The Crucible Topic One The Crucible is an intriguing play based on the Salem Witch Trial which occur in 1692 The play was written by Arthur Miller in 1953 The word crucible meaning a severe test One of the character is Elizabeth Proctor shes John Proctors wife She turns cold torward her husband when she discovered about his affair with Abigail Reverend Hale was first introduce in the play when he was called to Salem to examine Parriss daughter Betty Hes a young minister and an expert in witchcr
Throughout The Crucible many literary elements are shown through many different characters One character who seems to stand out in the story is Abigail Williams For the most part the people in the town of Salem see her as a wholesome young girl Little did they know she would be the cause of a widespread hysteria amongst their town Abigail is a young 17 yr old who is the niece of reverend Parris She Lives with reverend Parris in his household after being fired as a worker for the proctors One da
A tragic hero refers to the nature or character of a person Their characteristics may include having a tragic flaw falling from a great height in society and most importantly meeting a death which causes the reader to ache for this character There are many ways in which John Proctor of The Crucible by Arthur Miller may be considered a tragic hero Some of these ways include that he realized all his mistakes and confessed all his sins Another characteristic that makes John Proctor a tragic hero i
Guilty Until Proven Innocent We the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant Orenthal James Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder This famous quote was made during the famous court case of O J Simpson vs the State of California over the murder of two individuals What made this case so famous was all the evidence the jury had that proved Simpson guilty but was found not guilty in the end The court whether it be a single person or a jury make mistakes daily But sometimes they are
Never underestimate the power of one decision In The Crucible by Arthur Miller the town of Salem Massachusetts is brought into uproar by Abigail Williams a teenage girl who begins making cries of witchcraft When the whole town is convinced the devil is amongst them John Proctor who recently broke off a relationship with Abigail Williams attempts to come out and bring the truth to light However Abigail and her friends go on a rampage accusing many more people including some of the most charitabl
Power greed authority and revenge these words go somewhat unnoticed in todays fast paced society but in 1692 power was a word that controlled a small village in Massachusetts The event that took place in Salem has plagued the pages of history books for centuries Life in the seventeenth century was very hard and took a toll on the lives of many women and children who had little or no power In 1692 several teenage girls accused many people of being witches and bewitching them Were these accusatio
The Crucible Have you ever tried to show leadership by doing the wrong right thing The Crucible By Arthur Miller is about a little town called Salem in Massachusetts In the town of Salem there were young girls who lied to the whole town that they seen witches and the Devil These girls showed this emotion for being bored and being threatened by Abigail the niece of Parris Proctor and Abigail wanted to show leadership because each one wanted a specific gain from the town of Salem Abigail only rea
The McCarthy hearings went on during the years of 1950 1954 Joseph McCarthy was a U S Republican Senator from Wisconsin and he started aggressively investigating claims that there were Communist and Soviet spies inside the federal government The Cold War was during the 1940s and it started getting very rough between the United States Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China The U S went through a period of anti communist tension and suspicion Many were convicted of being Soviet spies Comm
Author Millers The Crucible is a play about the fear of witchcraft in the sixteenth century and what fear does to people in the small town of Salem Massachusetts During the colonial time period witchcraft was punishable by death In Salem the idea of witchcraft not only feared the people but also the community as a whole The community of Salem was split into two demographics by poor farmers and wealthy merchants becomes a scared fearful town during the accusations not knowing if your neighbor wa
The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller regarding Salem Witchcraft Trials The play takes place in Salem Massachusetts during 1692 To summarize the play Abigail Betty and other girls are seen running around the forest naked by Reverend Parris Soon girls fear accusations of being witches and start blaming innocent people of Salem in order to get out of trouble Giles Corey is one of the characters in the play who is in early eighties at the time Giles is constantly blamed for almost everyt