... conflicts are evident in their everyday lives, a reader of any time can apply it to The Crucible, take sides with the characters and be drawn into the text. And to be drawn into the text makes the text relevant to the reader - a reader of any time. The characters themselves also help to make The Crucible the timeless play it is. 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 p...

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... own self interest. Parris views any defense brought up in court against the witchcraft charges as a personal attack, and acts out against those who deny the claims. Another significant difference between "The Crucible" and the actual Salem Witch Trials is the explanation of the relationship between Abigail Williams, Parris' niece, and local farmer John Proctor. In the play, Williams and Proctor's relationship is portrayed as a highly sexual, almost pedophilic ... situation due to the extremely exaggerated age difference depicted in the play. Interestingly, despite the pedophilic connota...

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... the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a series of trials takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, to drive out the devil's works brought to life through witchcraft. Hysteria has taken root in the village as people accuse their neighbors to receive revenge against one another or gain each others' land. Through the characters of John Proctor, the tragic hero; Giles Corey, the scapegoat; and Abigail Williams, the villain, Miller laments the ... it from such dogs" (133). David Levine notes that, "The Crucible dramatizes brilliantly the dilemma of an innocent man who must confess falsely if ...

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