The title of the play being The Crucible, the term "crucible" is never actually mentioned. ... Although the play is based around a series of court-trials, Miller chose it as the title to mean a severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial within oneself. Many of the characters in The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. ... It is a matter of life or death and both answers seem wrong. ... He has unmistakably chosen the title to portray the character's test of the most decisive kind, the conquering of an emotional assessment....

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Elizabeth Proctor Moral Weaknesses in Character In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, many of the characters have different flaws in their personalities that impede their behavior and their decisions they have to make within the story. Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of John Proctor, is one of these characters, and one of the best examples in The Crucible of a character who has to deal with a moral weakness in order to succeed. ... She becomes jealous of Abagail, but more importantly, she becomes very belligerent in her relationship with John, always demanding an answer for everything, which ...

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Place the test tube ina test-tube rack and add several magnesium turnings. Identify any gas that forms by using crucible tongs to hold a burning wood splint at the mout of the test tube. ... Identify any gas that forms by using crucible tongs to insert a glowing wood splint into the mouth of the test tube. ... Record your observations of these test. 7. ... Record your answers in Table 11.1. 2. ...

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Yet when put to the final test, the meaning here of "crucible," he will go to his death rather than irrevocably compromise his integrity. ... He knows that whatever problems may have arisen to disturb these worthy but uninformed villagers, he has all the answers. ... Harshly tested, as are the rest, he denies his principles, and is last seen a pitiable lost man, rejected by all. ...

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Ducking the Witch: One of the most well known tests of witchcraft is to bind the accused and throw them into a body of water. ... Arthur Miller's The Crucible is perhaps the best representation of this period; very few facts are incorrect. ... These and many other mysteries we may never know the answer too, or even if what so many lives were lost even exists? ...

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