There are two stories to be compared. The first one will be “The dying girl that no one helped.” This article was about a 28 year old lady who was killed early in the morning. The man who had killed her was a man who would stalk and rape her. This lady was brutally murdered in a New York residential area while at least 38 people watched the action and failed to help her. She had cried out for help so many times, but nobody reached to help nor called for help. The man stabbed her so many times until he heard no more cries. The bystanders now say “Everytime i look out here now, it’s like looking out at a nightmare. How could so many of us have had the same idea that we didn’t need to do anything? But that’s not all that’s wrong.” The second story is “The Crucible”. This story was about how a group of young girls would sneak out at night to go dance and communicate with spirits. Mr. Parris seen the ladies dancing and they had gotten caught by the village too. This situation was sent to court, and the ladies …show more content…
involved many other people so they can cover themselves. Things got out of hand and people couldn’t trust anybody around the village. Everyone who had sinned, had confessed their mistakes and were killed. At least 19 people were killed. Some similarities from these two stories are that they both had someone to blame on.
Elizabeth was blamed for trying to kill Abigail, but that was all a lie. In the other story, they had blamed Winston Moseley, he was the one who had killed Catherine Genovese. They both had a bad person who had caused the whole scene a big deal, the person how had made the stories really serious was Winston Moseley from the dying girl that no one helped, and from the Crucible, it was Abigail Williams. People died, there was enough witnesses but nobody confessed, until the end. They both were fighting for justice, The girl who in the article was yelling out for help, all she wanted was help, and for someone to make the man stop. In the story, people in the village were being accused falsely. For some reason, the court always gave the trust on the girls, who were lying all along. In these two stories, they had one person who i wanted to kill so bad, because of what they had
done. Some differences from these two are that in the crucibles, the way that people were dying was from them getting hanged till death. In the other story, the guy had killed they lady with a knife and stabbed her many times until he heard no more whining. The girl “Abigail Williams” had ran away and never confessed the charges that were put against her. In the other story, that one who had killed the lady, actually confessed that he had killed her. These two stories were published on a different time. The Crucible was written in 1692 and “ the dying girl that no one helped” was written in 1964. In conclusion, these two stories caught my attention. They both too, had someone in the story that i didn’t like them for the way they acted and did. They both could be compared in a positive and negative way, or vice versa.
Analysis of The Crucible by Arthur Miller ‘You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.’ Assess the developments in John Proctor’s character that validate this statement. How does Miller create a sense of tension and suspense in the build up to this climatic moment in Act 4? In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible he has used many dramatic devices in order to create tension and build up to the climaxes of the story.
The Crucible is one of the most bizarre accounts of a historical event to date. The naïveté of the townspeople leads them down a road of madness and confusion, led by a shameless Puritan girl. Abigail Williams was a ruthless girl who showed no mercy upon accusing her victims of witchcraft. Knowing the entire town of Salem would believe her and the other girls, she would not hesitate at charging anyone she wished with the crime of the Devil’s work. However, a challenge arose to Abigail when she decided to accuse Elizabeth Proctor, and eventually her husband John, of witchcraft. The Proctor marriage was not just any simple marriage; it had its times of cold shoulders, heartfelt truth, and undying love.
In The Crucible, Arthur Miller shows that the tragedy of the Salem Witch Trials stems from human failings, particularly the need for vengeance, greed, and fear. Abigail Williams is an example of all three. Her fear prompts her to first accuse random women, her need for vengeance directs her toward Elizabeth, and her greed for power affects the lives of everyone around her. Individual flaws, when acted on collectively, inevitably cause the downfall of Salem.
The Crucible – Characters and Changes & nbsp; Change is good for the future. " We hear the catchy phrase everywhere. From company slogans to motivational speeches, our world seems to impose this idea that change is always a good thing. Assuming that the change is for the better, it is probably a true statement in most cases. The root of this idea seems to come from the notion that we are dissatisfied with the state that we are in, so, in order to create a more enjoyable environment, we adjust.
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There are many theories as to why the witch trials came about, the most popular of which is the girls' suppressed childhoods. However, there were other factors as well, such as Abigail Williams' affair with John Proctor, the secret grudges that neighbors held against each other, and the physical and economic differences between the citizens of Salem Village.
Great events, whether they are beneficial or tragic ones, bring change in a person. These scenarios can give one an entirely new perspective on life, and turn around his way of thinking. Events such as the Salem Witch Trials show the people involved what they could not see before. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor gain valuable insight into themselves, as well as others.
