Six-Day War

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, tells the story about a tangle of lies, misunderstandings, and deaths in the town of Salem during the time of witch trials. In the story, Abigail Williams along with a group of girls who follow her, between they Mary Warren, are responsible for falsely accusing the vast majority of people in the town of alleged relationships with the Devil, an act that the highest authorities believe. In this occasion, Miller treats topics such as integrity, revenge, guilt…

1 / 2 Lexi Punturo The Crucible Theme Analysis Theme #1: Reputation Reputation is one of the many concerns for the characters in The Crucible . Everyone wants a good name in the town because they do not want to get accused of witchcraft or being a husband of a witch. As the play starts out, Reverend Parris ( the Minister of Salem) finds out that Betty Parris and the other girls have being dancing outside. Later, people all believed that the "dancing" was a form of witchcraft and this was…

John Proctor is the tragic hero in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The downfall of John in the play is due to a human flaw, which largely qualifies him as a tragic hero. John is a respectable farmer, who has a high social status .The tragic flaw was the physical attraction he had towards Abigail Williams, yet he had a wife. His wife realizes his husband’s acts of adultery and gets jealous. Proctor knows that he has the option to confess the deed. However, his pride comes in his way and he is…

the musical, the middle, and then reprised at the end. It’s used as a backdrop, or a general idea for the musical itself. It’s used at the beginning to introduce, and at the end to wrap it up. The song chorus says, “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year?… Measure in love… seasons of love.” This is the number of minutes in a year. It questions how can we assess the value of a year in our lives. The answer the song gives is to, “measure in love.”…

In the story The Crucible, John Proctor has been sent to prison for adultery and accused of witchcraft. When John was pulled out of the prison cell he was given a choice, to either confess to his sins and let his name die or go to get hanged. At first he signs the paper, and then John rips the paper and says that he’d rather get hanged for his wrong doing. He was a fool for doing what he had done. John Proctor should have confessed and lived on in guilt. Proctor is a fool because he choose to…

times a week if I can, just to be nice. I signed up to do it every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Usually Fridays are the days that I can’t make it, but most of the time I do. When I’m not in the library,…

In the book Crucible written by Arthur Miller there are many characters in the story that behave totally different from one other. Most of the girls in the book Crucible are not leaders and don’t have minds there own. Abby is a character that is in the book Crucible some readers may say she's a leader and some may thinks she's arrogant. Abby has many reasons why she may behave the way she does in the book. Abby is not mature in the book she is extremely young compared to John Proctor. The…

Images of war lingering in the mind of a soldier from WWII, for one with these thoughts it can be difficult to come back to society and live a normal life. J.D. Salinger writes about a young man by the name of Seymour Glass, who has returned from war and struggles to fit into society. In the short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” Seymour struggles in a life of alienation from society; a corrupt world with the lack of innocence. He tries to find innocence in this life and he holds on…

To demonstrate, Hale has a crucible that started developing when he first came to Salem, believing everything is black and white with no in between. Hale first shows this when he arrives in Salem at the beginning of the play and believes there are witches and evil and then there are the good and pure and the village is being over run with the evil. Hale explains to the Proctors that they cannot doubt that, “the powers of the dark are gathering in monstrous attack upon Salem” (65). Hale is…

because of how fun the Ohio State game would be. So, after two days, we arrived in New Orleans. Our hotel room was quite small for five people, so we were itching to get out as we explored the city. That night, we had great dinner to start our three day stay in New Orleans. The next day, we woke up and hurried out the door to get into a cab and book it down to the French Quarter for some famous beignets. It was a beautiful 80 degree day, and. all around us were Ohio State fans who were just as…