Introduction Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible,"" was first published in 1953 during the politically tumultuous time of McCarthyist America. ... When Miller introduces Proctor, he also foregrounds Proctor's internal conflict as a result of his affair with Abigail Williams. 6. ... Proctor sets "her firmly out of his path," and makes it clear to Abigail to put their affair "out of mind." 7. ... He is "angered" at himself for his lechery and in a lesser sense, the corruption of Abigail - which is somewhat negated by the way he presses Abigail's body from him firmly but "w...

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The Crucible is a story that takes place in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. ... The type play The Crucible is, is a tragedy. ... I have forgot Abigail, and I will think on it". ... The Crucible was a story with a wide range of characters. ... The most important character in the Crucible is John Proctor. ...

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The Salem witch trials caught the interest of playwright Arthur Miller; he saw relevance in the themes and was inspired to write The Crucible. ... Hysteria in The Crucible is akin to a plague: deadly and contagious. ... Abigail: I never called him! ... Abigail: I didn't see no Devil! ... Abigail: I never sold myself! ...

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Arthur Miller's "The Crucible- is set in the late 17th Century in a puritan settlement called Salem in the State of Massachusetts and is based on a true story of the Salem Witch-hunts. ... In act 1 Miller shows Abigail to be manipulative and tyrannical. ... Miller in Act 1 shows Abigail's talents for manipulation within a private setting. ... This would scare the audience as well as bring up more feelings of hatred for Abigail. ... Miller also has Abigail use is the fact she is beautiful. ...

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Abigail is the dirtiest and most sinful person in The Crucible without a doubt. ... For Abigail, however, this is not the case. ... In his desperation to find the truth, Danforth begs to Abigail: "Abigail. ... God's existence in The Crucible seems like more of an idea than a reality. ... Throughout The Crucible, God's role is played in the minds of the characters: he only exists in those who believe in him. ...

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Lastly, in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible the immoral Abigail William turns the once quiet town of Salem into an inferno of violent mobs attacking those that they deemed "witches". ... Furthermore, the idea that fear leads to this sort of mob mentality, is also expressed in The Crucible. ... Abigail: You will not! ... Abigail: Please don't hurt me. ... The Crucible shows how dwelling on a single fear can drive us to insanity and even death. ...

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In The Scarlet Letter, this person is Roger Chillingworth, who wants to gain revenge on Dimmesdale, and in The Crucible, the antagonist is Abigail Williams, the girl who mainly accuses the people of being witches. ... Another parallel is between Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter and Abigail Williams in The Crucible. While Hester is considered the protagonist in The Scarlet Letter and Abigail is considered the antagonist in The Crucible, both are startlingly similar in many ways. ... Abigail is not married, but also commits adultery by sleeping with a married man, John Proctor. ... ...

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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play revolving around the Salem witch trials. ... The Crucible by Arthur Miller was written in 1950"'"s, which is set in Salem Massachusetts. ... Abigail is the main character as she has important issues to deal with due to her love for John Proctor. ... Abigail denied all this, as she was worried about her name and what people would think of her in Salem. ... If I were to direct The Crucible by Arthur Miller I would have to find a very strong character. ...

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The Crucible highlights the tendency in America to witch-hunt. ... The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. ... The reverend Hale asked Abigail "Did you call the Devil last Night?" Abigail response "I never called him! ... So Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. ...

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In the two novels, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, betrayal can be seen as the base of the stories as characters like Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Baba and Amir destroy the trust they have with their family and friends. ... The entire hysteria in The Crucible comes into being due to the fact that many of the girls were caught dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris and they deny it. ... In comparison to Abigail's reign of terror through her lies in The Crucible, one might consider Amir's false impression in order to deceive his father. ... Abi...

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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. ... The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. ... There was one girl in particular who was very cunning; her name was Abigail. Abigail is a devious girl which critic William Bly explains in his quote: Abigail lies without shame, threatens without fear, and thinks nothing of sticking a needle two inches into her belly in order to bring about the murder of Elizabeth Proctor (20). ... Once the girls are found ...

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In The Crucible the Puritan Religion was taken to the extreme. ... According to The Crucible, this was taken very seriously. ... And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters''(Abigail, Act I, Arthur Miller"). ... The Salem witch trials in the Crucible was held up by the religious backbone of the Puritans.'' ... Surely you'll pray with them"(The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Act 1). ...