The Crucible demonstrates a dynamic relationship between fear, judgement, and death. In the Salem community, individuals were accused of witchcraft and executed based off the words and actions of others. Words that murdered innocent victims and brought hysteria to the quiet town. Malice laced in accusations charged by a few teenagers of Salem who wanted control. Abigail who is the ring leader of the entirety of the ploy, who used Christian principles, and played off the fear of others for her own gain. Arthur Miller portrays Abigail Williams as a manipulative, envious, and a deceptive antagonist which brought her fate upon herself.
Do you believe in witches? In The Crucible, many people believed in the unthinkable. However, not everyone believed in witchcraft especially John Proctor, Giles Corey, and John Hale. In The Crucible ,Proctor, Giles, and Hale prove that standing up for their beliefs and being true is better than lying.
hysteria brought about by the witchcraft scare in The Crucible leads to the upheaval in people’s differentiation between right and wrong, fogging their sense of true justice.
A wise human once stated, “People are quick to believe the bad things they hear about good people”(Unknown). Bound by the nature of humans, many are hasty to believe inaccurate accounts, no matter the circumstances, whether the accounts have evidence, or if they have any veracity to them. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the hysteric citizens of Salem, Massachusetts experience an outrageous witch hunt movement, accumulating a hefty death total of twenty citizens. The play begins with Reverend Parris, a relatively new Puritan minister in Salem, whose daughter, Betty Parris, is stuck in a coma-like state. Parris reveals that his niece Abigail, was seen dancing with Betty, and Tituba, Parris’ black slave from Barbados. Concerned about his reputation,
The crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is about the Salem witch trials and how people react to hysteria created from the fear of witches. In the play, after hysteria breaks out, the Salem government starts persecute and hang people it believes are witches. This prompts people to start to accusing people of witchcraft. Some people who accuse others of committing witchcraft are Abigail Williams and Thomas Putnam. They do not accuse people of witchcraft to stop witchcraft, but for personal gain or to hurt others. Thomas Putnam, one of the many characters who takes advantage of the witch trials, is able to use the fear of witches to bend the court to his will. Hysteria causes people to believe claims that are clearly false. This allows Putnam to persecute his enemies. He and many other are able to get away with this because hysteria driven persecutions are not run like regular courts and the fact that witchcraft is an invisible crime allows evidence to be made up. The theme of The Crucible is when any persecution is driven by fear and people can and will manipulate the system so they can gain and hurt another.
I, Elizabeth Proctor, am innocent. I have faced countless ridicule, discrimination, and hatred over an act that was never performed by me, near me, or around me. No one I have ever known has been a witch, and there’s no more of a reason for me to be considered one too. Sure, I have made mistakes in my life, but nothing as to which would be basis for the grounds upon me being accused of witchcraft. This is simply preposterous! I have lived a good Christian life and been god-fearing, what more do you vile accusers expect of me? I have been a good wife to a cheating husband and now will be a mother to one. Even with a delayed hanging until my baby is born, of what good will my child be, being raised without a loving mother? How will my baby be
How would you feel if the people you grew up with turned on you, if the things you believed in were being used against you, if the people you loved were being taken from you. This is what happened in the crucible, crucible it’s self is defined by Dictionary.com as “ a severe, searching test or trial.”, and that is exactly what happened to the town of Salem in the book. In the town of Salem it was an average hard working puritan life, until abigail changed everything by dancing in the woods. After that everything went downhill from there with Rev. Hale coming into town and then to the Salem witches calling other women that have offended them to trial Hanging or sending them to Jail. What happened in Salem was a test, a test on the townspeople
“Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.” by Arthur Miller. All great works provide a way to reach in and grab the audience through the reoccurring themes like, greed, jealousy, reputation and hypocrisy. Arthur Miller had one of those great works and it was called “The Crucible”. The play was based off of the witch trials that happened in Salem in the year of 1962. Some of the characters were actual characters involved in the witch trials. Arthur Miller wrote this play during the time of the “Red Scare”. Miller wrote The Crucible because he wanted to turn the The Salem Witch Trials into
The Crucible is an incredibly influential play no only in the fact that it displays many important themes, but it also portrays how a theocracy impacts societal actions. The Salem witch trials were the culmination of the problems with theocracy. The actions of society, not only are impacted by their personal thoughts, but also in religious undertones affect them. Act two in the play portrays not only all of these themes, but also some important events leading towards the witchcraft hysteria. Act two in the play portrays how theocracy ultimately leads to chaos.