... After Mary was questioned by the court she broke out and said "He come at me by night and every day to sign, to sign"(Miller 1314). Instead of being honorable, and telling the truth to judge Danforth, Mary called out John Proctor and called him the Devils man. To prove her ... point that she was innocent Mary said "No I love God, I go your way no more. I love God, I bless God" (Miller 1314). This shows Mary does not love God if she is lying, and falsely accusing others to save herself. To characterize yourself as having integrity, you have to simply ... , and tried to keep it a secret. I...

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In Miller's "The Crucible" the pride of the people of Salem leads to a massacre of innocent lives. Pride is delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship. One of the main characters, John Proctor, has pride in his beliefs of purifying the Church of England. His wife, Elizabet...

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... 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 fact that in the real world truth is not always rewarded and treachery sometimes prevails. John Proctor functions as the tragic hero who begins the ... shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs" (133). David Levine notes that, "The Crucible dramatizes brilliantly the dilemma of an innocent man who must confess falsely if he wants to live and who finally g...

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... 1600's, most commonly in Salem, Massachusetts. Does witchcraft still exist today? In the Crucible, plenty of different stories circulated of people changing, being arrested, and just simply accused. Arthur Miller, the author of the Crucible, shows the transactions that the characters go through using direct and indirect characterization; He shows how Abigail's manipulation, Proctor's withholding, and Elizabeth's loving ... and choosing her words wisely Abigail states: "oh posh! Winningly she comes a little closer, with a confidential wicked air we were dancing in the woods last night" (M...

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... hidden communists in the United States government. He falsely accused numerous Americans of being Communist spies and ruined their reputations in the process. Although Miller set the play in the late 1600's, he wrote it to address these current issues facing the country. He illustrates the detrimental effects on ... people are wrongly accused. He also shows that the accusers are often those that can gain something by ruining others reputations. In The Crucible, Miller illustrates through the Salem Witch Trials the mass paranoia and hysteria that occurs when people blindly accuse others of...

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... coupled with the heavy religious overtones create the feeling, right for the start of the play, that the people speaking are irrational, and dangerously so. Miller also can use the theme of witchcraft and Heaven vs. Hell to create scenes including vivid imagery. In Act 3 Abigail tells the court that ... that there is no bird the suggestion of one coupled with evil spirits looming over the court heightens the tension with massive dramatic effect. Miller also uses characters such as Proctor to heighten the tension at the end of each act. Proctor being the main protagonist is involved in .....

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... cannot charge murder on Abigail, she"ll kill me for sayin" that! Abby"ll charge lechery on you, Mr Proctor! I cannot, they"ll turn on me." (Miller 80) The audience can really feel the fear in the tone of her voice. When it comes to pride Giles Corey sure shows this trait. The audience can feel ... "You know I never hired a lawyer in my life, and always plaintiff, too. I am never put - upon, I know my rights, sir, and I will have them." (Miller 95) This allows the audience to feel his deep pride for himself. The dialogue between characters in the play is very good also in this aspect Arthu...

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... arose in this little town, people were shocked and amazed, especially because it was the children that were involved. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, he retells history, but modifies a few minor details, and adds in a few from his own imagination along the way. The one main detail that ... her maturity level, and to also raise her leadership abilities as an older woman. Now, as audiences have also discovered happens in Hollywood remakes of history, Miller wanted to add some sort of element of excitement to this period in time by adding in a romance between two characters. In...

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... not of men, but of action and life, of happiness and misery, that is serious, complete and encompasses language which is pleasant at different places. Miller had added on to this definition by saying that tragedy is "the consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly." Aristotle also states that ... should be simple rather than complex and should have, however rudimentary this may seem, a beginning, middle, and an end. All of this so far Miller agrees with for the most part and conforms with when writing The Crucible. The play starts out with the discovery of witchcr...

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... well as the McCarthy Trials of 1952, show that governments are always looking for excuses. Because history is bound to repeat itself, characters from Arthur Miller's The Crucible draw parallels to characters in the McCarthy Trials. Few characters are shown to have ethics and morals in The Crucible, and those that ... when you know in all your black hearts that this be fraud-God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!(Miller 1315). John Proctor opposes the court, telling the truth about the witch trials, which ultimately gets himself accused. Because of these c...

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... including, "All of My Sons" and "Death of a Sails man". As an American Arthur Miller undertook questioning for being accused of communism. Miller thought this was violating his freedom, since America is a free country he believed people should not be questioned for their beliefs. Out of this, Arthur Miller was inspired to write "The crucible", which is a story about people attacking others for ... witchcraft practices and beliefs. In a way Miller extracted some of the "cold wars' ideas on communism and assimilated them to the crucible where girls attacked others for ... ...

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... throughout our history. Generally, the classic tragic hero in literature is characterized as a noble man, of many virtues and high position. However, according to Arthur Miller in his theatre essay, "Tragedy and the Common Man," "any common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as a king." Thus ... fights courageously against the overwhelming odds of the society. Accordingly, Atticus Finch, of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as John Proctor, from Miller's own play, The Crucible, can be identified as such tragic heroes. Harper Lee, in her novel, To Kil...

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... be addressing the Salem Witch Trials, and the unfairness of it. To a more trained eye, it could all be a symbol addressing Arthur Miller's ordeal with Communism. Although I am ambiguous as to the motives of the play, I am sure that Miller, when writing this play had a vast array of themes in mind. Of these themes, however, I will only speak on three. These three ... made up the whole witchcraft falsehood to kill Goody Proctor and to gain the rank as Proctor's girl. This backfired on her however. Like I previously stated, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is one of those books that seems on...

