Essay Comparing The Devil And Miss Prym

The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, takes place in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. This time in Salem, witchcraft was suspected of almost everyone in the town. Preserving one’s reputation becomes recurring concept throughout the play. The witchcraft accusations are usually made by people that have a biased view against others, which is why everyone tries to make sure their reputation looks well with the rest of the town. This concept is proven through the characters of John Proctor, Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale. These three characters go to great lengths to protect what the town of Salem thinks of them.

Ann Maria Weems the main character in the book Stealing Freedom ponders on a question about the Underground Railroad. Ann wonders would it require more courage to be a fugitive, or the one who helped the fugitive to safety? I think that it takes more courage for the abolitionists because they have a lot more to lose, there safety is at risk, and they do not have to help do this. Most abolitionists are were white and lead enjoyable lives in which they had clothes, a house, food, and a family. If they were caught in the act of helping slaves to safety they would all lose all of this. If a person was caught hiding a slave in there house or helping transport a slave somewhere they could possibly be put to death. This takes is a big concern for

The witch trials in this play were based on actual events that happened in Salem in 1692. Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials. His reasoning for writing it was because everyone was hysteric about the Soviet Union and communism trying to make its way over to the United States. It was like a modern day witch hunt. In the play, Abigail Williams and a group of girls get caught in the woods. They were dancing and doing other things that puritan’s looked down upon. The girls were caught by Reverend Parris, and soon after his daughter became ‘ill’. The girls then started saying that witches came to them and told them to do bad things. They sent innocent people to hang. After studying Arthur Miller’s

"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react"(unknown). What happens to you in life is mainly your fault, sure there are conditions you can't control. For decades women have sat back and accepted life as it is until something didn't go their way.Very few women actually fought for what they wanted in life. Abby exhibits positive ethics in the play “ The Crucible” written by A. Miller, because she empowers females , utilizes emotion, and upholds her personal beliefs.

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during colonial America. Throughout the story a group of girls makes accusations a mass of people of practicing witchcraft, one of the worst crimes to commit during that period, and people are being sentenced to hang for denying witchery. In the Crucible there are many lessons that Arthur Miller wants to teach you. To me a lot of the lessons that were taught in this story are important but I feel like one of them is the most important. Arthur Miller demonstrates that one of the lessons implied in the story is people’s character and how it affects those people and others. Examples of character are Giles Corey, John Proctor, Abigail Williams.

Throughout history, pride and determination have motivated people to do amazing things. In The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson proves that pride and determination aided the creation of The World’s Columbian Exposition.

The short stories “The Devil and Tom Walker” and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” were written at very different times but can be seen as similar stories. The depictions of the devil, the role of religion, and the resolution of each story were very different.

The Crucible is set in the seventeenth- century Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trial. It starts of with Reverend Parris, a man very concerned about his reputation, accusing his orphaned niece Abigail Williams of taking part in witchcraft after his daughter is unconscious after dancing in the woods. A technique used by Parris is characterization, which utilizes the thoughts, actions and dialogues in the construction of characters. Arthur Miller uses characterization to build the character of Reverend Samuel Parris as arrogant , selfish, and deceptive.

In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller was based on the Salem, witch trials when the people of the town where accusing each other of witchcraft and those held for questioning would stand trial had a choice to be valor. In Miller’s portrayal of the ghastly, sickening inquiry of witchcraft many people in the 1690’s were people of the township were maintaining guard for their beliefs; while others of the community of Salem were cowards who took the easy out of the accusations they were on trial. The townspeople of Salem are going through a day people are courageous even in a way others could not be or were never suppose to be. Those characters display their courage in the town at the time of need, John Proctor is a selfless man when only stating

Both stories question what it means to be human, and what morality has to do with being human. Types of conflict seen in both Blade Runner 2049 and The Devil and Miss Prym include Person versus Society and Person versus Self, given how choices and actions are perceived by their cities as well as the internal conflict of realizing one’s potential. In the instance for The Devil and Miss Prym, Person versus Self is recognized through Chantal most importantly as The Stranger disrupts the ebb and flow of the village, promoting her desire to escape and providing questionable methods to obtain the freedom she had hoped for. Person versus Self is dependent on "relation to character development,” (Detrick, May 2018) where the character grows to achieve their goal.

The method of “selling your soul” has been done in the past. The motivation for doing so is usually for something of great value in return, which isn’t always money but almost always ends in losing what they acquired in the deal with “the devil”. Both Tom Walker from “The Devil and Tom Walker” and Queen Ravenna from “Snow White and the Huntsman” were motivated to make deals with “the devil” and had the same outcome.

Within The Devil and Miss Prym and The Hobbit, there are two stories that tell of a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil. In The Devil and Miss Prym, the conflict lies within the main character, Chantal, as she battles with temptation and her own evil desires. The Hobbit tells of a tale about a hobbit from the Shire who sets out on a journey with a group of dwarves to help them recover their stolen treasure from a dragon by the name of Smaug. Each character must come to terms with an internal conflict, that is, dealing with their inner self or their true self. They tell of a transformation and self-discovery as they transition from who they are currently to who they’re meant to be all along. Throughout their adventures, vulnerability and innocence are set aside as they face the struggle of doing what’s right.

In Camus’s novel, The Stranger, Camus uses the elements of setting to shows that human’s action and emotion are influenced by the physical world. For example, the sun at Manan’s funeral that makes Meursault hard to see and think. The heat that forces him to murder. And the light in the courtroom that makes him tire. The weather and the surroundings in the novel controls Meursault’s emotions, making him angry, sleepy or happy. By the uses of setting, and elements of setting, such as the sun and the heat, Camus illustrates the physical world is taking over the inner feelings of individuals by influencing their actions and emotions.

Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is a compelling and curious novel that examines both the physical and mental journey of a young woman, Wariinga. Along the way she encounters many people and challenges that shape her identity.

In both stories the main types of conflict are between people versus society. Some would argue this is the worst type of conflict because it is a single person against a democratic government or societal group where everyone is opposed to your point of view. Even if the wrong decisions are being made, little or nothing can be done since everyone voted upon it. In The Devil and Miss Prym, Chantal is opposed to killing anyone for money. She saw these actions inhuman, especially when killing an old lady who did not deserve to die in that way. Chantal goes against Viscos and uses fear as a way to stop them from executing the murder. She states that getting the money after the murder wasn’t going to be as easy as it seemed, and that authorities will get involved once they go and cash in the gold bricks. Meaning they would get caught sooner or later for committing a murder and the consequences were going to be much severe than expected. Little by little, the views of the town people started to change and one by one everyone started to leave back home. (Coelho, 190-197). Coelho also demonstrates person versus society when Chantal is held responsible for