Allusions In The Crucible

In the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, audiences can be manipulated though the conventions the author use figurative language like puns to make the audience laugh and Irony to create a more suspenseful story. In Romeo and Juliet at the last scene of the play it is ironic that Romeo drinks the Poison after believing Juliet was dead and Juliet then kills herself after she wakes up from a fake death after she realizes that her lover is dead. Then Romeo and Juliet’s families who were in a feud notice that they caused Romeo and Juliet’s deaths without intending it and that brings forth strong emotions within the audience. Although a majority of people believe authors utilize imagery and metaphors to manipulate and influence their audience, The Crucible by Arthur Miller uses irony to manipulate and influence the audience more effectively than any other rhetorical appeal.

The word “crucible” is used to describe purification or truest essence; in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible this definition is appropriate because throughout the trials John Proctor’s true nature is shown. For example in act 3 John admits to his affair with Abigail. He intended to keep the affair a secret, but when he needs to have leverage against Abigail he admits to his sin. His act of admitting lechery shows how much he wants to take down Abigail and save the people accused of “witchcraft”. Due to his wife trying to protect him she declines him being a lecher when she was brought in. In reality she made Proctor in a worse situation. Proctor wanted to confess his sin, but Elizabeth made it look like he's making up rumors. John’s true nature

At the end of Act II of The Crucible, Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth got taken on suspicion of being a witch. The poppit that their helper, Mary Warren gave her had a needle stuck in it in the same place that Abigail Williams had a needle stuck in her. Hale assumed that abigail stuck the needle in but still accused Elizabeth. Proctor wanted Mary Warren to explain to the court what happened and to explain the poppet. Mary Warren seems like she wanted to defend Elizabeth and explain the poppet, but she doesn’t want Abigail to accuse Proctor of the adultery he performed. In the heat of the moment, Proctor didn’t care about the potential accusation that could occur, he just wanted his wife to be proven innocent. When his wife was being taken away, Proctor said his well known words, starting with “Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs…” This quote sums up what has

One’s words and method of expression can determine one’s fate in certain situations. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, characters are required to testify for their lives in the corrupt Salem witch trials. A particularly strong rhetorician is Deputy Governor Danforth, who has a position in the hierarchy of the Salem Court in determining whether the convicted witches are guilty. Danforth’s goal is to find the truth, and he resolutely understands that his verdicts so far are of the true. In defense of his truths, Governor Danforth uses rhetorical devices in his language in order to demonstrate the severity of his decisions thus far.

Crucible, a noun defined as; a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures, in the traditional sense but, it also means a severe, searching test or trial. The latter of the two definitions is exactly what Arthur Miller had in mind when he wrote the play, The Crucible. The play set in Salem Massachusetts during the start of the infamous Salem Witch Trials, is about the struggle to discover truth within the twisted and brutal lies flying about the little town, started mainly by a young girl by the name of Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams, as we quickly come to know, is the past mistress of the prominent Mr. John Proctor, a local farmer. As the tension rises in the

In the story the Crucible, by Arthur Miller he uses several literary devices to portray each character. One of the main characters John Proctor, is displayed as a trustworthy human being in the community. Arthur Miller uses the following literary devices; metaphors, allusions, and tones to convey John Proctor to the audience.

Parris is feared that Betty is not ok, and something horrible will happen to her. On page 9, Parris says, “...Oh,my God! God help me! (quaking with fear, mumbling to himself through his sobs, he goes to the bed and gently takes Betty’s hand.) Betty. Child. Dear child. Will you wake, will you open your eyes! Betty, little one...” To summarize this quote, he is asking Betty if she is going to wake up, and that he is very worried for her, because of what happened to her. Because of what Parris said, I believe he is a nice and caring guy, because he seems to have strong feelings for others. Honestly, I would react the same way, if someone I was close to suddenly stopped talking and was lying in bed for a long period of time.

Ad Hominem: Latin for “against the man,” and refers to the logical fallacy (error) of arguing that someone is incorrect because they are unattractive, immoral, weird, or any other bad thing you could say about them as a person. (https://literaryterms.net/ad-hominem/)

Saving his son had a cost, Anakin's own life. When throwing the Emperor in the shaft, his was being hit by the Emperor's lightning, and “Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker... Luke’s father, died.” (Episode 6) Anakin made a selfless decision to help others.

On the mock trail we did last week, we argued that is Luke skywalker guilty or not for attack the Death Star and kill 5999 people. From my point of view and what i learnt from the arguments claimed in class, I think Luke is guilty for what he does. He does not have nor permission to destroy the Death Star or the act of self defence to retaliate it.

It can be manipulated and controlled by a trained Jedi, a member of the mystical knightly order who are trained to guard peace and justice in the universe, the force is the source of a Jedi’s remarkable powers. The force is also used by the antagonists in the movies as well and can be mastered by them. The When Luke destroys the Death Star, the home base for the antagonists in the narrative, the Force takes this active role. It helps guide the Jedi through the situation. The Force though usually known as this good, moral compass throughout the movies and is a guiding light for Luke and others, it also possesses a dark side.

Imagine the year is 1692. In a small Massachusetts town a culture of highly religious folk live in peace. Salem. It´s late January and the reverendś young niece Abigail and only daughter begin to act strangely. Rumors of witchcraft fly through town and fear runs rampant.In around a year 200 people are unjustifiably accused and 20 sentenced to capital punishment. Who is next? The strange widow down the road? The Coreys? In a time of obscured justice, line were crossed and innocent lives lost. In his breakthrough play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller spins a tale not far from the truth.Letting his readers explore a gruesome tale of blind hatred. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Abigail Williams embodies the wrongdoings of the Salem Witch Trials.

There are quite a few motifs in The Crucible, but the one that stands out the most is deceit. Without it, there would not be much of a story in place. Out of the major characters, Abigail Williams prevails this motif continuously throughout the play. There are a few other characters that show hints of this motif. None of which come close to Abby’s level of deceitfulness.

When starting out for the light side Anakin was determined and set on that he was going to become a master jedi no matter what it took he wanted to be known as one of the best for the light side. But then he changed his mind when being told by Emperor Palpatine to join the dark side. He joined them because Palpatine said everything that would be better if he went to the dark side and the potential he had. Palpatine said if he stayed with the light side he would just be wasted but if he joined the dark side he would be the leader. Anakin at first wanted to kill Palpatine right then and there but then thought about it and then a couple scenes later he cut the hand of Mace Windu off and then Palpatine zapped him with his lightning hands and killed him. Anakin then accepted his invitation the dark side and then he fought for them. Anakin was easy manipulated and controlled because he changes his mind so easily that he should not have been

The Jedi have to survive the clone troopers following the emperor's orders “Order 66” which was to eliminate all Jedi. It was very easy for the clones to kill the Jedi's because they were always together. But there were other Jedi's that were off duty, so they got to survive, but they had to help get out the remaining Jedis that had survived the massacre of the Jedi. The Jedi had to hide away for many years, some Jedi that survived were Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Chewbacca, and some Republic members. They all got to live and became the Rebel