... present and evident in the qualities of persons.? This is a dramatic device that enables the author to explore the evil forces in Salem society by the disclosure of witchcraft. Rebecca nurse warns thatthere is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it. I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves!? (28). Although, her warning ... Thomas Putnam; the quest for revenge on those who have persecuted them, which is carried out by Martha Corey and Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam's jealousy over Rebecca Nurse and Abigail's jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor, and the ambition of Hale and ...

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... in this play are different from one and other. That is why this book had a few twists and turns. A few more characters in The Crucible are Reverend Parris, Thomas Putnam, Rebecca Nurse, Francis Nurse, Judge Danforth, Giles Corey, and Titbuta. Parris is the minister of Salem's church. Many people through out Salem dislike him especially Proctor. He is also concerned with ... . Thomas Putnam is a wealthy man. He accuses people of witchcraft so he can go buy up their land he also dislike's Francis Nurse. I would consider Putnam a cheater. Rebecca Nurse and Francis Nurse are married. Rebecca...

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... values. Proctor realizes, as does the reader, that pure morality leads to pure integrity. Finally, Miller suggests courage is the ability to remain true to oneself despite persecution from society. Rebecca Nurse, a well-respected, godly woman, embodies this concept. As society's logical thinking becomes obscured by the mass witch hysteria, Nurse is accused of witchcraft despite her reputation as a peaceful, and ... judicious woman. Consequently, Nurse undergoes discrimination as society condemns her to be hanged. Yet in the face of death Rebecca refuses to confess to a crime she has not...

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... found out, they start accusing people of being witches and Abigail starts with Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor's wife. Not long after even one of the most respectable women in Salem, Rebecca Nurse, was accused of being a witch. When court was called into session more accusations came; one of the girls, Mary Warren, out of fear of being hanged, confesses that ! John ... ). A total of 19 persons were hanged, 1 person was pressed to death, and two dogs were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem Witchcraft Trials (Carey 49). Judge Danforth sentecnced most including Rebecca Nurse and John Pr...

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... . By creating some definite characters who we know are evil or are good, we can apply them to people we know in our own lives. For example, the characteristics of Rebecca and Francis Nurse - the two characters who represent all that is good and honest in the play - could be subconsciously attributed to a loved family member. On the other hand, Abigail ... 's work, and so failed to see the evil of their powers and the subsequent chaos that it creates. The government shuts down any honest characters - such as Proctor, Giles and Rebecca - as soon as they have the chance. These honest charact...

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... Betty being bewitched. She started the accusations, because she believed some one had possessed her child. She blamed Tituba because she had helped with her babies. She is jealous of Rebecca the nurse due to the fact she has had many successful births. Ann points out the illness of her child and blames it down to the devils work and she ... a witch, but will not say the others are. After a few moments, Proctor is fed up with the court, he tears up his confession, and goes out to be hanged with Rebecca Nurse. Hale pleads that Elizabeth asks Proctor to confess, but she says, "He has his g...

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... introduced into this rampant inferno to be tested. His outward shell of vanity is burned away leaving a man of good character. A crucible is also a time period of stress upon a society. Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth Proctor proved their moral character in their turbulent epoch. In retrospect, people such as Abigail Williams and Thomas Putnam exemplify a person's innate tendency to be greedy and ... selfish. Lastly, a crucible can be related to the crucifixion of Christ. He died to save other. In his death He refused to confess lie to save himself. Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and John Proc...

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... scene in the play because it builds up tension between Proctor and Elizabeth and the horror that anybody can be accused of witchcraft. "I come from Rebecca Nurse's house," this shows that Reverend Hale has been to Rebecca nurse's house because she has been accused. It shows that even good people can be accused. "But sure we never loved the devil here," Elizabeth ... ...

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... doesn't "like the smell of this authority." 4. Proctor's strong belief in his freedom of speech highlights his awareness of his esteemed role within the community. Although he is told by Rebecca Nurse, a lady who Proctor greatly respects, that he "cannot break charity with [his] minister," he still insists that he "may speak [his] heart." His social status and dominance are evident ... ...

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... - I come not to hurt the court-" (1088) John says, refusing to drop the charges and submits a petition to the court signed by ninety-one people declaring their good opinion of Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, and Martha Corey. He chooses helping his good friends over his personal benefit. John Proctor has yet another crucible to overcome. Before the witchcraft trials began, he ... ...

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... and save his life, or not confess and get hanged. After meeting with his wife one more time, he decides to confess and signs a contract. However, when he learns that Rebecca Nurse and his other friends will be affected by it, he tears it up. John chose to do what was right and chose to stand by his morals even if ... ...

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... that many people were going to be falsely accused by their neighbors as a method of revenge, and as an outlet for their maliciousness. When Abigail uses this case to attack Rebecca Nurse, one of the best Puritans in the Salem, John Proctor begins his efforts to stop the injustice. This increases when Elizabeth Proctor is tried and sentenced to death. This ... ...

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... or involved in the witch trials there would not have been hysteria in the people. If this was true there may have been many lives saved including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse. The other side of the thesis was not used because the opposite of the thesis does not explain the way the outcome of the story was. If nobody got ... ...

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... Proctor is the central character in the play. His tragedy is the most significant, for it emerges from a flaw deep within himself and is resolved by his own actions. Unlike Rebecca Nurse, who is almost a stereotype in her complete goodness, Proctor is morally compromised and must openly struggle to do well. Although he is outspoken and blunt in his skepticism of ... ...

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... a target for accusation. If Elizabeth is found guilty, she will be hanged, leaving John entirely to Abby. The girls are also quick to point their fingers at many women including Rebecca Nurse, a friendly, respected, elderly lady. When asked who Abby has seen standing with the Devil, she cries out, "I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil ... ...

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... so they do not get punished. Miller shows how Miller illustrates the ridiculousness of blindly accusing other people. He also shows how much harm it can do to innocent people. Rebecca Nurse, a woman greatly admired by society, was even accused of witch craft. Those that dissented and tried to save others, also ended up being accused, as is evident in John ... ...

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... died because of Abigail's lies. The girls didn't realize that by protecting themselves they would be killing several people. Few of those people were Giles Cory who refused to confess. Rebecca Nurse who was also killed because Ann Putnam said that she cursed her for not being able to have children. Finally, Abigail ended up killing the love of her life ... ...

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... similar to The Crucible in a way that the society was. Throughout the book, there were many conflicts that occurred. For example, the conflicts that happened with John Proctor and Abigail, Rebecca and Mrs. Putman, Abigail and the girls involved in the witchcraft, Abigail and Reverend Paris, John Proctor and Paris, John Proctor and Elizabeth, and John Proctor and Hale. Society is ... ...

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... a whore! I have known her, sir. I have known her."(pg.109) And after he tells them this they still take Abigail for a saint. Thus, once again, leaving Proctor, as well as Rebecca Nurse and countless others, to be executed. These people may as well have lived if only Proctors pride had not imposed. The characters in The Crucible had many different motives ... ...

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... - I come not to hurt the court-" (1088) John says, refusing to drop the charges and submits a petition to the court signed by ninety-one people declaring their good opinion of Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, and Martha Corey. He chooses helping his good friends over his personal benefit. John Proctor has yet another crucible to overcome. Before the witchcraft trials began, he ... ...

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... lose any goodness he has left if he agrees to sign a lie. He will lose his faith in himself as a good man and always regret his decision. He looks to Rebecca Nurse, Giles and Martha Corey, and Elizabeth for guidance. They are his "moral compasses", and he hopes that they have perhaps confessed so that he will feel it is all ... ...

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