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In 1953 Arthur Miller wrote a novel called The Crucible. ... Another example of Rev Parris's greed was when Abigail and Mary Warren stole Parris's money from his strongbox, he seemed more worried about losing all of his money then his Abigail his niece. ... Abigail stilled loved John and apparently would do anything to get him to love her again. ... When Abigail accused Elizabeth Proctor it was obvious to John that Abigail was trying to " dance with him on his wife's grave"(Miller 110). ... Abigail was even sick enough to let people that she knew to be innocent be hanged jus...

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Arthur Miller gives people some insight into the Salem witch trials in his play, The Crucible, which shows how peoples" poor judgement led to hysteria and tragedy in the community of Salem. ... Elizabeth at sometime found out that John had sexual relations with Abigail, so she took the situation into her own hands and fired Abigail. ... The main accuser was Abigail. ... Now Abigail didn"t tell anyone that everything they were saying was untrue. ... Her life was on the line because people believed the words of Abigail. ...

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In The Crucible, a similar event occurred. ... McCarthy is the modern Abigail Williams. ... Like Abigail in The Crucible, McCarthy's grip of the situation soon crumbled leaving him dishonored. ... As with Abigail, her means of accusation were for her own selfish means. ... These quotes explain the essence of The Crucible and McCarthyism. ...

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SUPPLEMENTARY READING: BOOK ANALYSIS In "The Crucible", a play about the Salem witch trials of 1692, by Arthur Miller, the author showed how a reverend, Rev. ... In Act I, when he is trying to get Abigail to tell the truth he says "I pray you feel the weight of truth upon you, for now my ministry's at stake, my ministry and perhaps your cousin's life", now, what father in their right mind is going to say "my ministry and perhaps your cousin's life" the fact that he chose to worry about the ministry first makes him a hypocrite. ... In The Crucible, a lovelorn teenager is spur...

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Abigail is portrayed as good and bad. ... Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren although both frightened go along with everything Abigail says. ... The play also deals with sin; there is a dialogue between Abigail and John Proctor over an affair that they had. ... Abigail is portrayed as good and bad. ... Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren although both frightened go along with everything Abigail says. ...

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(nd.edu) In The Crucible, during all the time the witch trials have lasted, the judge of the court based his final decision only upon the Bible. ... Just like Proctor said in The Crucible: "-vengeance is walking Salem. "(73)The best example is the case of Abigail and Elizabeth Proctor, when Abigail mentioned Elizabeth's name to the authorities so she could get rid of her and have John all for herself. ... In The Crucible, Hale is accusing Proctor of not coming to meetings often enough: "In the book of record that Mr. ... Adultery is a very important sin in this play, since it haunts the m...

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John Proctor arrives and he sends Mary home, Abigail and him talk alone about their arrive and Abigail propositions Proctors and he sternly refuses her. ... Reverend John Hale questions Abigail and Tituba about the night they were in the forest. ... But John and Elizabeth know that the most likely person was Abigail, Elizabeth then tells John to see Abigail and tell her no good will come from her accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft. ... Finally, Abigail Williams displayed all these characteristics were she accused Mrs. Proctors of witchcraft, and later when she accused Mary Warren of being sen...

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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. ... Although normally a good husband and father, he is said to have seduced the beautiful and very young Abigail, when she was a servant girl at his farm. ... For one thing, he is quite reluctant to heed his wife's urging to denounce Abigail to the court. ... He cannot see how one girl like Abigail could cause so much havoc, and he does not want to accept Proctor's angry charge that he, Hale, is a coward. ... When Elizabeth's reticence weakens...

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Despite his early enthusiasm for discerning the presence of witchcraft in Salem, Hale soon grows disillusioned with the witchcraft accusations that are abundant and defends Proctor when he challenges Abigail. ... Listening to John Proctor and Mary Warren, he becomes convinced that they not Abigail are telling the truth. ... He presses Tituba and Abigail to confess. ...

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When I would say my line about Abigail I would say it spitting my words out with hatred and worry as if to know that Abby will bring her name in just to hurt her. ... Her hurt caused by Abigail is one that is permanent and although she shows later on in the play that she truly loves John, we can see that he has cut her deeply. In this extract of the Crucible by Arthur miller, John is seen as in the wrong. ...

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He brought his whole family along: wife Elizabeth, daughter Betty, niece Abigail, and his slaves, John and Tituba. ... At first, Betty and Abigail would listen to scary stories and Posey 2 learn the ways of voodoo. ... All he Posey 6 could say was, "More weight,"" (The Crucible, Arthur Miller.) ...

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