in the Crucible For many years, people have questioned whether telling a “white” lie is appropriate and harmless in certain situations. At first glance, it may seem like telling a miniscule, innocent lie is tolerable when trying to get out of a depraved situation. People have failed to notice, however, that even the slightest lie can have immense consequences. Unless we change our interpretation of lying, we will continue to have trouble understanding how the paramount decision is never lying and that…
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Arthur Miller establishes his credibility throughout the extensive, informative text in the stage direction that offers information on Salem’s traditions and the values of its people. Miller uses a prudently coherent cause and effect argument that shows unequivocally the great lengths that people will go to not get dispelled from society, such as in "The Crucible“ it is the Characters betraying their true beliefs in order to not be persecuted. For instance, Marry Warrens despairing plea to Abigail…
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible should be read by not only teenagers, but by everyone. Set in Salem, Massachusetts, the play begins in 1692 with the Reverend Parris discussing the rituals his niece and daughter performed in the woods with his servant, Tituba. As the prominent figure in the Puritan community, Parris was worried about his reputation if his family was associated with witchcraft. Quickly, Abigail Williams gains an extreme amount of power even though she’s both unmarried and a woman; previously…
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Cassidy Nehring Mrs. Takemoto English II 2 November 2017 Deception in The Crucible HOOK. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is based off of The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to 1693. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings that dealt with people accused of witchcraft. Witchcraft was common because people of that time did not have the advanced technology that we have nowadays to prove that witchcraft is inaccurate. When accused, people would commonly deceive and accuse other people to get themselves…
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Jealousy and Lies Arthur Miller was a prolific American playwright, and prominent figure in twentieth- century American theatre. Growing up in Harlem, New York Arthur Miller would go on to write many famous novels. Arguably his most famous writing was The Crucible. The biggest conflict in The Crucible was the girls of Salem lying about seeing the devil. This would affect John, Elizabeth, and many others suffered from these lies. First the lying would start as “Abigail were stabbed tonight; a needle…
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters panic and lie with every sentence. John Proctor, the voice of reason, tries to bring light to the reality of things. Arthur Miller develops the main conflict through a betrayal type lens using the character’s morals, pride, and the truth. Abigail Williams betrays the entirety of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. She lies, manipulates, and is one of the most responsible people for what happened in Salem. If someone like Mary Warren were to defy her, “She’ll…
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The Crucible The Crucible. What is the first thing that comes to you mind when you hear that? For me it was Judgment. The three reasons that support why Arthur Miller named his story, “The Crucible” are that crucible means to melt at high temperatures (Heat that the characters are going through), how the town begins to form after everything has been heated up (Trials, executions), and how everything cools down after its been formed. The first reason is that crucible means, “To melt at high temperatures”…
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Women’s Roles in The Crucible Women withhold many different types of personalities. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays multiple different types of people through the characters of Mary Warren, Elizabeth Proctor, and Abigail Williams. As accusations of witchcraft start to circulate around Salem, the citizens begin to feel paranoid. The church does not take evidence; they just arrest anybody accused of this sin. Many women are in this story, but Miller focused on three of them, who all have very…
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Reputation in The Crucible Reputation is very protruding , and or considered the most important theme in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The villagers of Salem are consumed by greed and fear. They are losing their belief in their religion and the power it holds over them. Some of the characters are completely self aware and know that a good name is better than lying, and would even consider dying before ruining their names with lies. Reverend Parris, John Proctor, and Judge Danforth all value their…
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Lying Gets You Nowhere The lies that people tell just end up going deeper and deeper and get worse while hurting others as they go on. Like in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In the play The Crucible, the three characters that are most responsible for the trial are Abigail for blaming many people of witchcraft, Proctor for not going straight to them when he got the information that he did, and Reverend Hale because he is the one that signed off the death warrants for people that…
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