... the children wake, speak nothing of witchcraft-it will frighten them. (She cannot go on.) Proctor. I will bring you home. I will bring you soon. Elizabeth. Oh, John, bring me soon. Proctor. I will fall like an ocean on that court! Fear nothing, Elizabeth. Elizabeth. (with great fear). I will fear nothing ... So that's one ... people of witchcraft. Now, after Judge Danforth reads this, he ask Giles where the proof of all this is. Giles states that he heard it from a man who directly heard Putnam say it. So, when Judge Danforth and Hawthorne asked who it was, Giles won't give him the name....

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... due to immense heat. Miller thought that this was a precise metaphor for what happened in Salem. Crucible also means a harsh trial or examination. John Proctor's integrity was surely investigated. He chose to die instead of confessing to being evil. According to Raymond Williams, The Crucible is a powerfully ... only take responsibility for himself and not others. Miller was fined and given a thirty day s pended jail sentence because he spoke out like John Proctor in The Crucible (Griffin 7). During the McCarthyism period witnesses refused to answer questions and when they did they were s...

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... curiosity, tension, confusion, fear, hatred and suspense. Some examples of these are at the start of the scene when there are voices that can be heard "through the partition wall", people want to know more and are curious to find out what they are saying so they listen intensely. When Giles Cory ... proper place - where my beasts are bedded" this creates hysteria. All the arguments have two opposing sides. Abigail says "why do you come, yellow bird?" And John Proctor says, "Where's a bird? I see no bird!" Abigail screams "My face? My face?" This makes the atmosphere terrifying and dramati...

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... he went to the courthouse and admitted that his affair with Abigail caused her to say his wife was a witch. John knew that by admitting this he could be hung for adultery, but he didn't care. As soon as Abigail heard this, she knew she was in trouble. She also knew that if she confessed that she was lying she could save ... John's life. But although she loved him, she would not sacrifice herself for him. So in fear for her life she fled ... the town and was never heard from again. Eventually all the hurt Abigail caused others came back to her. But in true Abigail ... ...

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... dancing but fervently denies that it had anything to do with witchcraft. Parris does not wholly believe Abigail, certain that as he saw the girls dancing he heard them speaking things in a satanic tongue. He is also convince that he saw a naked girl running through the woods while they were dancing. As Parris ... to threaten the girls not to speak a word of anything other than the dancing that took place in the woods and the conjuring of Ruth's sister. John Procter then enters the room looking for Mary whom he is there to take home. He is then left alone with Abigail, whom his wife had ...

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... a violent ritual in which the girls are cursing the spouses of the men they love. Tituba is observed twirling around with a chicken and is heard screaming chants. Following this is a shot of Abigail with blood flowing from her mouth. The theatrical version has no mention of chickens and no mention ... to the immense weight of such an offense. The believability of Elizabeth's character would be questioned if she had not gotten upset. The film portrays John and Elizabeth as distant and unappreciative. They are very short with one another and have difficult communicating. The movie's depict...

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... began to speak out against the allegations in order to stop the chaos. However these members most first change their attitudes in order to be better heard. In his play, "The Crucible" Arthur Miller uses the character Giles to show how an antisocial individual who possesses little sway on a community ... 's opinion may recognize faults in the community causing him to act heroically in order to be heard. In the beginning Arthur Miller introduces Giles as an annoying fool who does little to help the community. When Giles first enters the play ... town. As more accusations and fictitious evi...

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... purpose to protect him. Elizabeth is asked why she terminated Abigail Williams as a worker, but for once lies to defend her husband. With this said, John becomes more suspicious when he says to the court talking to Abigail, "you are pulling heaven down and raising up a whore." Supposedly, this is said to ... Mary Warren because if he would not have made her testify, therefore, would not be at court. Elizabeth often puts forth her feelings to John Proctor about Abigail. Elizabeth, unfortunately, would be one of the first convicted for this reason. As soon as the trials began to start ......

