"The Crucible" Arthur Miller's use of passionate, human emotions-greed, jealousy, and vengeance-helps the audience better understand the characters' personality and motivations. The audience can associate with the characters because these are emotions that everyone in the audience has experienced many times in their lives. Abigail wanted John Proctor for herself and she didn't care who she hurt in her path. She had Betty join her in her dancing in ... of Goody Proctor when she was sick. She took this time to get closer to John knowing the love of the two of them was growing apart. Thomas Putn...

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... Salem, Massachusetts, with Reverend Samuel Parris, the petty, irritable and mostly unliked minister. He is worried about his daughter, Betty. The night before, his daughter and niece, Abigail, were caught dancing in the nude in the forest with some of the other town girls. Since this, Betty has slept in what seems like a trance. Thomas Putnam, a ruthless landowner, and his wife Ann, arrive with news ... Yet it also tended to decrease attention of the work as a serious drama. As some of the more heated political controversies of the 1950s have cooled down, The Crucible has been increasing...

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... he had seen at a communist meeting ten years before. The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. As Betty Parris and Ruth Putman fall sick, rumors start to fly that there is witchcraft going on in the woods, and that the sick girls are bewitched. Once the girls talk to each other, they become more and more frightened of being accused as witches ... it means that she reads strange books at night. he stands with Proctor in challenging the girls' accusations, having heard that Thomas Putnam is using charges of witchcraft to secure land. . When ...

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... the greed of Thomas Putnam; the quest for revenge on those who have persecuted them, which is carried out by Martha Corey and Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam's jealousy over Rebecca Nurse and Abigail's jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor, and the ambition of Hale and Parris, both of whom seek public approval; the fear of punishment that initially motivates Abigail and the other girls; then the revealing in power they display during the trial. Above all The Crucible investigates the ... mass hysteria which infects the whole community. The concept of evil is central to The Crucible. To understand ...

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... court; based off of their own ruling. In Arthur Miller's drama, The Crucible, the tragic hero, John Proctor, suffers at the hand of the Puritan theocracy because of the lies and selfish behaviors in Salem; however he redeems himself at the end of the drama. Selfish Behaviors of some characters (Parris, Abigail, and Danforth), cause more harm to John and others, while trying to protect their own reputation. Reverend Parris stated ... of his daughter's sickness, because he feared that he would lose his reputation. He is only worried about himself, and eventually causes John to suffer. Thi...

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... his friends. He refused to lie about seeing Rebecca Nurse with the devil, and he also refused to admit to witchcraft, which led to his being hanged. Miller was dragged into the spot light by the House Un-American Activities Committee, he was put in the exact same place were John Proctor had been in "The Crucible". Miller was asked to give a list of name of people ... who he had seen at a communist meeting ten years before. Another character who tried to live by moral standards was Giles Corey. He inadvertently gives out information that is later used against his wife. He accuses Thomas ...

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... of vanity is burned away leaving a man of good character. A crucible is also a time period of stress upon a society. Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth Proctor proved their moral character in their turbulent epoch. In retrospect, people such as Abigail Williams and Thomas Putnam exemplify a person's innate tendency to be greedy and selfish. Lastly, a crucible can be related to the crucifixion of Christ. He died to save other. In his ... death He refused to confess lie to save himself. Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and John Proctor all stand in the truth regardless of the ensuing consequences. Jo...

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