The Crucible

Parris’s Synopsis: When the curtain rises on The Crucible, we are transported to Reverend Samuel house in Salem, Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. Shortly into the story, we learn that the Reverend’s daughter, Betty, and Goody Putnam’s daughter, Ruth, lie motionless on their beds after their outing in the forest the night before. Abigail, Reverend Parris’s niece, is questioned about the possibility of witchcraft in the forest, but she denies the claims made against her. Soon after, John…

In The Crucible, John Proctor the protagonist, looks for redemption of his sins. At first, Proctor was full of guilt and doubt after he had committed adultery with Abigail, his former maid. However, as the play progressed, Proctor started down the path of redemption by confronting his sins with his wife. Finally, in the last act, Proctor was able to regain his self-respect and his own forgiveness, finding Proctor’s character change through The Crucible was portrayed in three stages: destitution,…

the manipulated people lose chance to think about themselves ; and it has a huge impact upon increasing terror and fear. The manipulation turns to bad when the manipulator tries to control people by threating them to get his own purpose. In the crucible page 1244，Abigail menaces Betty, along with the other girls present. “Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of word,…

The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter Final Essay Character flaws are problems that affect a character directly and prevents the character from being functional. Everyone has flaws and we see flaws throughout both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. Both stories are placed during the Puritan time period which is from 1564 to 1660 in Massachusetts colony. And the stories have similar themes about lust, sin, and the punishment of sin.…

directly towards the United States of America in the 17th century in the story dubbed “The Crucible”. Witches and warlocks were a bad existence for the people in this past and is illustrated with the unfolding of a literal witch hunt. Eventually, the hunt gets out of hand and leads to the death of many innocent people. This 1692 Massachusetts bay colony drama, like many other dramas, tests the will of…

Salem, Massachusetts is a haven for evil and accusations in the 1690’s. These wrongdoings come at a very high price in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” Evil cannot take place without consequence is demonstrated through the witchcraft in the woods, the spreading lies, and the immoral affair. The witchcraft in the woods illustrates how evil cannot take place without consequences. Tituba is facilitating the witchcraft in the woods with the young girls: “I never called him! Tituba, Tituba” (Miller…

The Crucibles : The Fault in our Lies “For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.” (James, 3:16). We have felt all felt a desire to obtain something we do not have in our possession, but what it that desire leads to us to commit foul sins that affect others? The Crucibles, written by Arthur Miller, narrates a story about a small, religious Puritan town, Salem, located in the New England colonies, and the uncanny events that occur as a result…

roles in order to fulfill their own aspirations and goals. Since puritan leaders were all male, there were few that would stand up for the rights of women and they were often upset when women defied these gender roles. A good example of this in The Crucible, is when Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft because she was reading. This is the perfect example of men being afraid of a woman expanding her knowledge. Knowledge is power, and power was something women were scarcely…

Because now we have few discrimination behavior. But in the past, people is not tolerate such things happen. Should the minority is subordinate to the majority, can’t have objections. If you are "wrong", other people will punish you. In the crucible, the characters are intolerant of people who do not conform. If someone is not very religious or has different beliefs they are accused of working with the Devil and doing witchcraft. Today someone could openly say they don’t believe in God without…

Crucible synthesis essay During times when fear and stress are present in our lives or we are don’t want to suffer the consequences of a situation we tend to use scapegoating as a method to get out of or avoid the situation. As humans, we seem to always be subconsciously looking for things to scapegoat weather it is for our benefit, their own problems and/or society’s problems as seen in the crucible during the Salem Witch Trials. During the time of the Salem witch trials a scapegoat was used…