A crucible has two definitions: 1) a container made of a substance that can resist great heat and 2) a severe test or trial. In The Crucible, John Proctor is representative of both of these definitions because of the situations that he must overcome and the people that he has to deal with. ... However strong a man John proves to be, he is not indestructible, just like a crucible. ... John Proctor can also represent the second definition of a crucible: a severe test or trial. ...

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The definition for the crucible stands for hard trial. That was exactly what was going to take place in Salem. Elizabeth Proctor, wife of John Proctor is known for never lying. The Reverend's name was Rev. Hale. He had come down from Beverley. John Proctor is accused of witchcraft. But instead, co...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is even related to Judge Hawthorne from The Crucible. In this essay, I will compare and contrast The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible in themes relating to both. ... God and purity in The Crucible. ...

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The drama, The Crucible, is based on a historical event, the Salem witchcraft trial, which took place in Massachusetts during seventeenth century. ... (Crucible, Act 4, 132) He realizes that he should be confessing to God, not to the court he abominates. ... (Crucible, Introduction, 5) Proctor confesses to black magic yet refuses to incriminate others. ... (Crucible, Act 4, 132) Proctor shouts out loud to the Judge Danforth desperately with anger and tear. ...

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Throughout history people all over the world have admired, and looked up to people they refer to as heroes. In The Crucible, a book by Arthur Miller, Puritans of that era were going through a terrifying, anxious time. Hysteria was breaking loose in Salem and no one knew how to stop it. There was one...

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In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, John Proctor's dealing with the devil eventually leads him to confessing much like Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth. ... In The Crucible, John Proctor is a man that does not go to church regularly. ... Her husband states that he does not believe in the local priests "hellfire and bloody damnation,"(Crucible 1187) sermons and that is why they do not go to church. ...

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"I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it." These words were spoken by John Proctor after he had confessed and then recanted that he had the Devil in his life. I think this quote characterizes John for who he really is and not who John is perceived to be in most of the st...

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Proctor: Then who will judge me? God in Heaven, what is John Proctor, what is John Proctor? I think it is honest, I think so; I am no saint. Let Rebecca go like a saint; for me it is fraud! It is better to suffer and die for your own principles than lie to save oneself. ...

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