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    How The Crucible and The Shape of Mercy Consist of Dishonesty Dishonesty, deceitfulness and lies are seen everywhere, especially in times where the truth is unknown. The Shape of Mercy, a novel about Mercy Hayworth’s diary in 1692 by Susan Meissner, has a similar theme to The Crucible, a novel about the Salem witch trials in 1692 by Arthur Miller. These two novels show that people will do anything to get revenge, even if it means ending someone else’s life. The Shape of Mercy and The Crucible…

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    Honesty is the best policy. We hear this phrase throughout our lives. Parents, teachers, mentors, and others tell us that when we or others around us get caught in a lie. We are taught that we shouldn’t lie. Lying to get out of trouble will just get you into more trouble down the line, meaning if we lie, no matter how good we think we are at lying, we will eventually get caught somehow. The Crucible is a play written about the Salem Witch Trials, a time full of lies upon lies upon lies. This…

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    Central to this magic was the devil, who ‘came to me [Tituba] and bid me serve him.’ The devil tries to tempt her repeatedly, assuming the forms of rats, a hog and a great dog, and offering her gifts. This does appear to be therefore the kind of devil-driven magic that had been written about since the Malleus…

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    ended the witchcraft rumor right when it started to come out. He was the one that discovered the girls dancing with Tituba in the forest. One of the girls fainted while being discovered which made the town wonder what were they doing in the forest. Abigail said they were dancing but no one believed her and with the hysteria of witchcraft spreading they chose to believe that Tituba,black slave, was conjuring spirits. Reverend Parris could have confirm that they were dancing but he was more…

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    Abigail Williams, a character from the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, is manipulative, two-faced, and self-centered. In Act 1, Abigail told John Proctor, “…You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (1140). This was an attempt by Abigail to guilt John Proctor into continuing their affair further on. She knew she had acted as a home wrecker and caused a sense of distrust between John and his wife, so instead of using a manner of persuasion against him, she rather…

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    Tituba, the Paris family servant, helped Abby’s friends make potions to make their crushes like them. Abby changed the mood in a few seconds, wishing Goody Proctor to die. Abigail doesn’t want to be caught practicing witchcraft. Because of that reason, Abigail blames Tituba who was conveniently present the night in the woods: “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer!” (Miller 1260). Tituba isn’t actually practicing witchcraft, but Abigail accuses Tituba to protect…

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    The Salem Witch Trials persecuted many innocent outcasts in Salem, Massachusetts in the year of 1692. These outcasts were innocent but became the victims of accusations without solid evidence. The accused were not viewed as normal citizens, but became seen by the people of Salem as witches or worshippers of Satan. The trials were filled with ignorance and paranoia over the safety of themselves and their family. Due to hysteria the Salem Witch Trials occurred and resulted in the death of twenty…

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    girls, so in fear she blames what they did in the forest that day on witchcraft. Tituba is afraid of being hung, so she confesses to being a witch. Elizabeth Proctor does not want her husband to…

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    Chaos, confusion, frenzy, disorder—just some of the few terms one could use to describe the town of Salem in 1692. Mass hysteria can happen anywhere, and can happen at any time. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses characters like Tituba, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren to show how the effects of hysteria took over the town and made many people act out like they normally wouldn’t do. In 1692 Salem was distraught. John Proctor was cheating on his wife, Mrs. Corey was reading fiction books and…

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    as a servant, her position of power and respect barely exceeds that of Tituba. Therefore, Abby felt that she had to do something to gain more power and punish Elizabeth for blackening her name. Abby explains to John Proctor in Act 1 how she ‘knows’ that Proctor still loves her, and even though John clearly states he has barely given a thought to her since the affair, she presses on and demands…

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