... molten 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 ... . He also said that he would only take responsibility for himself and not others. Miller was fined and given a thirty day s pended jail sentence because he spoke out like John ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... being the witch responsible for possessing the children. Then, late in February of 1692, Parris' neighbor, Mary Sibley recommended that Parris' slaves, Tituba and John Indian should work a spell to try to find the culprits. Even after trying this solution the girls' condition worsened, and the people responsible still had ... Indian born in Barbados in the West Indies. Reverend Parris brought Tituba to New England when he was still a merchant, and after this she married John Indian who also worked as slave for Reverend Parris. Tituba was the person asked to aid with the girls' illnesse...

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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