Deceit

her. In his play, "The Crucible," Arthur Miller uses the character of Abigail Williams to exemplify the theme of deceit. This play is set in Salem, Massachusetts, in a time period when villagers were prone to accusing each other of witchcraft in order to save themselves from being hanged. Hence, a major theme in this play is deceit. In Act I, Abigail Williams conveys the theme of deceit because she has to deceive her uncle in order to prevent him from kicking her out of his house. Abigail also

Often times deceit is used in the attempt to protect oneselves reputation and to preserve their way of life. In the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel Great Gatsby, one of the main protagonists toys with deceit and lives an entire life of his own creation in an attempt to remove himself from his past. Within the novel, Jay Gatsby remains a fairly elusive character within the introduction and first few chapters and you slowly learn the truth of some aspects of his life as the novel progresses. Before Jay is

The Crucible has a variety of themes within it. One example of lies and deceit is when John Proctor is faced with having to keep his moral integrity or be challenged to tell an unpopular lie. John, though he has had his downfall with Abigail, he is fighting to die a morally right man than live as a fraud. Proctor knows that though none of the people know what he’s done they still respect him. John Proctor in Act I begins this conflict within himself when he catches himself with Abigail. Abigail

In ‘The Crucible’ there were many themes displayed throughout the play. The more noticeable ones being: Lies and deceit, Jealousy, and religion. These themes played major parts within the play. Lies and deceit seemed as a defense mechanism used for the characters. They used it so often to protect themselves from the “devil” or to protect there reputation at hand. no one wanted to look bad so they all lied and played their cards against each other in secrecy. Mr.Proctor and Abigail along with the

still use today. Some deemed Rene Descartes the father of modern philosophy while others simply appreciate the importance of his findings. Descartes argued that the senses are not to be trusted due to the fact that they are subject to deceit. He addressed the deceit within senses issue with a idea that he called Method of Doubt. Also a major staple of his life would be when he abandoned the idea of the philosophies of Aristotle as a whole as he formulated the first version of mind-body in its entirety

Manipulating key factors in the play brought about different literary aspects that Miller used to send his message to the people of the 1950s to today. In “The Crucible” Arthur Miller made changes to history that developed the theme that lying and deceit can negatively impact a person and their community. The biggest change in history was the age difference between the real Abigail Williams and John Proctor and The Crucible’s version of them. In the play, Abigail was 17 years while in real life she

In The Color Purple, written by Alice Walker, uses a feminine heroin named Celie in the Southeastern corner of the United States. Through Celie, Alice Walker portrays the thematic subject of sin and deceit by explaining her life through a series of letters. Although her life was very difficult, she was able to find a way to get through it and become stronger. The first sin that happened to Celie was the rape that occurred when she was fourteen. James Hall, author of the article “Towards a map of

Tom Buchanan’s lies and deceit in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald come from his love life. How he’s drawn to both his wife Daisy and his mistress Myrtle. Tom cheats on Daisy for Myrtle, which then leads to Daisy cheating on him. This also occurs when Tom is convincing Daisy to stay with him and not Gatsby. First, in the beginning of the book, when Daisy’s cousin Nick Carraway comes over for dinner since he just moved across the lake, Tom goes during the middle of their meal to answer

of the characters use deceit to achieve their goals. One of the most treacherous characters is ironically Hamlet. Throughout his journey to avenge his father, he continually misleads people to advance his cause. In the beginning he deceives to try and discover the truth behind his father's death. As the play progresses, Hamlets forges to enact his revenge. Once the Ghost of King Hamlet reveals his murder by Claudius, Hamlet concocts a plan to feign insanity. He uses deceit to trick the ignorant nobility

is when a person cheats on their partner there are numerous amounts of lies and deceit that follow along with the acts. This theme is expressed throughout the novel by Fitzgerald’s plans to make certain characters have affairs. The motif of cheating adds intensity between the characters and to the story because of the chaotic drama. The first reason as to how this novel shows the theme of cheating equals lies and deceit is when it was revealed that “Tom’s got some woman in New York.” (Fitzgerald 15)