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How would you feel if you were isolated or belonged in a group of people just because of your race, culture, and class? would you feel betrayed or shocked ? But no matter how you feel this is happening all around the world. Many people are being isolated for their class, race and culture. In the documentary “I am Not A Bum, I am A Human Being”, an old man named Ronald is being viewed as no less than a human being just because of his class. There is also a book called “The Crucible”, it presents three characters John Proctor, Sarah Good , and Tituba who are struggling to belong in a group of people.I think that people are isolated because of their race,class, and culture.
Race is one way people are isolated from a group of people. Everyone
knows the history between African-American and Caucasian people. Blacks were isolated from white people just because of the color of their skin.In the passage The Crucible , Tituba being the only black slave from Barbados was accused of bewitching all the children in Salem just because of her race.Although people might say it wasn't because of the color of her skin but her practiced in voodoo that labeled her as a witch. I say it’s because of her race because in the book it states “she is also very frightened because her slave sense has warned her that, as always, that trouble in this house eventually lands on her her back.” which tells us that she knows that just because she's black and a sklave all the problems that occurs will be put upon her. Another way people can be isolated or belong in a group of people is culture. In “The crucible” John Proctor was isolated from the community of salem because he didn’t go to church, didn’t baptize one of his children, plowed on sundays, and said God is dead. which is things he should do or say while living in salem for religion was a big influence on the salem people. while some people might say that john was not isolated from the community of salem because of culture, but because he refuse to sell out his friend. But who would want to be responsible for 5 or 10 death? and it was because of culture that he was isolated because when he said god is dead that's Another way people can be isolated from a group of people is class. In the documentary “ I am Not a Bum, I am a Human Being “ Ronald Davis a homeless Chicago man who tell us a heartbreaking story of how he is treated less than a human being just because he is poor. He goes on and tell us how some people calls him a bum and how he defends himself by saying ‘I am not a bum, i am a human being.” Although people might say that Ronald was not being isolated from society because of his class, but because he didn't follow orders and end up poor. But no ones is perfect, and i am sure that he didn't ask to be homeless. so it's not his fault that he can't find a job. and do you think People wants to hire a homeless guy? In conclusion I do think that people are isolated because of either their race culture or class. Many people go through this everyday.it’s like judging someone on what you think of them.It iksn’t fair, but thats how the world is.It can never be stopped but it can be red
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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.
In Miller's, The Crucible, he describes a New England town in the midst of Salem witch-hunt hysteria during the late 1600's. His play not only recounts the historic events but also specifically sheds light on the rationalization for this hysteria. In Miller's running commentary he describes the intent of the Puritans particularly accurately. In one specific statement, he says 'they [the Puritans] believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would light the world. We have inherited this belief and it has helped and hurt us.'; This statement proves itself to be particularly profound, for it manages to both accurately describe the actions of the Puritans, and relate it to our world today.
In Salem, around the early 1600’s, witch hunts broke out to try and determine the underlying reason for the twitching and ticking of the citizens. Though, perhaps witchcraft was not the reason for the abnormal ways in which these people acted, but there was a more radical explanation. In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many young girls of Salem, including Betty Paris, Ruth Putnam, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren were accused of going into the woods with Reverend Parris’ slave, Tituba, where she apparently had them conjuring Ruth’s dead sisters. To do this, the girls danced around a fire, some naked, all while Tituba sang songs from her native country, Barbados. This, evidently was not something these Puritan girls were to be doing,
The Final Act of The Crucible The final act in the play, act four, fits into the plot three months later, after the court case and all the hangings of the condemned have taken place. It is a scene full of tragedy, defeat, misjudgement and misery. The audience should be left finding themselves asking questions, as 'The Crucible' is a reminder of how evil can be committed by everyday people. This final act shows all the journeys the characters have travelled, in some cases from beginning to end. The way in which some of the characters act reflects the society they live in where in some cases the characters will be of principles and in others they will not.
“I confess to God, and God has seen my name on this. It is enough” (1356). John Proctor, a well respected man, could give his life for a lie, but would he give his name? The Crucible explores the theme of the impact of self preservation as a powerful motivator. John Proctor personifies this theme by hiding his affair, making his family stay away from the court and tears his confession into pieces.
We rode the camel and were just miserable from the desert heat, but we finally arrived at the wedding. The oasis was beautiful and in my mind I was thinking of a tent in the middle of the desert with hot, clustered bodies moving around. Upon entering the oasis I was greeted by a man who helped setup the wedding for Fatima and I, he was nice. We talked and he led me into a tent which looked quite nice with cactus flowers that smelled like lavender on the outside near the entrance. Family members and friends were there which made me feel so delited, I think this wedding was the right move.
