The Crucible Abigail Williams Abigail is a mischievous girl who can persuade anyone into lying Abigail is a static character proven from her hiding the truth and convincing others to lie In Act 1 Abigail and her friends were dancing in the forest Abigail and her friends are always getting into some sort of trouble Abigail fixes the problem by telling her friends to lie In the end of the story Act 4 Abigail still has the same traits She is still trying to run away from everything but this time s
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor is an Aristotelian character He is a character with a tragic flaw and is also a tragic hero A tragic hero has many distinctive characteristics such as nobility and hubris A tragic hero also has a fatal flaw experiences tragic things falls and is destroyed and at the end of a play there is catharsis John Proctor had a mixture of good and bad characteristics His bad characteristics included having an affair with a girl named Abigail who used to work f
Arthur Millers The Crucible is an over the top and irrelevant piece of drama Discuss this comment with close reference to the play Arthur Millers The Crucible is a piece of drama that involves a dilemma affecting the town of Salem The drama can be in some cases viewed as over the top and irrelevant because of the language used the superficial characters and an outstanding increase in tension Arthur Miller highlights these themes by using a range of techniques like melodrama metaphors and differ
The Crucible serves as a story about the downfalls of human nature recreating the horrors of the Salem Witch Trials one of the darkest events in history Many would argue that the fault of the deaths rests in the hands of Abigail Williams a manipulative young girl seeking revenge after being rejected by her love interest John Proctor However although Abigail is certainly not without some blame for her actions the authority figure that oversaw the trials and convicted so many innocent people to d
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in a theocratic society in which the church and the state are one The religion is a strict austere form of Protestantism known as Puritanism Because of the theocratic nature of the society moral laws and state laws are one in the same Sin and the status of an individuals soul are matters of public concern There is no room for deviation from social norms since any individual whose private life doesnt conform to the established moral laws represents a threat n
A crucible is defined as a vessel made of a refractory substance such as graphite or porcelain used for melting and calcining materials at high temperatures or a severe test or trial 1 This play being based on the Salem Witch Trials obviously fits in well with the second definition To compare the title to the first definition would be less obvious and more psychological Many of the characters are in a way crucibles of their own being tested by heat from the trials and the mass hysteria They are
We can choose to belong or not belong To what extent do the experiences of individuals and their place in society influence their decisions about belonging Belonging or not belonging is accomplished with the decisions made by individuals The choices made by individuals can directly affect the extent in which a person belongs This is clearly evident in Arthur Millers play The Crucible and Tim Burtons film Edward Scissorhands Dialogue throughout Edward Scissorhands demonstrates the effects of not
What is it to belong to a group Is it really that simple when someone says Either youre with us or youre not Yes it is that simple Belonging and exclusion in any situation are two sides of the same coin you cant have one without the other In any organization or group people are bound together by a community of interest purpose or function and if you do not believe in these same things then you are not a part of that group In an organization or group you have to ask yourself What is it to be a p
That the play The Crucible is about the challenge of belonging is evident by its plot Millers craft is that he draws his audience into the turmoil of belonging and not belonging through escalating conflict amongst the plays characters This is achieved through obvious changes in tension dialogue and character dynamics as expressed in the audio excerpts The first of these begins in act II with the inturuption of a domestic argument between John and Elizabeth Proctor in their home by the intrusion