Arthur Miller, the author of the Crucible, shows the transactions that the characters go through using direct and indirect characterization; He shows how Abigail's manipulation, Proctor's withholding, and Elizabeth's loving character develops through out the play. ... " (Miller 1155). ... " (Miller 1232). ... God forbid I take it from him" (Miller 1233). ... The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, shows the development of the characters throughout the play. ...

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The Crucible is a wonderfully written book by Arthur Miller in the 1950's. ... Even though The Crucible was not the most successful book that Miller wrote, it was popular and still is popular in many places around the world. ... Arthur Miller wrote this book to bring back the past of the Salem Witch Trials so that people could see what it was like, or at least read what it was like during that time. ... Miller's use of describing people and places was high-quality along with his thought of the word choice. ...

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In Arthur Miller's The Crucible a small lustful unacceptable love story between John Procter and Abigail Williams transforms into a sinful plot that implicitly illustrates that in a theocratic society, heavy influence of religion constitutes corrupt power and authority that gains sufficient dominance and corruption to transform a miniscule injustice into a serious injustice affecting all of Salem. ... In The Crucible by Arthur Miller one inconsequential injustice developed into a significant injustice that caused the death of many, but was created through a small lie that was silenced and...

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Through his subtle connections, Arthur Miller's play The Crucible efficiently shows the tyranny of consensus during the Salem Witch Trials, and during the period of McCarthyism. ... Miller wrote about the injustices against the disensus during the Salem Witch Trials. ...

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The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, which takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, is based on witch trials. ... (Miller 53) This is displayed by a line where Elizabeth says: Elizabeth: The Deputy Governor promise hangin" if they"ll not confess, John. ... (Miller 52/53) Mob mentality is basically a group or a person leading the pack and gathers followers along for the ride. ...

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The Crucible", written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is a play set in the time of the Salem Witch Trials. Corruption and scandal lie within the town people, willing to turn on their neighbor in an instant. The story follows from the time the first witch, Abigail Williams, was accused, to the very end wi...

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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller illustrates and demonstrates the extent that personal vengeance can have on a society where townsmen accuse their own. ... Arthur Miller and his friends were accused of being communist. ...

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Abigail William "Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed it-(10). Her uncle, Reverence Parris asked her what had happened. Abigail William and her friends were dancing in the forest, but she did not tell him everything. She did not told him the truth, but really she and her friends...

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Like for example, in the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, to which the highly manipulative, conniving and mischievous Abigail Williams distinctively chose evil over good, and wrong discarding right . ... Arthur Miller's The Crucible, reminds it readers that we are all individuals and different from each other but deep down we are not as different as we think we are. ...

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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a great play based on the Salem Witch Trials. ... By adding the witchcraft and hanging scenes, Miller makes the play seem more complete. ...

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A look at Abigail Williams Abigail Williams is the antagonist character in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Throughout the play she does not change much. She basically stays the same, but her true character appears. Abigail's main motivation is to win John Proctor. She blames witchcraft on Eliz...

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The Crucible takes place in the Puritan New England town of Salem Massachusetts in 1692. When the play opens a group of girls are dancing in the forest with a black slave whose name is Tituba. The local minister Reverend Parris catches the girls dancing in the forest. His daughter, Betty Parris, was...

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The Human Conscience The conscience of the human mind can have a big role on people. 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. The power of the human mind led these two to eve...

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The Crucible The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a novel that portrays the witch trials that took place during the late 1600's. The novel offers a motive behind why these trials took place. One such motive is the idea of revenge or retaliation. Four characters in The Crucible demonstrate this them...

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THE CRUCIBLE After reading Arthur Miller's play The Crucible it has become evident that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Tituba, Abigail, and Hathorne. ...

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Katie Goodenberger American Literature Conferenced Essay 2 The Infamous Trials of 1692 During the late seventeenth century, the strict Puritan ideals of the citizens of a small, New England town lead to the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692. However, in the attempt to persecute the "witches...

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Superstition During the time of superstition that runs through many minds in a small community, the Puritans of Salem, Massachusetts, trial dozens of people who mayor may not be witches. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller examines what can happen to a town that believes into their religion and are s...

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