Warren G. Harding

Alice in Wonderland and Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court The theme of nonsense is common between the two books. In both of the novels, the protagonists are transported to different worlds where there is absolute nonsense. In Alice in Wonderland, some of the nonsense is produced through satire. When Alice visits the Mock Turtle, his education seems to be satirical. Must of the nonsense in Alice in Wonderland is through speech between the characters. For example, when Alice meets…

One significant theme Miller conveys throughout The Crucible is deciding whether or not it is worth to lie. He shows this through Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Judge Danforth. From the beginning of The Crucible Abigail Williams lies. Throughout the book she lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths (SparkNotes Editors). In Act I Abigail was about to get busted for experimenting with witchcraft, but managed to blame the…

A person’s good reputation is the source of true power. At the beginning of the play, the author lets us know how good of a person John Proctor is. He is a well respected man and due to his good reputation; his power in the town is also good and “true”. The people of Salem are not aware of the past affair that took place between Abigail and John. All throughout the book, this is the only thing that John has done wrong. Seeing this, John is illustrated as a good person throughout the book and I…

A feud between two groups or two people can start from anything. It can start from the smallest thing and turn into something huge, or it can start from something large and over time it just fades into something weaker and pointless. There are multiple ways to start a feud. In this movie, two magicians start a feud over something huge and terrible, a death, the death of someone very close to one of the magicians. The two main characters, also know as magicians, are called Alfred Borden, and…

Many people experience downfalls in their lives. Some may be worse than others and cost them their life. The sudden realization is not enough to recover. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the story starts out with young girls dancing in the forest in Salem Massachusetts. The town accuses one of them of being a witch and from there it is chaos. Witchcraft is the talk of the town and people start dying left and right. The Salem witch trials is portrayed in the crucible and shows how people back…

Author Miller’s famous play, The Crucible, focuses on the infamous witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. During the Salem Witch Trials, 20 “witches” whom were accused and hung for not confessing to the false accusations. Although hundreds of other accusations occurred during the Salem Witch Trials, many avowed to being a witch to save their lives. Throughout the dramatic, trust-breaking and heart-wrenching scenes of The Crucible, Reverend Hale develops from a doctor who…

The Changes of John Hale In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses very strong characters to depict their personality. One character he uses is John Hale. John Hale went through a lot of changes within the play. In the beginning he is all into the witch hunt. Originally he comes to participate in the witch hunt because he believes Satan is here with his “lieutenants”. Him along with the others feels that there are spirits around them. He believes strongly in this until later when he starts…

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, is about religious and political repression; which authentic historical event and people played a base acknowledged as The Red Scare or McCarthyism in 1950s. The play took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trails, which was when people were innocently accused of witchcraft. A crucible can be defined as a severe ordeal or a set of circumstances where people are subjected to forces that test them and often make them change. John…

A person, an accession, and no evidence are all you need to lie. Allegedly, this is how you tell a lie in the time period of a classic play called The Crucible. The Crucible was written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. It is a story filled with drama in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, it illustrates how lying and deceit can make a community chaotic and corrupt. Abigail Williams is a superlative example of how lying can change a community in the way it did…

Sebastian Khaloghli Mrs. Allen Period 3 English Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible displays the hysteria that took place in Salem in 1692. Although the act is fiction, Miller established the plot of his play on historical events and his characters show how fear and paranoia can amplify into something beyond its might. A number of characters used this fear to perk and they showed selfishness and impropriety. The two most contemptible characters in the play were Rev. Parris and Judge Danforth.…