... is warmer towards him and tells him how the rabbit walked into the kitchen of her own accord. I would say "Pray God. I hurt my heart to strip her, poor Rabbit", I would sit opposite John with a dazed expression looking at the rabbit and then turn to John expectantly as if to tell him to taste it. I think that by the way Elizabeth watches him taste it we know that ... hands together, still watching him eat. When she tells him she took great care I would say it with great love to let him know she cares for him. When she replies "That's well", I would stay in the same position just watchin...

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... . Elizabeth Proctor is one of these people, who undergoes a major change because of the events that occurred in Salem. In the beginning, she forms an unfair opinion of her husband, John. She finds it very hard to forgive him for certain actions. At the very end she ultimately has a change of heart, realizing the potential destruction and harm of her judgments. She realizes that she is not ... "t care about himself as much as saving his wife. Although both were accused of witchcraft anyway, by the end of that trial Elizabeth had realized that she had been judging John wrongly all this time...

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... 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 example of how people feared for their lives during the witch trials. Another example occurred in Act 3. A man by the name of Giles Corey enters the courtroom with a deposition. This deposition accuses Thomas ... he admits to being wrong about Proctors. (dialogue page 233): Danforth. (conciliatory) You misunderstood, sir; cannot pardon these when twelve have already hanged for the s...

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... gradually became a regular practice for the time before the services to be spent in visiting and conversation (28). This was the time when gossip and news were spread from one to another. The Puritans lived with the fear of their neighbors and their gossip. The Crucible describes the witch hunts through the story of John Proctor, a man who became victim to the cruel justice system of Salem. John Proctor was a farmer in ... , and a sinner against his Puritanical society. He was so troubled by this sin of adultery, that he came to regard himself as a kind of a fraud, although he does not s...

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... gradually became a regular practice for the time before the services to be spent in visiting and conversation (28). This was the time when gossip and news were spread from one to another. The Puritans lived with the fear of their neighbors and their gossip. The Crucible describes the witch hunts through the story of John Proctor, a man who became victim to the cruel justice system of Salem. John Proctor was a farmer in ... , and a sinner against his Puritanical society. He was so troubled by this sin of adultery, that he came to regard himself as a kind of a fraud, although he does not s...

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... in a puritan settlement called Salem in the State of Massachusetts and is based on a true story of the Salem Witch-hunts. Salem is a small claustrophobic in the heart of the new expanding white America. Their small tight community surrounded by the looming forest is riddled with fears and insecurities and because of this they turn to their unquestioning belief in the faith to help them. This then ... turned places at such as the forest into places of great terror ... . He does this by deepening the characters history and creating them a much richer background for them. For instance, he m...

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... . Ultimately, this extreme change of heart is used by Miller to show that the hysteria has reached its peak and now people are no longer willing to argue anymore. The idea that arguing is of no use anymore as the judges fail to understand good reasoning is shown again through John Proctor's change of heart as well. After spending so long arguing for the freedom of his wife and ... so many others, when asked if he has any allegiance with Satan he replies that "God is dead! " Proctor recognizes Judge Danforth's hypocrisy in that Danforth previously stated that witchcraft was only visible t...

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... everyday life. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller many characters including John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Rebecca Nurse have strong moral values and courage. John Proctor is a good man of strong moral beliefs, concerned only for the safety of his family and personal welfare. John is one of the main characters in the play The Crucible as well as the "tragic hero". Throughout the play, The Crucible, the theme of moral ... Elizabeth tries to overlook the bad that John did, she tries to love him with all her heart despite all the pain and heartache. After the affair Elizabeth was accused...

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... to redeem himself as a good person, as Reverend John Hale demonstrates in the play. Reverend Hale first enters the play as a person who is called upon the village of Salem to find a cure for the illnesses caused by the witchcraft. He looks at his calling as a "beloved errand for him; on being called here to ascertain witchcraft he felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at least seen ... them have misled him, thinking that they held solutions to the problems in Salem. He now looks into his own heart for the solutions to the cause of the trials, and he does what he ca...

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... role in everyone's life. Even as a little kid we all had respect and responsibility in your life. Respect can vary from having respect for the family pet to having respect for the people who raised us when we were growing up. Respect in today's life is referred to having trust and faith in a person. Some ... "To an Athlete Dying Young" the people of the town show respect by caring the athlete down the main street in there town. People loved the athlete so much they had to shut there eyes as he passed by before he died(Housman,850). The athlete never thought he was to good for the people...

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