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    Flaws In The Crucible

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    The town of Salem which accommodates the characters in The Crucible is made up of individuals with personal flaws; these flaws act as contributing factors to the tragic events which take place in Salem. Many of the characters hold personal flaws such as anger and seek revenge while using the trials to play out their own personal vendettas. Others are selfish and use the trials to gain rewards, improve their reputation, or earn protection. While the inner flaws of such characters contribute to their

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    Bias In The Crucible

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    others so they base their town upon what they believe in the strongest. ¨The crucible¨ by Arthur Miller has its own categories they stand out in. The crucible is based on courage, weakness, and truth. Many of the people in the community shows these characteristics in their everyday life. The characters in the crucible were all different, but they still manage to fall in the three main categories stated before. The crucible is about several young girls who accused multiple people for being witches

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    Themes Of The Crucible

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    THE CRUCIBLE One of the themes in the crucible is to always tell the true no matter what are the cosecues. In the crucible most of the conflict could have been avoided. If they could've said the true . Like Abigail telling everyone that Elizabeth's was a witch,Abigail lying in the trail and the 39 girls lying about see demons. If Abigail just would've said what she feels for John. He wouldn't be dead and she wouldn't feel miserable. When John died all her happiness die with her. Just if Abigail would

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    times was the atrocious Salem Witch trials, which took place in the 1690s, and 200 years later it became one of the best plays written by Arthur Miller. One of Arthur Miller's main point in his play The Crucible was self-sacrifice can define a person's life. By doing this in his play The Crucible, Arthur Miller develops a tragedy to develop his theme of unselfish. A tragedy in a play when there is an event causing great suffering. The theme of self-sacrifice, in the play goes with the tragedy of

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    Crucible Character Analysis Miah Nielsen The strength of a dying man can be found in the words, “Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!” (The Crucible, 4. 751-753). This quote is spoken directly from Elizabeth Proctor after her husband was condemning himself to hanging. This married couple faced major conflicts during this historical event in which The Crucible took place. The setting took place during the Salem Witch Trials, which was a

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    The Crucible In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a tale of the witchcraft trials in Salem, the theme of forgiveness was a reoccurring subject throughout the characters’ moral hardships. Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, and God are all the subjects of giving or receiving forgiveness. Miller portrays this theme by having all the characters be affected by the sins of themselves and others. In the Bible, the Greek word translated “forgiveness” literally means “to let go,” according to JW.org. Throughout

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    The most important word in “The Crucible” is “lie”, it is a word that is used very often that represents the main theme of the book, intolerance, and creates the conflict in the whole play. “The Crucible” is a play that is about a group of girls that lived in Salem at the time witchery was feared. Abigail lead girls to the forest where they all danced around a fire, when they were found, the girls were brought to trial. People started accusing the girls and other people around them of witchcraft

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    In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, he specifically writes about the Salem witch trials. This play also tells us about many of their laws, when it comes to witchcraft. I am going to write about what I value and how I would sacrifice for it or someone and tie it back to The Crucible and the character(s). What I truly value is cheerleading. I would and I already do sacrifice for this sport. To be honest, I don’t enjoy it as much as I used too, but I still have love for it too. This is a mandatory

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    Abigail The Crucible

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    of the conflict in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible are created. Her ability to manipulate the masses aid her in her quest to become John Proctor’s lover in many occasions, and with her group of sinfully guided girls they manage to 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

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    Themes A theme in The Crucible is that a society ruled by theocracy and status based on religion is bound to fall apart. Salem 's strict adherence to the Christian shurch is evident in everything the citizens do. They use measures of a person 's knowledge and adherence to the religion as a means of judging their character and also their status in society. They believe "God [was] provoked so grandly by such a petty cause" (121), which is why the "jails are packed" (121). If the citizen did anything

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