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... the term "crucible" is never actually mentioned. The word crucible, in simplest terms, means "a trial." Although the play is based around a series of court-trials, Miller chose it as the title to mean a severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial within oneself. Many of the characters in The Crucible face difficult decisions ... only way the court will believe him is by telling of Abigail's previous sins. He chooses to confess to their affair, even though it means destroying his name. Miller depicts the situation, "trembling, his life collapsing around him: I have known her, sir. I hav...

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... Abigail Williams as a frustrating character with a strong desire for power, very similar to that of Joseph McCarthy. Miller also displays Abigail as a ruthless, resentful and deceitful individual. Joseph McCarthy and Abigail Williams both did wrong things ... when they were alone, but now Proctor has no way of proving to the court that she is lying. Through Abigail Williams" character, Arthur Miller shows how the desire for power can destroy society and corrupt and individual causing them to be ruthless, resentful and deceitful. Abigail was a ruthless ... girl who showed no mercy upon ...

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... quotes that best symbolizes John Proctor's love and overall good affections for his wife "I mean to please you Elizabeth"(Miller, page.50). After saying this Proctor afterwards goes on to say, "I think you"re sad again. Are you?" (Miller, page.51). These quotes best give an example of Proctor's caring affections toward his wife Elizabeth, at a time ... her living yet another year, and a year is long. What say you sir? It is done now. Will you drop this charge? Proctor: I - I think I cannot."(Miller, page.92). In this passage judge Danforth questions if Proctor's wife is really pregnant, t...

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... try your patience, liability, or morality. In The Crucible, several of the characters, particularly Proctor, experience explicit trials on their principles. Arthur Miller accurately entitled his drama The Crucible since it deals with a series of trials/tests that, specifically, focus on the concept of integrity. When ... damaged his integrity by committing lechery with the young Abigail Williams. When his morals were tested by temptation, he failed and committed adultery. Miller indicates that Proctor felt guilt when he described John as a "[sinner] against his own vision of decent cond...

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... crucial role. Farmer John Proctor, who is in his middle thirties, is married to Elizabeth Proctor. John is pretty much an even-tempered man. In Authur Miller's book The Crucible it is clearly shown that John Proctor is not an honest man. Proctor is not honest in that he cheats on his wife, he ... Parris greatly. Abigail Williams says, "I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion and you loved me then and you do now" (Miller 22). Later on Mr. Proctor admits to the court that he cheated on his wife. "I have known her, sir. I have known her." In other words...

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... the sad world needs." -Ella Wheeler Wilcox While under the pressure of the government, author Arthur Miller, describes the corruption and false ideals of the Salem Massachusetts witch trials in his play The Crucible. Miller portrays the idea that the Puritan religion is heavily based upon the Ten Commandments. They govern the ... land with this religious belief. Miller also demonstrates the idea that theocracy, where the church runs the government, is a government that simply cannot work, due to the ... no different. Their inability to follow the Commandment "You shall have no other god...

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I have chosen to write about the play "The Crucible" written by Arthur miller. In this play Arthur miller shows that peoples pride can be more important than any thing else. In the play the Crucible many people are hanged. They will not say that they are witches to ... her. Just like Martha Corey she say she is not a witch then judge Hathorne says "how do you know, then, that you are not a witch" (miller 84). Then Martha replies "if I were, I would know it"(miller 84)it goes on like this and Martha is condemned as a witch. In the end of the play john proctor say that he will confess in ... ...

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... the term "crucible" is never actually mentioned. The word crucible, in simplest terms, means "a trial." Although the play is based around a series of court-trials, Miller chose it as the title to mean a severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial within oneself. Many of the characters in The Crucible face difficult decisions ... only way the court will believe him is by telling of Abigail's previous sins. He chooses to confess to their affair, even though it means destroying his name. Miller depicts the situation, "trembling, his life collapsing around him: I have known her, sir. I hav...

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The Crucible vs. the Reality of the Salem Witch Trials Arthur Miller's play The Crucible parallels events that occurred during the Salem witch trials of 1692. However, it does not give an actual historical account. There are many discrepancies in the ... would be the relationship between characters John Proctor and Abigail Williams. In the true story, there was never any love relation; the two hardly ever came in contact. Where Arthur Miller represents Proctor as a 35-year old farmer and Abigail as a 17-year old, lust-crazed teenager, the reality is quite different. John Proctor was actually ...

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... teenagers do whatever they want. Adults would try to make teenagers do chores by any means of black-male to any means of brute force. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Mary Warren was pressured by John Proctor to go into court and make a crucial decision. Pressure from the court and Mary's ... another one. Hale said, "Excellency, I have signed seventy-two death warrants- Danforth then replies, "Mr. Hale, you surely do not doubt my justice." (Miller, 111). Mary knew that she would be hanged if Danforth did not believe her. It was that fear that caused her to turn on John Proctor. Ma...

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Arthur Miller chose a powerful and deep Title for his play The Crucible. Not only does it have many obvious meanings in which stem from the word "Crucible," but underlying ones ... had to go through. Although, this is the most obvious connection between the play and one definition of the Title, it still notions the importance to these trials. Arthur Miller wanted to point out the severity and intensity of these trials and how they persecuted innocent people and forced others to turn against each other. This draws a connection to ... the fear and hysteria created by Communism in America during...

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... were good, innocent Christian people who were caught up in their own web of superstitious and fanatic religious beliefs. In the novel, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, integrity is such a difficult thing to maintain. Elizabeth Proctor, throughout everything she goes through, manages to keep all of her integrity, and at that ... let it all go, but Elizabeth, being such a strong and loyal person, never allows herself to give in. Elizabeth is such a strong character. Miller clearly has certain characters keep their integrity intact, but also while doing so, allowed so many to lose it. Elizab...

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