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... proof. Mary Walcott and her brother, Jonathan, state that the latter "struck her [i.e., Bishop's] appearance and saw that he had tore her coat in striking and heard it tear. Upon some search in the Court, a rent that seems to answer what was alleged was found" (385). At the time of the attack upon ... confessed today, who have been examined before you, that they are witches" (386). She replies that she knew nothing of it at which point "John Hutchinson and John Lewis in open Court affirmed that they had told her" (386). Through this, it is shown that she is inconsistent in her answers and...

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... in the woods with Tituba creating spells to get boys to fancy us, but I had the grand idea of damning Elizabeth Proctor so I could be with John! "Oh John, how I miss your lips, your smell and the way you blush when you are near me. Damn Elizabeth! Kicking me out of your home for what ... us like sheep being chased by a wolf. As we fled the little lamb Betty stood faint and dropped lifeless, but with a howling scream that could be heard throughout the whole forest! She was screaming about how she couldn't move, not even an inch. Parris soon came to his daughter's aid, and then took little...

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... a direct connection to God, empower the previously powerless Abigail. Once shunned and scorned by the respectable townsfolk who had heard rumors of her affair with John Proctor, Abigail now finds that she has clout, and she takes full advantage of it. A mere accusation from one ... highest good, even if it means accommodating oneself to injustice "something that the truly heroic characters can never accept. Elizabeth Proctor John Proctor's wife. Elizabeth fired Abigail when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth is supremely virtuous, but ... Reveren...

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... acts of courage, although he loses his life during one last, noble feat. Lastly, Reverend Hale, the intellectual, nave witch-hunter, and Elizabeth Proctor, John's supremely virtuous, but often cold wife, make many courageous decisions, whether they know it at the time or not. Sometimes courage goes un-recognized until ... ultimately killing himself in doing so, all while proving a paragon of courage for others. Attempting to save their wives, Francis Nurse, Giles Corey, and John Proctor go before the court with evidence of various sorts. Corey accuses one of the girls who is "crying out"...

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... of Joe McCarthy. Miller himself was dragged into the spot light by the House Un-American Activities Committee, he was put in the exact same place were John Proctor had been in "The Crucible". Miller was asked to give a list of names of people who he had seen at a communist meeting ten years ... of power when the whole town of Salem listened to their words and believed each and every accusation. After all, children were to be seen and not heard in Puritan society, and the newfound attention was probably overwhelming. McCarthy was looking for a way to get into power and suddenly stumbled ...

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Have you ever had to do an assignment in school that you didn't want to do but actually enjoyed. For me it was reading The Crucible. When I heard about the plot, I thought to myself "man is this going to be boring." Boy was I wrong. The Characters actually had some depth to them. The one ... death situation and yet he just wants her to be content with him. In some cases it feels like he may go overboard but at least she knows he's trying John Proctor and Bradley Sharp have a lot in common in the since that they can both be extremely satiric. For example, "I have trouble enough without--I come...

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... Reverend Samuel Parris "the town's new minister "moved to Salem in 1689. He brought his whole family along: wife Elizabeth, daughter Betty, niece Abigail, and his slaves, John and Tituba. John and Tituba are thought to originate from Barbados. Many believe Tituba was African American, but records from Barbados prove she was a Native American captured by white males. Tituba's job ... was trial, prison, hanging for any accused person. Sarah Wildes, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Good are hanged. The next to go include: George Burroughs, John Proctor, George Jaco...

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... clearly an attack on women in the community and on those who stand in the girls' path. Abby and John Proctor, a well-respected man in the Salem, engage in an affair in which she cannot forget. John, on the other hand, wants to leave the matter in the past. He makes his opinion clear uttering, ... personal bank account. Much like McCarthy, Abigail and her followers sought attention. Young women and men in the seventeenth century were looked down upon. Having their voice heard is especially out of the question for Mary Warren, being a hand for the Proctors, and Mercy Lewis, a servant. By...

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... and he also lies about seeing the devil and his belief in witches. If the are not honest then they suffer greatly by death. In The Crucible John Proctor cheats on his wife, and never told her until the end. The girl he cheats with is Abigail Williams who is only seventeen years old, ... known her." In other words, he cheated on his wife Elizabeth. Unfortunately, in the end Elizabeth finds out that Proctor cheated on her. In Miller's The Crucible John Proctor bluntly confesses that he lies. At the end Mr. Proctor is being tried for being a witch and right before he is going to be hung, he...

