The Crucible What makes an honorable man? Honor can be very difficult to explain as the definition varies with the audience. In Salem, an honorable man means a man with God; although you can turn into an honorable man through the process of forgiveness. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, John Proctor evolves from a guilt-ridden man who committed lechery to an honorable man and subsequently a martyr. To begin with, John Proctor starts the play out as a compunctious and salacious man. For example
town of Puritans who saw the world in terms of good versus evil. The system of government in Salem was a theocracy, meaning God was the true leader of their society. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a story constructed around the Salem Witch trials and an affair between Abigail Williams and John Proctor. While the town of Salem was caught up in the idea of witchcraft, innocent people were unfortunately continuing to be hung. Abigail Williams is very selfish in her decisions throughout the story
“The Crucible” prompted #3 9-26-14 In the story “The Crucible” there is not many characters. Yet still there is a lot of depth to each character. This play is an allegory and a crucible starring the good farmer John Proctor. This is his story of dealing with the Salem witch trials. This essay will be on prompt number three. The first female character in this story we really get to learn about as well meet is Abigail Williams. Abigail is a young 17 year old girl who used to work for Proctors. Abigail
I. Introduction Arthur Miller's timeless classic The Crucible demonstrates the fight between good and evil through an engaging plot, well-crafted characters, and a well-established theme. II. First main point. The Putnam's relationship with the Salem witchcraft charges created more fear in the Salem people. A. Evidence 1- ann Putnam accusing Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft. 2- The effects of the deaths of the Putnam's neighbors. B. Analysis 1- Putnam family gets more land from deaths of neighbors 2-
betrayal, selfishness and sometimes death. It is based on a surge of envy, desire, sadness and anger. It affects many citizens such as yourself and your relationship with other people. Such as family, friends, and relationships. Greed is when a person can never have enough. It can cause a person to not care who they hurt in the process. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller illustrates a mysterious, suspenseful and dramatic story. The story is about the Salem witch trials that took place in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts
The Crucible is a play about the Salem Witch Trials of nine-teen sixty-two written by Arthur Miller in the nine-teen fifties. Although Miller uses some primary source documents and authentic names in his interpretation, there are still a multitude of things altered or omitted from the real accounts of the trials. Most of the altercations to the events in the play are that of an attempt to make the story more intriguing to the reader. However some people make the argument that parts of the play that
The Crucible Paper "Fear breeds superstition, superstition breeds fear." In The Crucible there is a term that resonates through out the entire story, "Fear breeds superstition and superstition breeds fear." This is very apparent from the beginning all the way to the end. The craze and chaos started with just two young and immature girls who were trying to not get in trouble. The Crucible mainly revolves around a girl named Abigail and her love for a man named John Proctor
In the play the crucible, written by Arthur Miller, a love triangle is created and this produces a large amount of tension between certain characters. The love triangle consists of three very important characters in the play, Elizabeth Proctor, John proctor, and Abigail Williams. Abigail William desires john proctor so desperately, and this causes her to act in certain ways and do certain things. On the other hand, John proctor knows very well the consequences of what they did. He wants to keep distance
deserved is the main trait of an Aristotelian Tragic Hero. John Proctor- the main protagonist in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible - is the quintessential Tragic Hero. His error of judgment, his pride gets in the way of good choices, his weaknesses only serve to engender empathy to the audience, his spirituality gets wounded by his experience, and he, in the end, make a decision, usually involving life or death. Although a good, Christian man, Proctor is tempted and gives into that temptation when Abigail
In the story, The Crucible, characters changed in a lot of ways but none more than John Proctor. In the beginning of the story John comes in as kind of a sensible, loyal, and well-respected character. He enters the story by showing how loyal he is and how he plans to stay with his wife forever. It is revealed that he had an affair with Abigail but he says that’s in the past and he would take it back if he could. He says “Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me”. After this he says “Abby, I may