Adil Qumar November 29, 2014 C - Band English Reflection My group had the honor to perform a scene from Act 1 of The Crucible. I personally chose to reenact the scene of where Tituba is being questioned by Hale of why she compacted with the devil. This scene was full of emotions, which made it even harder to perform because we had to make our emotion on par with the play’s emotion. The reason behind why Tituba called the devil is the main conflict for this scene
typically hold the most power. Ironically, young women and an enslaved woman who claimed they were “touched” or “infected” by the devil hold the most power because they can “speak” for the devil to identify witches, ultimately launching the Salem Witch Trials. Tituba, the enslaved
people in Salem didn’t care for anyone, whether they had two legs or four. So many lives were being taken away because of false belief. Paper Possessed. Helpers. Spirits. That is what animals were being called in 1692, the year of the Salem Witch Trials. Animals were as guilty as the witches that everyone was hunting for. Even though there was a list of what animals that were being possessed by the witches, it was mostly dogs who were being executed. Many domestic animals were killed, dogs especially
Kramer explained his view over witchcraft, refuting the claims of people that witches and witchcraft don't exist. This book was written mainly to convince the magistrates that his method of finding and convicting witches. Such books provoked Salem’s Witch Trials and other regrettable means of exploitation on people belonging to different religion. The Witch’s Hammer is originally called Malleus Maleficarum (Latin) and was written in 1486. Religions like Christianity have condemned witchcraft and magic
Suffering more than is 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
Bridget Bishop was the first person to be hanged by the demonic little girls, in 1692. Why was she and other people being accused of witchcraft and what started the Salem Witch trials?There is many reasons why they were started but the main reason was because the little girls were drunk with power. They were drunk with power because they accused people of being witches because they wanted attention. Some other reasons were because of the accused, jealousy, and fright and little girls that feed off
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. Innocent people were accused for practicing witchcraft. This is where the conflict begins. People from Salem begin to “point fingers” on others so they can stay out of trouble or for revenge. In the
She’s a witch! Hang her, burn her at the stake, and kill her! These exclamations were said by many people in the town of Salem. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, talks of the experiences that occurred during this time. The main characters of the play are Reverend Parris, John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Reverend Hale. The setting of the play is in a quaint little Puritan town known as Salem in Massachusetts. Reverend Parris stumbles his daughter and niece “conjuring spirits” in the forbidden
Gender: During the 16th century European witch hunts, witchcraft and womanhood went hand in hand. The common perception during these times was consistent in the fact that all it took to be a witch was that the person was a woman and if she was old and a woman, she was bound to be a witch. This misconceived notion put unimaginable strain on women of all ages, especially older women. Roper noted if “she was an old woman, she attacked young children (Roper p. 17).” The biased persecution against
Salem: A 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