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... is an orphan, a child, and rumors had been going on about her regarding her previous job. She worked for Mr. and Mrs. John Proctor. Mrs. Proctor fired her because Abigail and John had an affair. Abigail is first questioned when she and her friends come back from dancing in the woods and her cousin is in ... because he wanted to stay true to his wife, so she accused Elizabeth on spite. She is very jealous of the relationship between John and Elizabeth and will do anything to turn John's love onto her. Abigail is evil she puts innocent people's lives and even her on friends on the line to ...

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... to try, convict, and execute anyone he decide was a witch (Bly 27). When writting The Crucible, Arthur Miller chose to speak through John Proctor on of the Salem witch trials victims. Miller uses Proctor as his character that defies the authority of the judges and their corrupt power ... witch madness or anything to do with the community. One can see Proctor's lack of interest in the community when Thomas putnam states: I never heard you worried so on this society, Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew (Miller 27). Proctor changes ... authority of the...

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... only seems to worsen with the circumstances of the trials and his wife being accused by the woman he commits adultery with. In The Crucible, John's greatest challenge is to overcome his personal despair by cleansing his soul of guilt and by also using the adultery to discredit Abigail's testimony. By ... Proctor revealing his deepest secret, he overcomes his internal conflicts and reaches a place of personal salvation in his life. John Proctor's relationship has been forever damaged by his mistake of committing adultery with a much younger girl who used to be his servant. It seems as .....

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... girls soon spoke and named Sarah Osborne and Sarah Good (Fremon, 27). Since there were three Salem Village residents accused of witchcraft, an investigation began. Two magistrates from Salem Town, John Hathorne, the great-grandfather of famed writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (Nathaniel added a "w" to his name to help disassociate himself from this great-grandfather) and Jonathan Corwin, traveled to Salem Village ... a cloud of tragedy lingering over Massachusetts", Salem Village. A Saintly old woman named Rebecca Nurse. A pipe-smoking beggar named Sarah Good and her new born child. An outspo...

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... girls soon spoke and named Sarah Osborne and Sarah Good (Fremon, 27). Since there were three Salem Village residents accused of witchcraft, an investigation began. Two magistrates from Salem Town, John Hathorne, the great-grandfather of famed writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (Nathaniel added a "w" to his name to help disassociate himself from this great-grandfather) and Jonathan Corwin, traveled to Salem Village ... a cloud of tragedy lingering over Massachusetts", Salem Village. A Saintly old woman named Rebecca Nurse. A pipe-smoking beggar named Sarah Good and her new born child. An outspo...

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... being the witch responsible for possessing the children. Then, late in February of 1692, Parris' neighbor, Mary Sibley recommended that Parris' slaves, Tituba and John, should work a spell to try to find the culprits. Even after trying this sthe girls became even worse, and the people responsible still had not ... Caribbean born in Barbados in the West Indies. Reverend Parris brought Tituba to New England when he was still a merchant, and after this she married John Indian who also worked as slave for Reverend Parris. Tituba was the person asked to help with the girls sicknesses by making...

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... Corey, Mary Easty, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, George Jacobs, Sr. Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, John Proctor, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, Samuel Wardwell, Sarah Wildes, and John Wilard. Now I will talk about two trials in general about witch trials that had outrageous outcomes and showed how unfair the ... trials were. These two trials are of Sarah Good and Rebecca Nurse. Sarah Good was the daughter of a prosperous Wenham innkeeper, John Solart. Solart took his own life in 1672 when Sarah was 17, leaving an estate of 500 pounds after debt. Aft...

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... the witch responsible for possessing the children. Then, late in February of 1692, Parris' neighbor, Mary Sibley recommended that Parris' slaves, Tituba and John Indian should work a spell to try to find the culprits. Even after trying this solution the girls' condition worsened, and the people responsible still had ... Indian born in Barbados in the West Indies. Reverend Parris brought Tituba to New England when he was still a merchant, and after this she married John Indian who also worked as slave for Reverend Parris. Tituba was the person asked to aid with the girls' illnesses by mak...

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