Sinclair Lewis

Family Crucible Paper The family crucible is an impressive book which written by Dr. Napier and Dr. Whitaker. It shows a family treatment story that how co-therapists help a troubled family by using family system theory and it also points out and analyzes common family patterns as well. This review paper will show the therapeutic techniques that stood out to me most, and I will use examples of Brice family to talk about how I view the theoretical meaning of each action and the interventions.…

Annotated Bibliography: Bonnet, Jean-Marie. “Society vs. the Individual in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.” English Studies 63.1 (1982): 32-36 Bonnet argues that Miller fully contradicts himself in his standpoint between the individual and society in the Crucible. The play alternates between being about an individual’s self-discovery and being about a community’s uproar. Bonnet illustrates how Miller constantly forces the characters to deny themselves at the sack of the…

Behind the lines of every story , there is always more to the madness whether we know it or not. In Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" we see a very present influence of characters who develop what turns out to be a petty rivalry where ultimately it reveals who everyone really is; it takes place during the 1600's in a puritanistic society in which countless people are persecuted. One of the most pivotal contributions to the development of the story are 3 particular characters: Deputy Governor…

In Arthur Miller's book, “The Crucible” a group of girls accuse innocent Salem citizens of conducting witchcraft. This creates hysteria in the village and leads to mostly everyone being falsely accused. Abigail Williams begins the false accusations, she does this in order to be with her desired lover John Proctor. Abigail and John Proctor had an affair, John Proctor's wife dismisses Abigail from being their servant for that reason. As a method to have John Proctor, Abigail falsely accuses John…

In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible show’s and defines the truth and will about someone as well as their integrity. The play bases itself off of witchcraft and the severe punishment if found witchcrafting. It starts of with Mr. Parris, finding Abigail and the girls dancing in the forest. Through Mr. Parris’s eyes it was a dead end for him and the girls being that he was very much involved with the church also the community and it would have a great effect if the community finds out about what…

The Crucible In The Crucible, there are many roles played by characters to help progress and/or diminish the happening of the Witch Trials. While most of the main characters had an obvious development and overarching story, one was more oblivious. Although he had his own evolution throughout the play, Giles Corey had another major role that may have gone unnoticed. Giles Corey plays the role of the unsung hero of the Salem Witch Trials. His character progression takes him from being the foolish…

The Crucible Essay The Crucible was a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. Written in 1953, it is a play based on the Salem Witch Trials with some added fictional characters. It takes place in Salem and surrounding towns and builds up to a court where many were tried and executed, and many were falsely accused by teenager Abigail Williams. The people of Salem were mainly focused on being respected by others and having a good and sinless reputation. An example of this is a man…

Reputation in Salem The characters in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, all made a name for themselves. They all want to keep a good name at that. In a town like Salem, reputation plays a huge part especially during the witch-hunt. A reputation is a belief that is held about someone. For example in the Crucible John Proctor is recognized as a proud strong and honest man. The town sees him as a good citizen. Before the play begins we find out that John Proctor has committed adultery with Abigail…

Witches In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the Salem Witch Trials are portrayed impeccably. It is 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts there were assumptions that witches running amongst the people of Salem. Women of all ages were falsely accused of being caught with the devil, later on men started getting accused also. These men and women were given an opportunity to admit they were witches and be saved or they could deny it and be hanged. The very manipulative and outspoken, Abigail…

The characters in the play all have good and bad qualities which leads them to the choices they make. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, characters do a lot for their reputation, most of the actions they make is so that they keep a good name for themselves. John Proctor, Judge Danforth and Reverend Parris all seem to have a good reputation for themselves in the town Salem. When they are put through hard situations that can ruin their reputations most of them rather keep their good name than tell…