Essay Outline Of The Crucible

In this essay I will talk about two main central ideas. First, some people accuse innocent people for witchery. Secondly, there is a lot of hatred in the town of Salem.

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, the protagonist, is a farmer in his middle thirties. The author gives little to no detailed physical description of him, but from Proctor’s speech, we can still picture him as a strong and powerful man who is able to keep every situation under the control, the kind of personality which earns him deep respect and even fear from the people in town. On the other hand, Abigail Williams, the antagonist, plays an inferior role as an orphan who has no social status in a place like Salem. Over the course of the play, John Proctor is absolutely awakened and transformed by Abigail Williams. In the end, he overcomes the crucible by releasing himself from his guilt of

A crucible refers to a harsh test, and in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, each person is challenged in a severe test of his or her character or morals. Many more people fail than pass, but three notable characters stand out. Reverend John Hale, Elizabeth Proctor, and John Proctor all significantly change over the course of the play.

The Crucible is a complex and intriguing novel with events, characters and themes comparable to almost every period of human history. It is common for humans to fear change and what is unknown, in the play The Crucible this is witchcraft and the devil, in more recent times it can be seen in post World War Two and Cold War United States, through McCarthyism. The themes in the crucible are as important to people in the 21st century as in Salem in 1692. These include justice, reputation, hysteria, intolerance and empowerment. All of these are common themes throughout human history. The characters in The Crucible are also important to people of the 21st century as they can teach us a little bit about people around us and their reactions when

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” ( Dr. Seuss) “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” (Psalm 23:4) “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” (William Shakespeare) These quotes, found throughout many different time periods of history, all say the same: “Be who you are and don’t let anything change that.” These are great words to live by, but, in time of weakness, does one stay true? Can even the good be twisted? This is a theme that is represented throughout The Crucible many times. Characters such as Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, and Reverend Hale had good intentions

Even though Abigail told John about her and her friends dancing naked in the woods, she did not tell John that Elizabeth could die because she drank a potion that could kill Elizabeth. This reveals the theme of the story because Abigail will continue to lie and deceive whomever to gain the relationship that she wants back. During the trials people talked about who committed witchcraft and why because Betty was sick after the night that the girls went to the woods. Abigail accused others of performing witchcraft in the woods for her own safety. She also tried to play with Proctor’s view on his wife by ensuring that he will think differently of her. Also this was a way for Abigail to ensure that she was not going to get caught with her using the voodoo doll on Elizabeth with the help of Tituba or the potion that she drank that might kill Elizabeth. Abigails motives on naming other people’s name during the trial was to acknowledge the fact that her name was clear and not accused of performing witchcraft. However, during the trial, someone had blurted Abigail’s name and she constantly denies because she was to stay innocent even though she is in the wrong. She does this because in her mind she wants Elizabeth to come out as the evil one and not

When Abigail lived with the Proctors she develops a crush tour, John. When she sees that John is lonely and vulnerable, she takes advantage and has an affair with him. John. He also develops a small crush for Abigail but he realizes that he has committed a sin, and tries to save his relationship with his wife. At the beginning, we can see that she is really desperate because she performs a spell in order to kill Elizabeth. When she gains power and realizes that the spell did not work, she decides that she needs to get Elizabeth arrested. At first, she mentions that Elizabeth has done witchcraft, but the court dismisses her verbal accusation because Mary Warren defender her. At this point, Elizabeth realizes she needs to create or have real evidence in order to arrest Elizabeth. She recognizes another opportunity when she sees Mary Warren making a doll in the courthouse. In order to incriminate Elizabeth, Abigail stabs herself and blames Elizabeth for witchcraft. This demonstrates how far she will go to get rid of Elizabeth and Obtain

Abigail’s main goal in the beginning is to eliminate Elizabeth Proctor in order for her to finally be with John Proctor. Abigail sets herself up in a position of power by first creating the threat of witchcraft in Salem. She then forces the girls to keep the hoax a secret, and begins finding ways to advance her strength and power in Salem by accusing lesser people, such as the town vagrant and Tituba, the family slave. By accusing the people who have little say in society or aren’t in positions to defend themselves, they are almost guaranteed to be charged and hung, giving Abigail more respect in her voice. As more and more people are charged and accused, Abigail’s power grows and her opinion nearly becomes law.

Abigail interferes with the courts’ divine ability to accuse witches because her lustful intentions which allows her to put on masterful acts to convince the audience that she is telling the truth. During the second act of The Crucible, Abigail’s relationship with John Proctor is revealed. Whenever

Therefore any opposition of the government, no matter how farcical or preposterous, was seen as not only an overthrow of the government but also an overthrow of God. In The Crucible, leaders such as Danforth and Hathorne believe that they are emissaries of God. Thus all they do is right and all they believe is

Her persistence and her obsessive love for Proctor leads her to take appalling actions such as accusing Elizabeth of witchery and getting others involved in the process. Wanting to take the place of Elizabeth, Abigail does everything she can to get her out of the picture. The dancing in the woods and the drinking of the charm was all driven by Abigail’s desire to get rid Elizabeth and take her place as Proctor’s wife. She goes a far as to stab a needle in herself, just to have a solid reason to accuse Elizabeth of witchery. Abigail, by far, is the most affected by love which plays a dominant role behind her

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

“The Crucible” setting is 1692, spring Salem, Massachusetts. “The Crucible” place begins in the woods, then goes to the Proctors house, then to the church which then changes into the courtroom.

When I first read about the Crucible in school I never really understood the main plot of the book. After seeing the play, it helped me connect the pieces that I remembered from reading the book. Every character had his or her own personality and portrayed it very well in the play. The entire plot of the play was executed well and seemed to flow very smoothly.

John Proctor, one of the main characters in The Crucible, is mostly viewed as being a heroic character. But in the play, he faces multiple tragedies. Sometimes tragedies can be misunderstood, but in the eighteenth century, British writer Horace Walpole observed that “the world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.”(Tragedy, James J. Martine). So depending on how one might look at the story it may or may not be a “tragedy.” The Crucible’s tragedies and real world tragedies are very different, but in both The Crucible and the real world getting through tragedies can be similar.