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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, reflects how the Puritan lifestyle should be lead. ... On the contrast, Abigail Williams deviated from the ideals for a proper Puritan. ... Abigail was the total opposite of what was expected from a Puritan. ... In the play The Crucible, many examples of good and bad Puritans were seen, Elizabeth Proctor being the idealistic Puritan and Abigail Williams being the total opposite. Due to Abigail's dishonesty many innocent people paid the ultimate price. ...

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The Crucible shows how the assimilation of church with state government was so dramatic that it became the basis of the Puritan society. ... In The Crucible, the people of the town and court feel that in their quest for social perfection there is no room for one individual who may question the methods that are used to acquire social perfection. ... Parris takes this time, now that every one is concerned with his daughter Abigail, to regain control over the townspeople and return their attention back towards the life of Puritanism. ... The overall differences between The Crucible and The Scarle...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that uses both truth and fiction to illustrate the infamous Salem Witch Trials. ... When Abigail and John Proctor are in an argument, Abigail says, "She is blackening my name in the village! ... Abigail has a clear motive to eliminate Elizabeth from the picture, all she simply has to do is accuse her and she can get punished. It was too easy for people like Abigail to seize the opportunity and made the best of her situation by getting rid of the people she did not like. ...

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The Dynamic Ending Film critics everywhere are arguing on whether the ending of The Crucible by Arthur Miller should be left like the original play. ... The reader finds out about his sin of adultery with Abigail and begins to since the downward spiral he descends. ... He desperately tries to accuse the whore Abigail, but his wife lies under oath not wanting to condemn her husband. ... His tragic flaw is his sin of lechery with Abigail and in the end he realizes his wrongdoings. ...

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John Proctor is selected from the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. ... Toward the end of the play, John reveals the truth about his affair with Abigail Williams in order to try to save his wife from accusations of witchcraft. He does not love Abigail, but rather his own wife Elizabeth. ...

• Word Count: 630
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• Grade Level: High School