spread a lie to get out of trouble. Some of the characters must battle there own desires and morals to stay alive or to do what’s right. John Proctor struggles with many problems through out the story. He beats himself up over committing adultery with Abi. Further more his wife has never really forgiven him and brings it up all the time. Abi called Goody Proctor a witch because she wanted him to herself‚ not because she actually was one. He later has a bigger problem with his pride because he was
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Some of the causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials are boredom‚ strong believe in occult‚ disputes/rivalries or personal differences‚ ergot poisoning‚ and a cold weather theory. After the girls were caught dancing in the woods and Parris saw everything that’s when everything started. Parris starts to question the girls and they come up with wild acquisitions‚ to avoid trouble. I feel like boredom took toll on the girls because is in the late 1600’s they didn’t have nothing better to do. So I feel
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I find that she is not a victim‚ in puritan society .I think she is just a negative icon in the puritan society that shows you all people are not who they seem. In Act one‚ she wanted to put a curse on Elizabeth Proctor‚ because she wanted to be with her husband John Proctor. She and many other girls around the same age were in the woods dancing and chanting‚ one of them being naked‚ which is frowned upon in the Puritan society. Abigail Williams then drank blood as her uncle walked up on them
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conflict between conscience and conformity. The thesis of a literary essay targets a specific rather than a general aspect of its topic. NOT The Crucible is a play about hidden sin. BUT The Crucible demonstrates the effects of hidden sin on John Proctors character‚ on his family‚ and on his community. Patterns for Thesis Statements of Literary Essays Analysis What it does separates a topic into its
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The author‚ Arthur Miller‚ of a timeless classic play The Crucible tells us the story of a small town not too far from Salem where a young girl by the name of Abigail Williams brings witchcraft claims on the most highly respected and innocent people in the town. Eventually others close to Abigail and other envious locals in the town begin to accuse nearly half the town of witchcraft for personal gain. The harsh‚ yet true reality of human behavior when faced with jealousy and greed is displayed throughout
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woman‚ and he bends to her. I know John Proctor better than anyone is this town‚ better than Elizabeth’s every will. I am filled with Angry‚ sorrow and frustration. This is all Parris faults if he hadn’t discovered us in the woods I would be able to dispose of Elizabeth for good‚ John could have been mine. I put myself at risk because of my love for him‚ I drank chicken blood and sang a charm that will kill Elizabeth Proctor! I drank a charm to kill goody Proctor. The lies that I tell are the protect
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selfish‚ manipulative‚ and a compulsive liar. The entire play wouldn’t exist‚ if Abby hadn’t have been so jealous and selfish. It was Abby’s fault that the girls were in the woods with Tituba trying to cast a spell on Elizabeth Proctor‚ because Abby is in love with her husband John. The whole reason the Salem Witch Trials even started was because Abby was in love with a man that wasn’t her’s to have in the first place‚ and she wanted to do anything possible to get rid of his wife so that she could replace
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In 1963 a play known as The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ was written based on the Salem Witch Trial in the late 17th Century. Since then the play has been performed numerous times‚ the first of which took place on January 22‚ 1953 and since then has been readapted into a film directed by Nicholas Hytner. Although these two are very similar‚ there are several differences between the way the play is written and the way the movie adaptation presented it. This could be seen in the differences in Scenes
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seen in Millar’s protagonist character‚ John Proctor. Mary Warren‚ Proctor’s servant-girl‚ is also a victim of internal conflict within the play. Proctor‚ in addition‚ is involved in external conflict too‚ between him and Judge Danforth‚ him and Elizabeth Proctor‚ and him and the Court of Salem. Each of these conflicts are crucial to the plot‚ and when represented‚ complicate the action of the text towards its final resolution. Internal conflict‚ in Proctors’ case‚ acts as a battle within his mind
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adultery.’ In the Puritan religion‚ it is a sin to commit adultery‚ because it is included in the Ten Commandments. Abigail Williams takes this sin to the next level. Before the play opens‚ Abigail was a servant for the Proctor family. During this time‚ she became very close with John Proctor‚ the patriarch. Though it is not said exactly what happened between them‚ it is known that adultery was committed. After they were caught Abigail still held feelings of
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