The Stories of John Cheever

husband, to save her life. When the town of Salem Massachusetts appears to be under attack by unknown witches emotions begin running high and neighbors begin turning on each other to save themselves. Background: Arthur Miller, in The Crucible, tells a story of a town’s reaction to teenage girls’ testimonies of seeing towns people conjuring with Lucifer. After having a torrid love affair with Abigale Williams the girl in

beginning to completion. It is visible that the same woman is cloned, from a happier stage of life, to a dark, gloomy end. The Swimmer, by John Cheever, relates to this idea of the different experiences throughout the course of one’s life. The story is about Neddy, who decides to go home by swimming through the Lucinda River. As a reader, we can see that the story takes place over a

an event that causes great suffering, destruction, and distress. An allegory in this case is a story with a hidden meaning The Red Scare was the main event at the time. People were terrified of the rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism, and were prosecuting alleged Communist. Miller didn’t want to be accused of being a covert communist, if he protested to much. He related to the story of John Proctor and felt that it would be best to write his play on the trials. The Crucible written

The whole events that happened in The Crucible were caused by Abigail’s desires to be with John Proctor getting out of control.The events that are unfolded in the story were inspired by the Salem witch trials that occurred in 1692 and 1693. The the story began with Abigail getting caught dancing in the woods with the other girls,and many people began to believe that witchcraft was the problem due to Betty’s strange illness coming in shortly after. It is then relieved that Abigail wanted to use the

language was with John Proctor and his hatred of Abigail. For example, on page 110, when John Proctor confessed his relationship he had with Abigail. Proctor refers his relationship with Abigail as a “hidden beast” for the severity and regret of their interactions. Proctor revealed his sin of adultery with Abigail, as he did not want his name damaged and to what he did, was evil to the public and to himself. In addition, Proctor

Poor Elizabeth “John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! Suspicion kissed you when I did; I never knew how I should say my love. It were a cold house I kept!” (Miller 1353). This very relatable quote Elizabeth Proctor is saying. Elizabeth is a mother of three and married to John proctor. John committed lechery with a young girl named Abigail while Elizabeth was battling illness after giving birth to their third child. The town sees Elizabeth as very judgmental

hysteria enabled people to believe that their neighbors were capable of conversing with the devil. The most obvious case of hysteria is when Abigail Williams accuses Elizabeth Proctor of sending her spirit out to harm her in the dead of night. Ezekiel Cheever explains “Abigail Williams sat to dinner in Reverend Parris’s house tonight, and without word nor warnin’ she falls to the floor. And he goes to save her, and, stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draws a needle out. She testify it were

In the Crucible, John Proctor has two lovers, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams who fight for his love indirectly. Unfortunately for Abigail, Elizabeth is married to John, so the only way she could gain John's love is for Elizabeth to be out of the picture. Even though John had an affair with Abigail, he was a good man to tell his wife the truth and not stayed with her. Both women had different personalities, which is what may have caused John to cheat on his wife due to their stale relationship

The Crucible is an award winning 1953 playwright that was composed by American author, Arthur Miller. The play takes place in the time of the 1600’s Salem Witch Trials and tells a story of 17 year old Abigail Williams who has an affair with well entrusted family man, John Proctor. When Williams is caught in what seems to be a conjuring of spirits in the forest one morning, she faces accusations of witchcraft which would result in a hefty charge if pleaded guilty; death. Understanding the price for

The movie The Swimmer is based on a short story by, John Cheever. However, some of the plots and symbolism in the movie are much different than those in the story. Some of the things that they change in the movie are, Neddy’s personality, family, his passion to stay young, his strange memory loss, and the youthful babysitter brought into the movie. Neddy’s personality in the short story is a guy who is impassive. In the movie, Neddy is an all-around guy; he communicates with everyone and enjoys