The Trials were a mess from the very beginning, with random accusations thrown at people from all over the village. The examiners used the worst type of evidence, spectral, to send innocent people to their deaths only to realize years later the flaws of this system.…
Salem Possessed redefined the standard for the possibilities social history offers to understand the events and people of early America. Through a painstaking look at local records such as legal records, the Salem Village record book, the minister's book, and tax records Boyer and Nissenbaum discovered a long-standing pattern of contentious behavior of which the witchcraft accusations in 1692 was just one episode. Their analysis provides an invaluable insight into the social history of New England generally, and the factions of Salem Village that led to the tragic events of 1692, in particular.…
Some of the characters in The Crucible stay the same but a few of them change. To me the characters who changed are Mary Warren, John Proctor, Elizabeth, and Rebecca Nurse. They change from the beginning towards the end of the play, starting out to be innocent but then each of those characters start to change who they are.…
THE CRUCIBLE CHARACTER ANALYSIS CHARACTER Abigail Williams DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTER MOTIVATION FOR ACTIONS PERSONALITY TRAITS 17-year-old niece of Rev. Parris had an affair with John Proctor to protect herself her desire to have John Proctor all to herself witnessing her parents’ murder good at deceiving others violent untrustworthy leader vengeful Betty Parris 10-year-old daughter of Rev. Parris scared to get in trouble scared Reverend Parris Salem’s minister; disliked by many people in the town the fact that he has many enemies who want him gone from Salem doesn’t want people to find out the truth about what happened in the woods wants to persecute his enemies defensive self-absorbed nervous paranoid…
In March the girls accused Martha Corey. The three women previously denounced as witches were trivial to the public. Martha Corey was different; she was an upstanding member of the Puritan congregation - her exposure as a witch demonstrated that Satan's influence reached to the very core of the community. Events snowballed as the harsh atmosphere got worse and reached the peak. During the time from March into the fall many were charged, examined, tried and put to death. The hangings started in June with the death of Bridget Bishop and continued through September. As winter approached, the panic played itself out as criticism of the procedures grew. In October, the colonial governor dissolved the local Court of question. The convictions…
The Salem Witch Trials has been a debatable topic for many historians enamored by its deviation from the normal as seen in Europe or other European Colonies in North America. As presented in Bryan Le Beau’s book The Story of the Salem Witch Trials, the story of Salem is unique in that it is centered primarily around the communities incapability to harmonize with one another. In the first two chapters, the book introduces its readers to a brief history of witchcraft trials, including how they began in Europe and followed colonists to the New World. In chapter three, the book describes Salem as it was before the trials and its ultimate path to the devastation it eventually created. It describes the division of the community and how that led to “…the point of institutional, demographic, and economic polarization” (p.50). Le Beau’s thesis is that “New England communities…suffered from the economic, social, political, and religious dislocations of the modernization process of the Early Modern Period, but to a greater extent than others,” he believed, “Salem village fell victim to warring factions, misguided leadership, and geographical limitations that precluded its dealing effectively with those problems” (p.43). The chapters following Le Beau’s thesis chronologically present the Salem Witch Craft trials and what was left in the wake the realization that followed.…
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a “crucible” as “a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted”. Also, The Crucible is the title of Arthur Miller’s play. While is is not completely obvious at first glance how the two are similar, after further examination, it’s apparent how they are incredibly similar.…
* Mary Warren: -18 years old –“nanny” for the Proctors (7 months after Abby was)…
Throughout The Crucible there are good characters, bad characters and the characters who do not take action when action is required. Of these characters, close to all of them embodies one of the seven deadly sins. Of each of the seven, there is always one character that is the worst sinner of that particular vice. There are seven deadly sins but out of the seven there are two in particular that drives this play the most. In control of these sins is Abigail Williams, a young vengeful girl who used to work for the Proctor before being fired for supposedly having an affair with John Proctor. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail demonstrates envy and wrath in order to gain power over John Proctor. Ultimately, however, her intentions result in disastrous circumstances for both her and Proctor.…
3.4 Summarise the types of risks that may be involved in assessment in own area of responsibility…
Rhode Island was the only state that did not have a death penalty for same sex activity.…
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” (H. P. Lovecraft). The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is set in a controversial religious part of history that uses strict morals and disquietude to install panic of the unknown. In The Crucible, the reader can see that Abigail is a depraved, vengeful, manipulative, evil minded young girl who uses fear and spite to dictate the world around her. Using her vengeful and nasty, unforgiving past of witnessing her parents getting bashed in the head right next to her pillow helped her form a wall to hurt others before they hurt her. To be above everyone else at all times by using her evil mind, malicious words is how she sees success and safety in herself.…
2. What does the “sparseness” of the Puritan setting reveal about the lives of the townspeople of Salem?…
Mary had also seen her mother’s religion and the religion of the whole country changed by her father, Henry the 8th and his advisers. All these situations shaped Mary’s character into one that was disbelieving, cautious and revengeful. Mary certainly grew colder and stricter as she grew older and she clearly dealt harshly with rebellions that questioned her rule and her desire to change England to once again being aligned with the Roman Catholic Church. This was evidenced in the way that many of the rebels who took part in the Wyatt rebellion were executed cruelly.…
This story has a sad climax as long as 20 years in prison even though England didnt visit her son in prison when he was a close friend of the Queen Elizabeth. To improve relations with the Queen Marry with her son, James. Marry before he died, then write a letter that explains the real story about what had happened with his father, Henry Darnley. A letter was entrusted to Bess Curle. Mary is very sincere in accepting the decision of the Queen Elizabeth which will execute him. And he’s very sure of the religion which he believes is a Catholic. until the end of her life.…