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. Abigail’s true character is exposed as she lets innocent people die for her own selfish reasons, she
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 from Abigail, and does not want anyone in the village to know about
make things more convenient and simplistic as the original information was difficult to grasp. The most drastic known tweak to the play is considered to be the adultery committed between Abigail and the farmer known as John Proctor. In the play, the reader learns that there is some sort of intimate relationship between the two characters. In the early stages of Miller's account, there is some foreshadowing of the affair, although it is not quite verified for
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-
In the late 1940's there was a rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Russia also known as the cold war. As the war intensified the U.S. began to analyze and determine whether citizens were loyal to their country. This was called the Red Scare. The U.S. were scared of communist because of their alliance to the red soviet flag. Communism is an economic system in which everyone is equal and the government owns everything. Of course people disagree. Joseph McCarthy a former American politician who served
of the hundreds of accusations, betrayal of friends and family, and the executions of the innocent. The terrible Salem Witch trials began with the hundreds of accusations going on in the Salem Village. One day 9 year old Elizabeth, and 11 year old Abigail Williams had began to have wild and uncontrollable tantrums. They screamed and had violent contortions. When their doctor examined them, they were declared as “bewitched.” Soon after, they
SITUATION OF WOMEN IN REVOLUTIONARY ERA For majority of women life in Revolutionary Era was not much different, they were limited to the four walls of their home. Man was considered the head of the house and women was treated nothing better than a slave. Their daily routine included house hold work and taking care of their husband, children and other relatives. Not much products were purchased from the market and mostly products like clothes, candle, soap, food was manufactured at home, and the whole