... never convene with the Devil. Complicating the situation is an affair that Abigail had in the recent past with Elizabeth's husband, John Proctor. In the play, Abigail expresses her desire to rekindle her romance with John when she says, "I know you, John. I know you. I cannot sleep for dreamin"; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I"d find you ... comin" through some door." (Miller, Crucible 839) Although Abby still wishes to be with John Proctor, she fears that his marriage to Elizabeth will prevent any further close relations. Therefore, she accuses Elizabeth ...

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... hostile forces. Where such attacks occur, will primarily target well-known and respected authoritative members of the society. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible a small lustful unacceptable love story between John Procter and Abigail Williams transforms into a sinful plot that implicitly illustrates that in a theocratic society, heavy influence of religion constitutes corrupt power and authority that gains sufficient dominance and corruption ... lead to death. In The Crucible the religious authority believes it has control over society and the life of the society. Abigail holds the religio...

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... despite the righteousness of a women, none can be exempt from the accusations. Rebecca Nurse, a figure of respectability and good sense, has a very big influence on John Proctor, the protagonist of the play. It is due to her that he is able to become such a hero of Salem, sacrificing his public reputation for his personal ... morally upright, and although she may not posses any power in the town, she has great power in her home. She has a wise influence on John, controlling the majority of his actions due to his intense care of her opinion, and is also able to chuck abby out the house. Th...

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... again giving the audience a feel of the madness in Salem by building up a mad atmosphere.  Towards the end of Act II Miller uses the actions of John Proctor to make the audience feel the madness in Salem, with his violent acts indicating how emotions have spiralled out of control in the village. After the ... Miller used the end of Act II to show that the madness in Salem would continue into the coming scenes, and by making Mary Warren and John Proctor the subject of drama once again he has shown this. The end of Act III begins with Abigail conversing with an invisible bird which is ....

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... , Elizabeth in trying to save her husbands name lied about the real reason for firing Abigail, which was because of the affair she had with John proctor. Engaging in a lie reflected a bad credibility of Elizabeth and John Proctors reputation, which led the judges to believe that they were ungodly. Along with Abigail, Reverend Francis Parris is also quick to point a finger when ... it comes to protecting his own reputation. Reverend Parris is paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying man, who values others perception of him. For instance, when John proctor attacks Abigail's character...

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... more and more tarnished, which in turn lowers her social standing to an undesirable class. As a result, she spends her time trying to lure John Proctor, her partner in adultery, away from his wife and into her arms. Additionally, Abigail is a vindictive character that will stop at nothing to ... were supposedly acquainted with the devil in order to clear her tarnished name, all the while persistently trying to rekindle her lost relationship with John Proctor. In the closing events of Author Miller's masterpiece, Abigail becomes frustrated due to her failed plans, and so, her psychologica...

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... , the moment Abigail accused Tituba of making her drink blood and dance around the fire, was the moment that decided the fate of her fellow colonists. Some may also accuse John Proctor for being the root of the problem, not explaining to the court from the beginning his relationship with Abigail, or that he knew that the girls were committing Perjury ... had made the girls do what SHE wanted, which was to create enough mischief in the town, so that they would eventually forget about their dancing in the forest. Therefore, John Proctor may have elongated the court process, but he was most...

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... the young country and it's people were dealing with. Another demonstration of courage was literally at the birth of the nation we live in today, Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams often wrote to her husband and in one of her letters she can be quoted as saying "How many are the solitary hours I spend, ruminating upon the past, and ... ...

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