mind. Joining in the madness…

culprit of this story, and all the innocent people who died, got locked away, and had loved ones suddenly ripped from their lives were the victims of The Crucible. Unfortunately, no one realized that Abigail was the perpetrator until she suddenly left Salem in the midst of all of this and by this time, dozens had already been killed due to her false claims. Only then had the court realized that they had executed people based on the claims of an absolutely insane…

Salem Village in 1692 was indeed a paradox. First and foremost, the community has an intense love of God and the Bible and strived to live Christian lives. Yet when the opportunity came to place blame and gain personal fortune, neighbor was often pitted against neighbor, Arthur Miller, in his play The Crucible, created characters who fell into both categories. On one hand there was Elizabeth Proctor, a cold and loving young woman. On the darker side would be Abigail Williams, a girl known for…

I didn't realize it until I read the topic for this essay but, none of the stories we read this year were based on happy events. Both Whale Talk and Crucible were both situated around difficult times for the characters involved. Both stories have a “bad guy” or a bully. The main characters of both stories had to overcome those people. In The Crucible John Proctor committed adultery with a girl named Abigail. After the incident when she tried to come to him again, he denied her. This caused her…