The Crucible is a famous play written by Arthur Miller in the Early 1950’s. It was written during the “Red scare, when McCarthyism was established. Many anti-communists wanted to prevent communism from spreading just like in The Crucible many wanted to get rid of witchcraft. Many would accuse others of witchcraft in order to not be accused just like many would accuse people of communism. In The Crucible witchcraft would be punishable by death. Many were scared to be accused; therefore many would admit practicing witchcraft in order to save their lives. The Crucible is considered a good play because it is based on real life events during the Salem witch Trials and shows how fear played a role in the individual’s life just like during the “Red” scare.
The Crucible is a famous play by Arthur Miller about tragedy and death that happened in history. The book takes place in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem witch trials. The book was published in 1953. The Crucible is trying to tell audiences today that the Salem witch trials were an extremely hard and rough time in history and that we should be very grateful that we aren't going through this now and that we don't live in Salem, Massachusetts. A character who preserves through these obstacles is Tituba because she was thrown into a new culture, she came originally from Barbados. She said she had no power over the child.
In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor will not lie and confess to something he did not do. Thus, he is hanged for his principles. Proctor has two main principles he felt were more important to respect and uphold than his own life. The most obvious one was his reputation. In theocratic Salem, where private and public ethics are regarded equally, one’s reputation plays an important role. In such an environment where reputation is regarded so highly many are afraid of guilt by association. Various characters base their actions on the desire to protect their own reputations, in order to keep them in the best light possible. Towards the beginning of the play, John Proctor sought to keep his good name protected, despite the fact it could have easily been tarnished if his secret affair with Abigail Williams had been found out. Because of this, he misses his opportunity to stop the group of girl’s accusations because he’d rather preserve his own reputation then testify against Abigail. Eventually, he is forced to relinquish his good name to save his wife from being persecuted against for a crime she did not commit. When she is asked to back up her husband’s confession, Elizabeth chooses to protect her husband’s reputation rather than tell the truth about his affair. Because of this Proctor is eventually accused as a witch and is to hang. By the end of the play, right before Proctor’s hanging is to commence, he is given the choice to sign a confession. The confession being that he was a witch, he trafficked with the devil, and that he saw other prosecuted witches trafficking with the devil. After much inner turmoil and debate he agrees to sign the confession, but refuses to give it to Judge Danforth or Judge Hathorne. He exclaims, “I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” asking that he be allowed to keep the paper and his reputable name. When they refused, claiming that they had to nail it to the church door so all of Salem Village may see, John rips it up. He will not allow his name to be tarnished, even if the only way to keep his good reputation is to die for a crime he didn’t commit.
Within the two plays Macbeth and The Crucible Shakespeare and Arthur Miller evidently display the roles of power and manipulation through many characters that are used within these plays these also the affects that it has on the other characters and readers. The characters within these plays all have unique personalities that end up leading them straight into conflict. In the play The Crucible the characters are trying to achieve something, but they don’t get it that easily. This leads to the deaths of many innocent lives that were falsely accused. While in Macbeth, the characters are trying to achieve a higher social status. But, by doing this they end up hurting the ones that were once close to them. Both of Shakespeare and Miller’s
“Truth never damages a cause that is just” (Mahatma Gandhi). This quote is suitable for most circumstances, but in Salem Massachusetts, the year 1692, the citizens found it to be the complete opposite. If a person were accused of being a witch they had two choices: they would either lie (a sin in puritan society) by confessing to witchcraft or they would keep their word with God and be executed. Many puritans took the easy way out, confessing to witchcraft to spend more time on earth, but John Proctor dug deep into his soul and finally forgave himself for all his sins. Proctor is more responsible for ending his life than Elizabeth Proctor or Mary Warren.
Stylistic and social elements are imperative to a story ,They are pivotal piece in any master plot line.In The Crucible there are many direct uses of those elements.Elements such as pace, allegory,and cultural theory .These are the most beneficial elements in the crucible that add a key development to the story,thus making it a timeless piece in american literature without these elements it couldn”t have been a piece that was unchaged thorough time.
We then cut to an odd disjointed scene that cuts between Walker marching down a corridor, Lynne at the hairdressers, in bed and Walker driving to her apartment. Over all these intercutting scenes we can hear the loud sounds of his footsteps as he walks down the corridor, which increases the tension of the scene. The footsteps get louder and louder and build into almost a crescendo before he barges into Lynne’s apartment and then fires several rounds of his gun into the bed.
In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, occurring in 1692 in the little town of Salem, Massachusetts where outbreaks of the witchcraft trials had taken over many townspeople’s everyday lives (Miller, 1124). When accused of witchcraft, they were brought to trial at the court where there was a group a girls, including Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Ruth Putnam. These were the people who had accused many of witchcraft sending them to be hanged or to jail unless they confess. In the courtroom, when the convicted were being tried, the girls would sit there and mimic the movements that the person being tried were doing in hopes it would make this person seem as though they are putting spells on the girls. After looking into why the