... he went to the courthouse and admitted that his affair with Abigail caused her to say his wife was a witch. John knew that by admitting this he could be hung for adultery, but he didn't care. As soon as Abigail heard this, she knew she was in trouble. She also knew that if she confessed that she was lying she could save ... John's life. But although she loved him, she would not sacrifice herself for him. So in fear for her life she fled ... the town and was never heard from again. Eventually all the hurt Abigail caused others came back to her. But in true Abigail ... ...

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... 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 ... of what he must do. This shows Miller's representation of Rebecca as signifying truth, morality and logic. Her 'great charities' have all been 'heard ofin Beverly', as mentioned by Hale, and her gentle, just nature creates a sense of sympathy for the audience to feel. Inter...

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... dancing but fervently denies that it had anything to do with witchcraft. Parris does not wholly believe Abigail, certain that as he saw the girls dancing he heard them speaking things in a satanic tongue. He is also convince that he saw a naked girl running through the woods while they were dancing. As Parris ... to threaten the girls not to speak a word of anything other than the dancing that took place in the woods and the conjuring of Ruth's sister. John Procter then enters the room looking for Mary whom he is there to take home. He is then left alone with Abigail, whom his wife had ...

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... began to speak out against the allegations in order to stop the chaos. However these members most first change their attitudes in order to be better heard. In his play, "The Crucible" Arthur Miller uses the character Giles to show how an antisocial individual who possesses little sway on a community ... 's opinion may recognize faults in the community causing him to act heroically in order to be heard. In the beginning Arthur Miller introduces Giles as an annoying fool who does little to help the community. When Giles first enters the play ... town. As more accusations and fictitious evi...

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... purpose to protect him. Elizabeth is asked why she terminated Abigail Williams as a worker, but for once lies to defend her husband. With this said, John becomes more suspicious when he says to the court talking to Abigail, "you are pulling heaven down and raising up a whore." Supposedly, this is said to ... Mary Warren because if he would not have made her testify, therefore, would not be at court. Elizabeth often puts forth her feelings to John Proctor about Abigail. Elizabeth, unfortunately, would be one of the first convicted for this reason. As soon as the trials began to start ......

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... proof. Mary Walcott and her brother, Jonathan, state that the latter "struck her [i.e., Bishop's] appearance and saw that he had tore her coat in striking and heard it tear. Upon some search in the Court, a rent that seems to answer what was alleged was found" (385). At the time of the attack upon ... confessed today, who have been examined before you, that they are witches" (386). She replies that she knew nothing of it at which point "John Hutchinson and John Lewis in open Court affirmed that they had told her" (386). Through this, it is shown that she is inconsistent in her answers and...

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... in the woods with Tituba creating spells to get boys to fancy us, but I had the grand idea of damning Elizabeth Proctor so I could be with John! "Oh John, how I miss your lips, your smell and the way you blush when you are near me. Damn Elizabeth! Kicking me out of your home for what ... us like sheep being chased by a wolf. As we fled the little lamb Betty stood faint and dropped lifeless, but with a howling scream that could be heard throughout the whole forest! She was screaming about how she couldn't move, not even an inch. Parris soon came to his daughter's aid, and then took little...

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Have you ever had to do an assignment in school that you didn't want to do but actually enjoyed. For me it was reading The Crucible. When I heard about the plot, I thought to myself "man is this going to be boring." Boy was I wrong. The Characters actually had some depth to them. The one ... death situation and yet he just wants her to be content with him. In some cases it feels like he may go overboard but at least she knows he's trying John Proctor and Bradley Sharp have a lot in common in the since that they can both be extremely satiric. For example, "I have trouble enough without--I come...

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... Another setting change was the perspective in how the movie is shown. A high portion of the movie was set outdoors. Scenes that involved townspeople and the protagonist (John Proctor) were set outside rather than inside. This is important to point out due to the fact that the setting within the play is set almost entirely indoors ... window, which does not happen in the play. Betty is more subtle in the book and is not so violent. "The words "going up to Jesus" are heard in the psalm and Betty claps her ears suddenly and whines loudly." (Pg. 24). Another character addition are the Proctor...

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... clearly an attack on women in the community and on those who stand in the girls' path. Abby and John Proctor, a well-respected man in the Salem, engage in an affair in which she cannot forget. John, on the other hand, wants to leave the matter in the past. He makes his opinion clear uttering, ... personal bank account. Much like McCarthy, Abigail and her followers sought attention. Young women and men in the seventeenth century were looked down upon. Having their voice heard is especially out of the question for Mary Warren, being a hand for the Proctors, and Mercy Lewis, a servant. By...

