...In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, people who were innocent were accused of witchcraft. These people lived in a community that had high morals, and they stood up to their morals. In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts people's pride and name meant a lot, so people did whatever they needed to in order to keep their reputation clean. In The Crucible John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey are amongst those who are accused of witchcraft even though they are innocent, and to keep their good name they do not admit to the crime that they didn't do, they condemn themselves to death. John Proctor is wrongfully accused of witchcraft in The Crucible, he did not confess to live, to keep his name and reputation clean and keep his pride, he condemned himself to death. In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, Proctor is a well respected man in Salem. Towards the end, in Act IV of the play, he decides to sign a confession so he can live with his wife and children. Once he hands his confession takes it back and says, "I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is enough!" Since he confessed, he only wants those who are present to know that he signed his name...
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...The Crucible I grew up around a friend group that was always there for eachother. Our parents were good friends with their parents and they would all come over for big sport games. As we all got older we grew closer together and we all basically became each others brothers. One day we were shocked about what had happened. As our friend Aaron was playing baseball he fell to the ground while playing shortstop. They rushed him to a hospital and begun to do tests. Once the tests results were in he was diagnosed with cancer. Reading the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, I realized there were many characters that reminded me of Aaron. Because Aaron is a really good guy who had something horrible happen to him. Just like many characters in The Crucible such as; John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth Proctor. These were all good people that had horrible things happen to them. John Proctor was a good man in the town where these trials took place. He took care of his wife when she was very sick. Despite having some flaws such as cheating on his wife during the time she was sick. But there is many things that made him a great man like when he was trying to get the truth out about Abigail lying to get people accused of witchcraft. “You will tell the court how that poppet come here and who stuck the needle in.” (pg...
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...waste in its wake. Throughout the ages vengeance has played an important role in history and literature. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller the theme vengeance is portrayed as neighbor turns on neighbor. First, as the theme vengeance reoccurs throughout the play The Crucible many people end up turning on each other to exact their revenge. For example, Hale is in the home of the Proctors when he brings up how Rebecca Nurse’s and others names got brought up in court. Then Francis Nurse the husband of Rebecca Nurse enters the house following Giles Corey to inform them about his wife’s arrest, Francis exclaimed, “For the marvelous and supernatural murder of Good Putnam’s babies”(Miller 1175)....
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...Miller’s The Crucible, Miller shows the reader that rivalries and grudges can drive people to do crazy things. In The Crucible, the puritan community of 1600s Salem received a chance to reap revenge on people they had problems and disputes with by accusing others of witchcraft, which would either leave the accused dead or their name ruined. Everyone from Thomas Putnam, a land owner greedy for land, to Abigail Williams, a teenager involved in adultery, accused others due to personal rivalries and grudges. Abigail Williams is most known for accusing Elizabeth Proctor, a religious woman and wife of the man with whom Abigail had the affair. When Elizabeth hears of the incident, she immediately fires Abigail, which leads Abigail to believe that Elizabeth is cold and callous. Abigail’s jealousy of Elizabeth leads her to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft and she has Mary Warren, a servant to the Proctors, place a poppet, or small doll, made to be Abigail with a needle in her side, into the Proctor’s home. With this happening, Elizabeth believes that Abigail “thinks to take my place” (II.384) as John’s wife by ensuring she is hung. It is Abigail’s personal rivalry with Elizabeth over John’s attention that sets the stage for others to seek vengeance in court. Thomas Putnam is a wealthy land owner in Salem greedy for as much land as he can buy. Putnam and his family accuse Francis Nurse, an amicable man, due to a desire for Nurse’s land. Putnam knows that when he accuses Nurse of witchcraft...
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...Crucible Analytic Essay “The Crucible” is a play written by Arthur Miller and is based off the Salem Witch Trials which happened in Massachusetts. There are many themes in this play but one specific theme stands out and that’s jealousy. Jealousy is a cruel feeling that can lead to many awful events if it is uncontrolled and this play has many of those events. Jealousy leads to many things in this play which even includes death. In “The Crucible”, the character Abagail Williams is a very jealous 17 year old. In the play, she dances naked in the woods with many of her friends to try and cast a spell on John Procter to love her and for his wife, Elizabeth, to be executed. After a past affair, Abagail is very much in love with John and tries to...
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...Rebecca Nurse Through times of suffering and pain, the importance of believing in oneself and staying true to one’s beliefs can make the difference between a small mistake, and a catastrophe. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the people of Salem are going through a time of panic and hysteria, because anyone can be accused of witchery. Some use this to their advantage, and accuse people for revenge, greed, or fame; others attempt to cease the madness and bring the truth about the Salem witch trials, and how they are false; some even wanted no part in what was happening around them. As portrayed in The Crucible, the Salem witch Trials forcefully involved innocent people, like Rebecca Nurse, who wanted to have nothing to do with the...
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...Authority is Power – Crucible Essay Is authority power that is given to an individual? Or must that individual earn their respectful status with no faults? When does the power given begin to become too much for an individual to regulate? An individual with a lot of power over a certain group or person may misuse their authority in negative ways. Many figures of authority misuse their powerful influence over other individuals which can negatively impact the lives of others or even themselves. A number of people with authority tend to misuse their powerful influence over a group of individuals, as seen in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Many characters with power try to maintain their respectable reputations but along the way end up dissipating the authority they have. Other characters misuse their positions of power over certain individuals for personal gain such as love and for wealth and land. Individuals with respectable authority tend to misuse their power in hopes of maintaining their idea of a perfect reputation. Reverend Parris is known as the town reverend, a title with power and high expectations. He has power over the town due to his title but he misuses the power he has over his slave from Barbados, Tituba. Once Parris discovered that Tituba was present in the woods with the girls dancing, he felt as though she were responsible. He used his power, as her boss, to threaten Tituba into giving information as he asks her “who? Who? Their names, their names”...
