Warren Zevon

The seeds of the hysteria that afflicted Salem Village, Massachusetts were sown in January 1692 when a group of young girls began to display bizarre behavior, with no decorum whatsoever, and accused people of witchery. Abigail Williams, one of the main accusers in the Salem Witch Trials, starts her web of lies in a desperate attempt to not be held accountable for her nefarious deeds in the forests the night before the play opens. The childish girl needed attention and with each accusation that…

As darkness and deceit looms over an enclosed exhibit, sacrifice causes the veiled eyes of humans to be freed from a glazed state and becomes the impetus for the diffusion of this new sight throughout a community. In Arthur Miller’s drama The Crucible, sacrifices to restore equilibrium within oneself are crucial, for the birth of a sacrifice from one person inspires the spread of healing into a community and stops the copious flow of evil from one liar. With trembling hands full of the blood he…

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Proctor can not stand for his name to be shamed in the public eye. “You will tell the court how that poppet come here and who stuck the needle in,” (80). Proctor tells this to Mary Warren, forcing her to accuse Abigail of framing Elizabeth. He forced Mary to attempt to bring the truth to the court that all the girls were pretending to be involved in witchcraft, which would in turn convict Abigail of framing Elizabeth, free Elizabeth…

A hero is someone who is admired, or looked up to for courage, achievements, or noble qualities. Yet, if one hears the word hero it patently seems as if it is someone who does well and has no flaws. However, a tragic hero is someone with heroic qualities but has flaws or imperfections which leads to their death or at least their downfall. In play the Crucible written by Arthur Miller, an allegory of the communist witch hunts, tragic hero is born. John Proctor is the tragic hero in the Crucible,…

identified as the man in the window. and Oswald was being impersonated at the time and may be even framed for the murderer. Because oswald was on the second floor at the time the gunfire began. After the long months of investigations on the shooting, the warren commission…

arguing, they decide to take Elizabeth away, even after possible evidence disproving the trials all together. As they leave, John angrily approaches his maid, Mary Warren and shouts, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me” (Miller, 862). John’s eagerness for Mary Warren to confess displays a true love for Elizabeth. He uses the word “goodness”, which is important in this case. Elizabeth forgave his sins and continued to…

The Crucible, an American tragedy written by playwright Arthur Miller, is a dramatized piece of literature that emphasizes heavily on the dark and sadistic events that occurred in colonial Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials, and the consequences of the pious and demented Puritans. Of the many characters involved in, and executed as a result of, The Crucible pinpoints its emotional and climactic ending on the surrendering of John Proctor, falsely accused of witchcraft, to his death by…

The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts during the late 1600’s. Abigail Williams, one of the main character, is known to be one who gets away with anything by putting the blame on others. At the beginning of the play, Abigail and her friends are dancing in the forest when two girls faint. The Puritan town believes that this has to do with witchcraft. The gullible town members believe the words of Abigail when she accuses innocent people of…

pressured by the environment is very common, but it can have disastrous effects. The environment effects Mary Warren in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It is based on the true story of the Salem witch trials. The trials occurred in 1692, playing a major role in American History, as it caused the accusations and deaths of several innocent people as they were accused of witchcraft. Mary Warren played a crucial role in the allegation of the virtuous people in Salem as her lies spread…