Summary : ' The Crucible '

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible explores tolerance through a variety of situations all based around the accusations, and the actual Salem witch trials. Tolerance is a result of different people’s experiences, such as conflicts with each other, or themselves, the actions of the characters, and the different themes that tie into the novel. Whether it is how “witches” are taking over Salem or how adultery is ruining people’s marriages, Miller makes sure tolerance is portrayed. The tolerance that the characters have results from the commotion of the witch trials, in that everyone was waiting for the persecution of the people to benefit themselves. Therefore, the representation of tolerance is established in Arthur Miller’s play through the clear

What is the significance of the scene between Elizabeth and John Proctor? What does it reveal about their relationship and about their characters?

Sometimes people in fear can turn on others, even if they were close before. Abigail, Reverend Parris’ niece, is already quite manipulative in general. However, once the drama in Salem fires up, she becomes even more devious in order to keep herself safe. After Abigail and the other girls get caught trying to perform witchcraft with the help of Tituba in the woods, Abigail threatens the girls to not tell anyone what they were really doing. She tells them, “ ‘Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you… I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down’ ” (Miller 1244). Here, Abigail shows how effortlessly she can turn on her closest friends and even her own cousin, Betty, whenever things go wrong. At first, she wanted the girls to join her in the woods to help perform the spell that is supposed to kill Elizabeth Proctor, John

I feel that extremism is dangerous because it can lead to intolerance, lying and hurting others.

“Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.” This quote by V.S Niapaul demonstrates the idea that people limit themselves. They limit themselves to there own ideas. They don’t believe in themselves. Mary Warren in The Crucible demonstrates this by not believing in herself and settling for being a “follower”. Mary however, has a sincere sense of loyalty to John Proctor her employer. Mary Warren goes through an inner battle of peer pressure and her loyalty to Proctor. Mary’s yearning to fit in and loyalty to Proctor develops the theme that peer

On page 148 lines 340-350 states “ Betty: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” Text explain what Abigail try to do to achieve her goal. Her personality can be described as a deceptive children, who sacrifices others to achieve their greedy goal. Abigail accused other women for witchery until people are sentenced to being hanged. On the first day 14 people were jailed and on the next day over 100 were accused. She finally had the guts to accuse Elizabeth of sending her spirit to stab her in the stomach. Of course Elizabeth is arrested under a warrant from the court currently residing in

“The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to publicly express his guilt and sin, under the cover of accusations against the victims.” (Page 7 of Act One). These conflicts result and produce even more tragic occurrences. These conflicts are between either those have sinned and been accused – John Proctor, those who have been sinned against and accused out of jealousy and fear – Elizabeth Proctor, and those who conducted an act of rage, jealousy, ignorance, and hatred, as Abigail Williams had. The two relationships between the Proctors and then John and Abigail and the conflict that tie in with all three situations make up the

Sunday after church, James tossed the car key to Henry and told him to drive Mother and me home. Henry’s eyes beamed. He’d been able to drive for a while, but Daddy had never let him use the car, and James had done all the driving since Daddy passed. Henry had complained often, but James would shake his head and tell him he wasn’t ready. I wondered what had suddenly changed.

The image that was given was about a man covering or protecting the girl, there was three man who looks like a judge or a counselor, and it looks like an accusation or confession. This image is about the play that was written by Arthur Miller, The Crucible. The play was about witchcraft that was observing in the village, and because they were Christians who has strong faith.in God they prohibited witchcraft. They don’t like witchcraft not because this can ruin their religion but it is also a threat to their society. It the image connects to the theme because since the witchcraft has happened in their village, they were investigating people and killing innocent people.

Witchcraft seemed to be no stranger to this whole ordeal. I take a few deep breaths and continue to trudge back to the carriage. I hope that the Ruler and witch are back as I wish to have my belongings, but it is possible they are still traveling. I see that the carriage is indeed there, not moving from it spot. So I infer that they have arrived so it’s safe to get my things. I let out a sigh of relief and get my small bags out and head to the mansion where- at the steps- I see the others gathering and talking among themselves- Owen being an exception, only talking with Alice a few times. As I get closer I hear Alex mumble something along the line of ‘Manners’ and ‘Peasants’ I try to make out what else he said but he spoke too softly. “Talking about me?” I say as I walked up and brush my arm against his, a bright and stupid smile sprawled across my face. He looks at me, not wearing the same big smile I haven’t seen him missing so far. He didn’t seem to understand what I was talking about, but it soon dawned on him. “Oh sorry, I'm just not used to it. That's all.” He said with a sickening sweet tone as he then quickly turns around, muttering a few curses. I giggle at this and make my way over to Owen.

Today was a very eventful day! Reverend Hale came to tell my husband and me that I had been accused of witchcraft. Not long after that Cheever arrived with a warrant for my arrest. I assumed it was Abigail who was my accuser...she is such an evil girl!. They searched the house and asked if I kept any poppet’s. I told them, “I never kept no poppet’s not since I was a girl.” They then found the doll Mary Warren gave to me earlier. They found it a little odd because apparently everything seems to be evidence of witchcraft! They came across a needle stuck in the poppet and were shocked as to what they were seeing. John called Mary Warren down and asked her about it. She said it was a gift to me that she made. Mary explained that she put the needle

The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in Salem Massachusetts around 1692 in a Puritan community. Reverend Parris, the minister of the town, finds his daughter Betty and some other young girls dancing in the woods with Tituba, his slave. Betty falls ill and Rev. Parris begins to question the girls about what they were doing specifically Abigail, who lives with the Reverend’s family. She claims they were just dancing. When John Proctor talks to her, she finally explains that Tituba was practicing witchcraft. It is a secret that Abigail and John were involved in an affair when Abigail was working for him and his wife Elizabeth. She was fired by his wife. Abigail wants to continue the affair but Proctor refuses. Tituba is threatened by the

A witch hunt can be defined as a campaign directed against a person or group holding unorthodox or unpopular views. In American History, a slew of “witch hunts’ have taken place, concerning many different groups and many different views. A notable witch hunt in history is the Salem Witch Trials, which took place in Massachusetts from 1692 to 1693. These trials created a basis for society judging its peers from then on. In 1953, Arthur Miller wrote a play based on the actions of those during the Salem Witch Trials called “The Crucible”. In the period in which he wrote the Crucible, there was a historical uprising in which people left and right were being identified as covert Communists if they protested too strongly against the rise of European Fascism and anti-Semitism as the Soviet Union rapidly expanded as an empire. Miller’s writing of “The Crucible” is still important today because it reminds society of its faults, warns of the future problems that will rise, and unearths connections to buried public terrors.

The first sign of her cowardice is when she denies her misbehavior. Her uncle, Reverend Parris, catches her and various other girls doing witchery in the woods and then, his daughter, Betty, is unable to wake in the morning. Abigail admits to her unlawful dancing, but not her witchcraft, “Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed it --- and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft…” (Miller 1026). When questioned about what they had been doing in the woods, Abigail denies their

Mary Warren, a servant for the Proctors, steps into the room in a terrified state. She fears that they will eventually be labeled witches. Suddenly, Betty sits up from her unresponsive state and cries for her mother, but her mother has been dead for some time and is buried. Abigail tells the girls she told Parris about all of the activities they did in the woods that night, Betty cries and says that Abigail didn’t tell Parris about drinking blood as a charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail slaps Betty across the face and tells the girls to only confess that they danced and Tituba conjured Ruth’s dead sisters. She also threaten to murder them if they breath one word about the other forbidden activities they did. Abigail tries to shake Betty out of her unresponsive state but cannot seem to get back out of