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...In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many people of Salem were accused of committing witchcraft. These accusations were brought by Abigail Williams and several others girls in the community. While the court of Salem tried determining the credibility of these allegations, many questioned the characters of those accused. Arthur Miller was able to depict that the people of Salem had clear Christian reputations that they wanted to uphold and sustain in their society. In Act 1 and throughout the play, Proctor claims that he never had an affair with Abigail. He wanted to maintain his reputation as an ethical and honest citizen in Salem. If John’s affair with Abigail becomes public it would jeopardize his reputation in the community. John Proctor makes an effort to ensure that Abigail knows to stay away from him. In Act 1, he says: “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for...
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...three situations that tested three individuals’ integrity in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. These challenges were fulfilled by Giles Corey, John Procter, and Rebecca Nurse. Integrity occasionally modifies how a person views the world, and these views can permanently impact one’s decisions. Giles Corey was one of the characters in The Crucible who showed integrity and proved his personal integrity was stronger than the opinions of the court. He said, “I will not give you no name. I mentioned my wife’s name, and...
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...“Goody Ann! You sent a child to conjure up the dead?” Rebecca Nurse, seventy-two years old mother of eleven children and a twenty-six time grandmother. Accused of witchcraft for sending her spirit out to hit Ann Putnam’s babies, even though Rebecca is well known, even outside of Salem, for her high religious traits. Rebecca Nurse’s character and I portray the same traits in that we are intelligent, compassionate, and loyal. Both Rebecca and I show our intelligence in different ways. Rebecca shows her intelligence when she tells everyone about how she does not believe the girls are seeing witchcraft because children will always have a child’s spirit. She tried to tell them that they were pretending and only acting like a normal child who is playing. Rebecca Nurse was saying they only wanted the attention of the adults. This did not persuade the rest of the adults into believing Rebecca about the girls pretending. I show my intelligence everyday through different situations. On my birthday, my mom had something for us to do and she did...
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...During this book you will see many people die for for a reason now-a-days people don’t believe in. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller. This play is based on the events of 1692 and 1693. During this time people believed in witchcraft. Witchcraft is the belief that people made a pact with the devil to do magic. Through it all people stayed true to their values like Rebecca Nurse who stayed to her belief with God and the devil was never here. While I stick to my values through hard times. Early in Act 1 Betty does not wake. Rebecca was one of the ones to examine her. The quote was “...A child’s spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it, you must stand still…”(Miller 22). Through her quote she hints at how through her values she believes no devil touched this kid. While no one believed her she stuck to her value of god and that the devil is not in Salem....
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...Arthur Miller’s The Crucible there is a constant struggle between the up keep of a reputation and staying truthful. Some characters, like Abigail William, are motivated by fear to keep up a good reputation, while other characters like John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse decide that the truth is more important than their name and stick to their morals. There are many factors that move Abigail to lie about her relations with John Proctor. She fears what would happen to her if the town finds out that she is not only an adulterer, but a liar as well. Because Abigail has given “evidence” to hang so many people, if she is a...
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...In The Crucible, Arthur Miller carefully describes a society which has plummeted into a pit of hysteria, with citizens hurling desperate accusations and lies at one another. In the midst of the chaos, Rebecca Nurse emerges as one of the rare rational characters who represents hope and strength in the face of her community’s growing disharmony. In return for her sensible advice to her fellow citizens, they turn and accuse Rebecca of witchcraft and cause her execution: within this blatant abuse of the justice system lies the greatest injustice in the play. Arthur Miller establishes situational irony surrounding Rebecca Nurse’s execution. Throughout the play, Rebecca Nurse acts as the moral compass to which Miller compares all the other characters....
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...The crucible is metaphorically illustrated as a scorching fire throughout the play, portraying the ongoing heated situation in Salem and the chaos resulting from the hysteria. As the fire and the intensity of the heat rapidly escalates, more people are caught in this witch-hunt and even the innocent people are thrown into the vicious flames. In Act 2, Francis Nurse arrives at John Proctor’s house to inform him that his wife, Rebecca Nurse, has been charged of murdering Mrs. Putnam’s baby. Since Rebecca Nurse was one of the most venerated figures in Salem for her kindness and charity work, Reverend Hale was astonished and says that “if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the whole green world from burning” (Miller 71)....
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...Throughout the play The Crucible, several characters undergo change but it is Reverend Hale that changes the most from the beginning to the end. Reverend Hale was summoned from Boston to evaluate Salem and diagnose any witchcraft present. Because of his eagerness to please the town of Salem he is manipulated into doing things that he thinks is right. Notably, Reverend Hale in the end manages to try to help the accused out of the trouble he got them into. In detail, upon arriving in Salem, Reverend Hale is very optimistic and ready for a challenge. In the following quote Hale shows his control over the current situation in Salem “Now let me instruct you. We cannot look to superstition in this. The devil is precise; the marks of his presence...
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