Warren G. Harding

“True redemption is when guilt leads to good” as said by Khaled Hosseini. In other words one must realize his wrongs and act upon them to make a difference. Sadly, this was not done by John Proctor due to his lack of honesty and integrity in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. He must stop the Salem witch trials but fails to do so. Although, Arthur MIller states Proctor is a tragic hero, John Proctor is a failure because of his inability to bring justice to Salem. For starters, John Proctor is…

beaten again, she lists two other women she “saw” with the devil himself. Sarah Good and Sarah Osburne. Abigail Williams, former servant to the Proctors, told the girls that if they told the truth, there would be consequences. John Proctor tells Mary Warren, current servant to the Proctors, to do just that. John takes her to the courthouse and pushes her to tell the truth. After Mary has told the…

The power disseminated by the mob mentality in The Crucible—of not only religion, but also social hierarchy—parallels modern court proceedings, and feelings of patriotism in society. Mob mentality can be very dangerous when implemented by society under negative circumstances. In The Crucible the concept of “mob mentality,” or rather mass hysteria and religious values, appears in great extent. Abigail creates a sense of panic by saying hurriedly, “Shut it! Now shut it!” which not only makes the…

Crucible stands for a situation of a severe trial. Many characters were put under a test each character having a different outcome. People act differently when they are put in an uncomfortable or stressful position. Even though the situation these people were placed in, people were able to act rationally and truthful, but in a group of good people, there is bound to be someone who would do deplorable acts. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is the most despicable character…

Is mass hysteria really crazed madness? That’s what people thought when coming across an insane event. In Arthur Miller´s The Crucible and Real Clear Politics´ ¨Mass hysteria in America¨, both text explain how a person's action can turn into uncontrollable acts, cause people to imitate them and become known as hysteria. Within both texts, dancing, cases of delusion and multiple deaths due to insanity gives room for questioning on why hysteria may be the answer. In both The Crucible and ¨Mass…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller a girl named Abigail Williams is a young teenager that lives in the town of Salem and she is in search of power and is willing to lie to get there. “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osborn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”(Penguin). This quote shows how Abigail accuses all of these women in the town after she clears herself from sin by saying that she has written in the devil's book and that she wants God in her life. Once she says…

The novels The Awakening by Kate Chopin and The Crucible by Arthur Miller can be connected by two major ways. One of those ways are by how the character's choices lead them both to death. In The Awakening, the main character Edna Pontellier wants to free herself from what society thinks about her. She makes life changing choices that has some major consequences that come along with her. Edna believes that if she can make some life changing choices then she would be happier and what people think…

Glory, God, and Gold. Rohinton Mistry once said, “Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder.” Throughout history, humans have witnessed injustice due to social and political hierarchy and though they know the implications of injustice they have conformed to societal norms. Society in The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows how the sociopolitical structure affects the outcome of the Salem Witch Trials. The most noteable injustice in today’s society, the time…

In Comparison to the association previously made between the The Crucible and Oleanna, the article by Catherine Burr titled “False Allegations of Sexual Harassment: Misunderstandings and Realities” presents similar ideas on how figures of high authority tend to take advantage over the minority using their power, in terms of sexual abuse. The article alludes towards the impacts of power over others and how manipulation can damage a person's career. Similarly in The Crucible, when Abigail blames…

Miller uses character motivation in developing the plot of his play, The Crucible. Abigail, a 17 year old girl with a burning passion for someone she cannot have. She will do anything she can to get the man of her dreams and Elizabeth Proctor nor Mary Warren will get in the way of that. Miller creates the character, Abigail Williams with a tenacious and manipulative personality to obtain the person she loves. One of the characters Abigail Williams affects is John Proctor. According to the…