William Miller

The play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller was about this group of girls who go into the forest , and then they had started dancing . While they were dancing , Reverend Parris had seen them and asked Abigail if they have trafficked with spirits. One other key events of the story is that, Abigail Williams has also had an affair with Elizabeth Proctor’s husband John Proctor.The author’s purpose of this story is to inform the readers on what had happened during the Salem Witch Trial in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. In The Crucible, Betty tells Abigail that she had drunk blood because in lines 444 to lines 452, Betty has said “ you had drunk blood , but you haven’t told them that” and Abigail has told her to shush because she doesn’t…

The Crucible is a play that focuses on the awfulness of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behaviors that can result from dark desires and secret agendas. A jealous girl, Abigail Williams, is accused anyone and everyone of witchcraft, including her secret lover’s wife. These accused citizens were given unfair trials, and many of them were hanged without questioning. David Calvert is a man who is believed to be Jon Venables, the murderer of two-year-old James Bulger when in fact, he is not.…

The poem The Book by Miller Williams is a morbid yet sorrowful poem illustrating the ignorance of mankind. A man picks up a random book and writes his whole life in it, years later he takes the book to a bookbinder who then informs the man that its made out of human flesh. It’s then that the readers find out the ghoulish theme crescendoing upon this poem, underlining the tragedy of mankind's ignorance. Following the narrative of this poem can cause confusion to many, Miller often switches from…

Oluseyi Akinbami once said, “Every man’s heart speaks, where no one can see, it reveals the motives for our actions, and many times the motives are not good.” In Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” the Younger family is one full of ambition. Each member of the family has a goal in life that they wish to achieve. For Ruth and Lena (Mama) Younger, this goal seems to present itself as the desire for family bonding. For Beneatha Younger, success in the medical field seems to be prominent.…

Arthur Miller wrote the classic play The Crucible in 1953 during the Red Scare to prove how much the Salem Witch Trials related to how the community was turning on each other to save themselves. Abigail Williams is a perfect example of a character that deceived her way into removing accusations of witchcraft on herself and reversing it to carry out her maniacal vengeance on other characters in the play. During the witch trials in 17th century Salem Massachusetts turned the town on its head when…

“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller takes place in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts 1692. Some few girls led by Abigail Williams are caught dancing in the woods. Meanwhile, several of the girls fall sick. Already suspicious of witchery, the people of Slam blame everything on witchcraft. In light of the events, many “experts” and judges are brought into the town. Eventually, a court is set up to rid the town of “witches”. The witch trials give the people of Slam an opportunity to pursue one’s…

The play, The Crucible, was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. Miller wrote The Crucible because back in the 1950’s, he had refused to name others as Communists and was fined and given 30 days pended in jail. In The Crucible, if you did not say who else was a witch, you would be punished by being whipped. Also in the 1950’s, many people were suspected of being Communists and investigations took place led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. People were suspecting and accusing others of performing…

The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller this story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. Throughout this story we learn about the witch trials, the witch trials were a time in history where anyone could accuse whoever they wanted of witchcraft. If they were found guilty they were executed by hangings in front of the whole town. People had many motivations for crying witchcraft, some wanted land others wanted vengeance, vengeance will be the biggest player in The Crucible. Abigail…

In the year 1692, the Salem Witch Trials were held after a group young girls screamed “witch!” About two and a half centuries later, a play would be written on it, with an allegorical story hinting at McCarthyism. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that takes us back in time to some forty years after the Puritans first arrived in Salem. In it, we are introduced to characters based off of the real people that played a part in the trials, from Giles Corey with his famous “more weight!”…

Some people will do anything to get what they want, no matter the circumstances. Some people portray it as a good thing, in some cases it’s a bad thing. It is even worse when someone has to die for the thing the person want. Abigail Williams is one of these people. She believes that she and John Proctor are meant to be and will do anything, in her will, to be with him. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, he uses both direct and indirect characterization to develop Abigail Williams into a flat…