... steels collects being entirely broken down 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 successful dramatization of the notorious witch trials ... of the dreadful possibilities and ending each act with the possibilities happening. Miller uses a repetitive style of questions and answers forming the rhythm of the play. The story ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 depiction of their relationship raises several ... the theatrical version. This is not true of course since Arthur Miller authored both scripts. The film begins, in the woods, with Abigail wishing for John Proctor's love. This is not in the theatrical version, because if it were the reader would know the rea...

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... . The characters of Thomas Putnam, Reverend Parris and Abigail Williams display this vindictiveness and narcissistic behavior through Putnam's land-lust, Parris' fixation with his reputation, and Abigail's obsession over John Proctor. Reverend Samuel Parris' greed and obsession with his reputation is shown when he refuses to admit that he has found witchcraft, his willingness to attempt to discredit Proctor, Giles ... "clear attack upon the court!" (91), to which Reverend Hale protests. Reverend Parris' proclivity for protecting his own interests backfires however, when he, instead of agr...

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... father's will, which gave a disproportionate amount to one of his stepbrothers. What comments can you make about the characters of Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, John Proctor, Reverend Parris and Mr. Hale? Rebecca Nurse is a highly respected member of the community, a law abiding and innocent victim. Rebecca Nurse was also ... to the other person. The tension is increased when Abigail is brought up, regarding the proceedings in the court in the town. Elizabeth urges John to go to Salem to reveal to the authorities that the girls' accusations of witchcraft are fraudulent. There are people to...

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... but surrender. He insists that survival is the 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 often cold. Reverend Parris The minister of ... Salem's church. Reverend Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him, and Parris is very concerned with building his...

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... events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. The play explored the fate of citizens when the law of church and state was manipulated for ... trial. Initially they fined him and gave a suspended prison sentence, which he appealed to and was later acquitted of. Miller fought to maintain his dignity and his principles, like his John Proctor in the play...

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• Grade Level: High School

... events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. The play explored the fate of citizens when the law of church and state was manipulated for ... trial. Initially they fined him and gave a suspended prison sentence, which he appealed to and was later acquitted of. Miller fought to maintain his dignity and his principles, like his John Proctor in the play...

• Word Count: 2648
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School