The Stories of John Cheever

The Crucible Every story or situation has a villain or someone with the wrong intentions. They usually go against someone who is labeled as the hero or the person spreading good ideas and doing good for others. The villain is not the favorite character in most cases, one of them being The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is based off of a true event in a place called Salem Township, Massachusetts, where a huge tragedy strikes like no other. It all starts with a lie that leads to innocent people

     "The Swimmer" by John Cheever describes Neddy Merril's "swim" home. Neddy is a husband and a father, he is also a drunk. The story encompasses about twenty years of his life of alcohol which ruined not only him but also his relationship with his family. One day after waking up with a hangover he drinks a little and decides to swim home. It is obvious he is a drunk because he is constantly searching for a drink on his swim home.      Neddy

The Loss of Logic Through Superstition In the story ¨The Crucible¨ there are many examples of fear leading to superstition then leading to loss of logic. Some examples of superstition in the story are people getting accused of witchcraft for reading, being in possession of poppets (dolls), or just not confessing. People in the story are wrongfully accused and killed because people had lost their logic from being so afraid of witchcraft. They looked for any possible way to accuse anybody, and would

These elements can include the different types of irony composed throughout the play. In The Crucible, by playwright Arthur Miller, is a story that resulted in tragedy. However, Arthur Miller uses many different types of irony to make the play interesting. The different types of irony include situational, verbal, and dramatic. Situational irony is a twist in the story. Verbal irony is when a speaker or character says the opposite of what they actually meant. It can also be implied as sarcasm. Dramatic

of Salem, being easily influenced and intimidated. One of the people who put pressure on her is John Proctor. He wants her to testify against her friends to help save his wife from possibly getting hanged. While she is telling the truth in this scene, she is internally conflicted because the girls are watching her, which makes Mary falter to societal pressure again. She not only feels pressured by John, but she also feels pressured by the other girls into faking. When she sees the others fainting

surrounding. In the story Blue Winds Dancing by Thomas Whitecloud and The Enormous Radio by John Cheever, both protagonists face conflicts that affect both themselves and the ones that surround them. The conflicts between the two stories are very prominent as they both show internal and external conflicts between the lives of two very different people. Both protagonists develop an internal conflict which is a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses. The story Blue Winds Dancing

The Crucible was a play written by Arthur Miller. This play took place in 1692; it’s about a young girl named Abigail who has an affair with a married man. She tries to find a way to make John Proctor fall in love with her and that leads to a group of her and friends dancing in the woods. Later on, one of the girls pass out and people started to believe it was witchcraft. The town went crazy, blaming innocent people as being witches and hanging them. Overall, Abigail was controlling the town and

Throughout The Crucible, Mary Warren’s conflict with the other characters impacts the plot of the play. This conflict is achieved by using her as a device for the other character’s schemes. Miller achieves this from the very second that Mary enters the story, “Enter Mary Warren, breathless. She is seventeen, a subservient, naive, lonely girl.” (Miller, 17) Her description alone describes a perfect vessel to be manipulated for one gain. Her loneliness and naivety makes her easily believe the lies and threats

the events of the Salem Witch Trials in the past. The Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s were mass killings, directed by a group of young women. This retelling features Abigail Williams, a smart and malicious girl, who wants John Proctor to be hers and only hers. But John Proctor, despite sleeping with Abigail once remains loyal to his wife. This makes Abigail curious on how to take his wife out of the picture. John’s wife, Elizabeth Proctor isn’t trusting of him right now. It’s understandable since

be easily believed to be true. This is also another point that can be made that shows Abigail as being the villain in the story, she was responsible for all these deaths considering she started the accusations herself, and it quickly spread through the town of Salem. Later in the play, Abigail and John met up to discuss the effect she had on the town because of her actions. John then furiously told Abagail to stay away from him and his wife, and that they will never go back to the relationship they