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... and he also lies about seeing the devil and his belief in witches. If the are not honest then they suffer greatly by death. In The Crucible John Proctor cheats on his wife, and never told her until the end. The girl he cheats with is Abigail Williams who is only seventeen years old, ... known her." In other words, he cheated on his wife Elizabeth. Unfortunately, in the end Elizabeth finds out that Proctor cheated on her. In Miller's The Crucible John Proctor bluntly confesses that he lies. At the end Mr. Proctor is being tried for being a witch and right before he is going to be hung, he...

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... is an orphan, a child, and rumors had been going on about her regarding her previous job. She worked for Mr. and Mrs. John Proctor. Mrs. Proctor fired her because Abigail and John had an affair. Abigail is first questioned when she and her friends come back from dancing in the woods and her cousin is in ... because he wanted to stay true to his wife, so she accused Elizabeth on spite. She is very jealous of the relationship between John and Elizabeth and will do anything to turn John's love onto her. Abigail is evil she puts innocent people's lives and even her on friends on the line to ...

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... only seems to worsen with the circumstances of the trials and his wife being accused by the woman he commits adultery with. In The Crucible, John's greatest challenge is to overcome his personal despair by cleansing his soul of guilt and by also using the adultery to discredit Abigail's testimony. By ... Proctor revealing his deepest secret, he overcomes his internal conflicts and reaches a place of personal salvation in his life. John Proctor's relationship has been forever damaged by his mistake of committing adultery with a much younger girl who used to be his servant. It seems as .....

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... hard blow. Putnam first became jealous when his brother-in-law was turned down for the position of reverend and Paris got it. From the time Putnam heard of Betty Putnam being bewitched, he was in a hurry to try to gather proof like when he told Goody Nurse to mark her not being able ... didn't do jus like many other people in Salem. Abigail Williams had a grudge against Elizabeth Procter because she liked the husband of Elizabeth who was John. John and Abigail had slept together in the barn and when Elizabeth found out that they were having relations, she kicked Abigail out. In the begin...

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... society created a rigid social system that did not allow for any variation in lifestyle. The strict society that was employed at this time had a detrimental effect on the Proctor family. John Proctor, a hard working farmer who had a bad season the year before and struggling this year was occasionally absent at Sunday service. This was due to the fact he needed to ... not agree with the appointment of Mr. Parris as the newest minister, and therefore did not have his last child baptized. With the latest craze of witchery and swirling accusations, John Proctor was easily indicted of being ...

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... story; she tells lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to hang. The people of the town once shunned her because they had heard rumors of her affair with John Proctor. Abigail now finds that she has influence over people, and she takes full advantage of it. In a sense I think The Crucible is a classic tragedy ... , John Proctor being the story's tragic hero. Honest and upright, Proctor is a good man, but has a secret. His lust for Abigail Williams led to their affair, and created Abigail's jealousy of ... or involved in the witc...

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... to plead more until he is pushed out of the court. It was clear Corey's pride eventually served as a weakness. While defending his wife, Giles told the court that he heard that Mr. Putnam had intentions to use charges of witchcraft to secure desired land in Salem. When Giles refused to give the name of the man that he ... heard this from, he was thrown in jail. Eventually, The court tortured Giles (pressed with heavy stones) to coerce him to give up the name. Yet his pride was too strong. ... 't think for even a second before he spoke. He didn't care about public opinion and it hurt hi...

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... place during the times of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. This was a time of much hypocrisy in the people of the town of Salem. Many people believed anything they heard or saw. Although The Crucible is fictitious, the story depicts the historical information of the Salem witch trials, and blends them with fictitious characters with minds of their own to ... town got suspicious or involved in the witch trials there would not have been hysteria in the people. If this was true there may have been many lives saved including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse. The other side of the thes...

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... 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 real life, this was never heard of, because Abigail was only eleven, but seventeen was a reasonable age in Miller's mind for this to occur in his play. The man that Abigail loves in the play is ... John Proctor, who is much older and married. They had an affair, but he wants to put it out of mind; "Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. ... ...

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... self- pride and reputation was so large that they could not force themselves to give such a lie and spoil their good name, as it was seen in the case of John Proctor. By refusing to give up his good name and reputation, he had to die. Proctor exclaims in the final act "How may I live without my name? I have given you ... - ""Tis hard proof" They persisted until Elizabeth screamed "why- ! The girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world!" Cheever responds "Ripped out of the world! Herrick you heard it!" anything used as evidence- even the slightest comment. The Puritan society or w...

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