The Crucible

his adultery, only to be accused of devil worship when Abigail denies the affair. John and Elizabeth are convicted of communing with the devil. The pregnant Elizabeth remained to be alive, but John is was executed. The historical significance in Crucible is that the Salem Witch trials and how corrupt our judicial system was during those stages of our history and how religion played a truly important part in the society and governmental processes before the separation of church and state were…

of a Hero “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.” With these perplexing and baffling words, John Proctor’s sense of bravery of changing himself truly shines in Arthur Miller’s powerful play, The Crucible. The Crucible, portrays the Salem people and their beliefs in witchcraft that lead to citizens blaming others to protect themselves, progressing into the idea that if you are an accuser then you are safe. No other character expresses this type of…

The most important word in The Crucible is God because the word is used to defend and prosecute others and has an ironic meaning throughout the play. The word God is more important than other words because God is used to defend and prosecute others. To the villagers, all of their actions are judged by God and all sins are irredeemable. Although this is a large burden, it also holds the community together and prevents any form of disunity. However, at the start of the story, this community…

Massachusetts, these young girls discovered the power of their words, discovered the power of accusation. Exploration of this power lies at the center of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. He delves into the world of how it affects different people: the accusers, the innocent or those being accused, and authority. Miller wrote The Crucible in 19** when the United States was in gripped by fear of communism. Miller observed how some authorities (notably Senator Joseph McCarthy) exploited this fear…

fear of the people to gain more power and use it for personal gain. Also, when there is fear, people are much more likely to do anything they could to stop or destroy the source of the fear even if it is irrational. This happens many times in “The Crucible”. One example is when Abigail Williams stabbed herself with a needle and blamed it on Goode Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, and used the fear of witches to get the authority to arrest her so that she could get John Proctor for herself. Another…

The Crucible is a play that takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. At the beginning of the play, a group of girls go dancing in the woods with a black slave names, Tituba. Caught by Reverend Parris, he makes the girls leave. Shortly after that the girls ring is broken up by Parris. Shortly after the group is disbanded, Betty, Parris’s daughter becomes very ill. She goes into a coma and is unresponsive. When this happens, suspicion of witchcraft are sparked in the town. Parris calls Reverend…

exploit one another continually, and sometimes even subconsciously. Manipulation: The act of controlling or playing upon insidious means, especially to ones own advantage. Manipulation is thrown and used excessively throughout the play. In the play The Crucible, targets specifically the audience to look within deeper than the eye into the manipulation of people’s opinions resulting from one individual’s accusation. This play reveals how the manipulation is subconsciously used by groups of…

“The Crucible” Do you ever wonder why never expected any excuse other than the confessions?. Judge Danforth is more to blame than marry warren, because he thinks what’s going on the girls are true, He doesn’t listen to anyone, and his bias favor for Abigail Williams. Marry warren one of the girls that knows this witchcraft nonsense isnt real didn’t want too help john proctor because she knoows if she tells them that they are faking it, abigail will accuse her and theres the one shot they have.…

The truth keeps people wondering, scared, awake, confused, and even alive (or not). In the past what people said is what built the future, but what is not true will eventually show in the repercussions of choices they make. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, truth is a factor that people cannot control; therefore, it seems to decides the fate of the prosecuted and the people around them. Sometimes, people who stand for the truth may not always have the best ending, but their actions have the…

Isaac Murdock Ms King AP Lang 13 November 2017 Act 3 Crucible The Pathos used by the girls in act three of the crucible can be seen very prominently. An example of it used at the very beginning of the act Mary walks in in a breathless and nervous state, it says at the bottom of page 81 that “she can’t speak” she is too nervous to say anything, and throughout the rest of the act she speaks super quietly so as not to be heard. She uses her fear and panic to evoke sympathy from those who are…