“Witches” be trippin! In the drama, The Crucible, by Arthur MIller, The town of Salem is thrown into chaos when many have been accused of witchcraft. In this story, Abigail Williams is the mastermind to all the havoc, as she manipulates the court and townspeople for her own selfish needs. Abigail Williams shows her selfishness through her many attempts of breaking up John Proctor’s marriage with Elizabeth so she can be with him. “ You love me yet, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love
"The Crucible" is about the town of Salem and their witch trails. About a young girl in love who is jealous about Elisabeth Proctor In the play "The Crucible" the main character that drove the drama and even the story was Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams was a vengeful, selfish, and a fantastic liar. When Abigail was about to be busted for being ankle deep in witchcraft she skillfully manages to blame it on a second class citizen named Tituba what made this matter even worse is that Abigail persuaded
about anything for power even if the cost is the lives of others. In the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, power was your key to survival. Abigail Williams had power over everyone in Salem, where the play took place in the year of 1692. She gets this power by lying and falsely accusing others of witchcraft to get to John Proctor, her "true love ". The hunger and greed for power can cause the lives of those who are innocent to be lost. Being piggish for power was one of the most important
Reynolds 9/29/15 American Lit. The Crucible—a Deadly Experiment of Fear Hysteria by definition is a noun that means “exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people”. We see humans express these traits during times of panic and fear. A prime example of hysteria would be the Salem witch trials. This event occurred in colonial America and was caused by the fear of witchcraft and satanic worship. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, we can observe townspeople
Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts 1692 and is based on a real-life historical event that is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout the story, Miller introduces the reader to many themes such as paranoia, power, and deception. Miller integrates lies and deception in his story by giving the characters an incentive to do so, whether it’s to save their lives or for their own selfish desires. Deception is developed throughout the play because of self-salvation
William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying revolves around the family of the Bundrens. A conflicted family with a lot of them having different motives and beliefs on how situations should be dealt with. The setting of the novel takes place on a rural farm in Mississippi in the 1920s. The heartbreaking but yet somewhat depressing story revolves around the death of Addie Bundren ( the mother of six conflicted people and the wife of Anse Bundren) and her family's quest which motivations could be somewhat noble
The crucible: meaning a place or occasion of severe test or trial, it’s a test of how good or pure a substance is. The title alone symbolizes what’s going to happen in the play. The crucible is a play based on a true historical event that took place in Salem, Massachusetts (a small isolated town) in the late 1600’s. It’s basically little girls accusing people of being witches, and it causes a mass phobia, driven by fear, to break out. The people of Salem are Puritans, people who are plain, simple