In Arthur Millers >The Crucible=, Miller clearly feels that fear and suspicion lead to a mass hysteria that causes innocent deaths. ... (Abigail): I saw Goody Sibber with the Devil!... Not to be outdone Abigail cries out, AI saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil! ... Abigail: I saw Goody Booth with the Devil!... In the Salem Witchcraft Trial and in >the Crucible=, by Arthur Miller, the accusers were given power and put somewhat on a pedestal. ...

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Abigail worked as a servant to the Proctors", and during that time Abigail and John have an affair. Elizabeth Proctor suspects that something was going on and let Abigail go. Abigail is in love with John and is willing to do anything to get him back, even leading to witchcraft. In The Crucible, religion and superstition runs through the town leading everyone in the town in mass hysteria of the evil that may take over. ... The Crucible is story about trying to put the blame on someone else so that there will be no punishment or blame put on the one who started it. ...

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What is the mean of crucible? Well the dictionary defines crucible as a severe test or trial,but how does it apply to the play The Crucible It applies to the play because the people during that time that were accused of being witches or having dealings with the devil were put through severe test. ... The word that I would use to describe Abigail is self-centered. Abigail is the type of girl who looks out for herself. ... Hale and Abigail when it comes to changing. ...

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The Crucible The word crucible in the dictionary means a container of metal used to heat things to high temperatures or a severe searching test or trial. ... The witch trials eliminated undesirable persons from the society just as a crucible eliminates unwanted metals from the mixture. In the Crucible there are many characters that undergo changes and some that do not. ... In the beginning John had committed adultery with Abigail. ... By this time the matters have gone too far and not even the truth can stop the frenzy that Abigail has stirred up. ...

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The Crucible The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place in the sixteen nineties during the famous but tragic witch trials. ... As the play continues and as she is influenced by Abigail, Mary begins to break this self induced mold and does what she wants. ... However, how can she extricate herself from Abigail and her friends, not to mention her new feelings of confidence. ... Yet as she does this heroic act of overcoming her old reality, Abigail pretends that Mary is also a witch using the poppets against her(73). ... Mary succumbs to Abigail's "hypnosis " and accu...

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In The Crucible, Reverend Hale discovers that Abigail is lying. ... However, once he meets John Proctor and Abigail, Hale begins to question the validity of the presence of witches in Salem at all. ... [Abigail] has always struck me false!" ... In The Crucible, Reverend Hale experiences a transformation, one more remarkable than that of any other character. ...

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The Crucible Courage is a powerful emotion; It comes out in the strangest of times with almost no control over it. In The Crucible by Arthor Miller, the characters display great actions. ... Abigail Williams secretly told John the girls made the lies of witchcraft to cover themselves, but because John once had an affair with Abigail he is not sure if he should confess the truth. ...

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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, tells the story of hysteria that takes place in Salem Massachusetts, when many townspeople are accused of witchcraft and of having given their souls to the Devil. ... (58) Proctor also questions the motives of Abigail and the girls who cry witchcraft, because he knows that these accusations may just be a way for Abigail to convict Elizabeth and see her hanged. ... Proctor is hesitant about calling Abigail a fraud because it would mean spoiling his good name and revealing the crime of lechery that he committed. ... This girl (Abigail) has always stru...

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Analysis The characters in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, strive to achieve true individual freedom. Personal freedom is an attribute searched for by the characters in The Crucible. ... In addition, during a conversation with Hale, Proctor contemplates, "Why [does he] never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? ...

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In Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," Hale begins as a witchcraft aficionado, with full belief in the court, and unwavering adherence to its strict laws; however, he soon realizes the fallacy of the courts accusations and makes a dramatic, advantageous shift away from the theocratic laws and develops his own more secular beliefs. ... For instance, when he first arrives in Salem, and enters Parriss house to diagnose Abigail, he carried many heavy books that were weighted with authority (Miller 34). ... Hale undergoes a dramatic shift in the Crucible from a firm witchcraft believer and advoca...

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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, duty is some kind of personal responsibility to save, protect, or prosecute the residents of Salem, Massachusetts. ... Abigail Williams was found dancing in the woods and drinking blood in order to kill her obsession's wife. ... With the addition of Judge Danforth to determine the justice of the people, Hale began to realize the ironic situation that Abigail Williams put the town in. ...

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The Crucible: Rev. John Hale The witch trials in Salem represent an extreme low point in American history, where suspicion ran rampant and an entire community was thrown into complete chaos. Accusations of witchcraft from young girls caused the small Puritan town of Salem Massachusetts to turn up...

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