The Decision Vigilant On a slick rainy day in 1976, the German Grand Prix was planned to go ahead in the early afternoon. The torrential amount of rain sparked the attention of Ferrari’s driver, Niki Lauda. Niki called for a meeting to discontinue the race. His rival, James Hunt, known for his reckless and selfish but popular reputation, was able to sway the room to vote for the race to go on even when there was a predicted 22% chance that one of the drivers would not survive. As the chances showed, disaster struck. Only minutes after the first lap Niki had changed to slicks as it appeared that the track had become somewhat acceptable for racing, but that was far from the truth. As Niki approached a turn something in his car failed which resulted in him barreling into the wall causing …show more content…
She lies” (Miller 61). Judge Danforth made himself clear before asking the question that the court does not condone liars, also that Abigail's decision may result in Mary’s hanging. Abigail seemed next to unfazed about being concerned about her reputation but not about the chaos that she has been bringing to Salem. Abigail continues to push her lie even further when she begins to see “Mary” in the shape of a bird on the ceiling. Abigail begins screaming for the bird not to come down which the other girls join in as Abigail swayed the room in unison, with the heightened stress Abigail started to scream, “Mary, please don't hurt me” (Miller 69). Once it ended, Abigail and her destructive decision to sway the room into faking led to Mary’s downfall as she was presumably imprisoned for a very long time due to perjury. But unconsequently, Abigail went on to steal money and leave the town of Salem, leaving the morale close to nothing. In Arthur Millers, The Crucible, Follows closely behind Abigail’s character as throughout the show she continually shows her destructive behavior for her own self
his play The Crucible, Arthur Miller demonstrates how a rigid
be cruel. In the movie, The Crucible cruelty acts as crucial social, political, and personal motivator. The antagonist Abigail Williams utilizes cruelty to hide her past faults. Abigail’s cruelty was stimulated by cruelty from John Proctor, the protagonists. Cruelty reveals more about the victims of her than Abigail herself. Cruelty is a continuous cycle that plays a key role in the movie’s overall message on reputations, power, and guilt. In the movie The Crucible,
The question that readers have to ask about The Crucible by Arthur Miller is what recurring theme played a major role in the witch trials? The motif of guilt is an underlying feeling in many of the characters in Salem. It drives their personal vengeance by creating a conflict between the character feeling guilty and the person they believe caused their guilt. Throughout the story there is a conflict between John and Elizabeth but they do not speak directly about it until later in the story. It started
Justice and Injustice in The Crucible by Arthur Miller In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, justice and injustice is portrayed through the characters of John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. It is also shown through the minor characters of Mary Warren and Mercy Lewis, followers of Abigail Williams, and through Danforth and various townspeople. After Abigail Williams and the girls are discovered dancing in the forest by Reverend Parris, there are rumours of witchcraft among them
Miller crafts Abigail in remembrance of the real Abigail Williams from the Salem Witch Trials as the little girl who accuses various citizens of Salem of witchcraft; the towns subsequent belief in her words condemns much of the community, and Abigail gains a semblance of control. Miller’s portrayal illustrates the depths of depravity that the character embraces to
Fear of Witchcraft as Metaphor in The Crucible The Crucible uses fear of witchcraft in the America of the 1600s as a metaphor for the fear of communism that was widespread in America in the 1950s. Arthur Miller wished to show that the attitudes and behaviour of the villagers of Salem were as irrational and ill-founded as the attitude and behaviour of the committee chaired by Senator McCarthy. Essentially Miller uses the 17th century setting to provide critical distance between the events
into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.” Cobb believes of how he would be free of all blame, all guilt, and all faults for injuring a baseman if he did indeed substantially wound the baseman. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, one’s fault is one of the most controversial viewpoints in the whole, entire play. Kindred to Cobb’s quote, characters like Reverend Parris, Abigail, and John
Sometimes we don’t see what’s good and what’s bad for us. Women are intellegent, we are more mature then men but, sometimes things can get the best of us. In the Crucible, women were getting blamed for being witches, because they were giving attitude in a strange way (mumbling) or they were dancing naked. Just as it was in the Crucible, women who were innocent were pursecuted were hung and we today are still dying as innocent women. Also, we are dramatic and coniving just as Abigail was. Abigail threw
Arthur miller’s play the crucible and the film the king in New York directed by Charlie Chaplin explores the way politics and people are entwined. Both these composers, through their texts, sagaciously convey the notion of how oppressive politics can be. They ingrain on the responder of the way in which politics can ruin and lead both people and societies to destruction when given excessive power. Arthur miller and Charlie Chaplin were profoundly affected by the mass hysteria of communism driven
Arthur Miller’s 1954 play, The Crucible, toys with the emotions and morality struggles of the 1690 Salem Witch Trails involving the repercussions of government corruption and the desire for personal liberty and integrity. Miller’s artistry as a playwright, positions the audience to believe that women are largely suppressed by men in the community which ultimately leads to an uprising of power from the “powerlessness” members of the community. The Crucible challenges preconceived audience perceptions
The Captivating Characters in Macbeth and The Crucible For a play to meet with success, it is essential that it include a cast of interesting and captivating characters. Without interesting characters, the audience would not only be confused by each unimportant character, but possibly puzzled by the plot, disinterested in the theme and ideas, and worst of all, bored by the entire story. For instance, in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, we take an immediate interest in 17-year-old Abigail Williams
In life, there are a lot of historical events people learn about, but not many people can relate to them. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is based on The Salem Witch Trials, many people can relate to it, it has drama. Drama is a key element in helping people understand things, because we all have drama in our lives. The Salem Witch Trials and The Red Scare both had a lot of drama in them. Miller’s story of The Salem Witch Trials closely parallels the Red Scare and communist “witch hunt” of the
In the play the “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller there are many examples of weakness, courage and truth. As we read the play and watch it, we can see there is more weakness than courage, and more lies than truth. With John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor there are things proctor has done to mess their relationship up, and make it cold instead of warm and loving. Abigail Williams also is making lies about seeing the devil, and she is making her father feel as if she is innocent, when she isn’t. This
Arthur Miller’s play, “The Crucible”, a dramatic story unfolds about hatred and deception among the townspeople of Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. During this time, people were being accused of practicing witchcraft and conjuring with the devil. Once accused, all one could do was deny the practice and hang for it or confess and be condemned to prison. Many took advantage of this, including a young girl by the name Abigail Williams who is the main character in the play. Who is to be blamed for the
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller Politicians have capitalized on their power of persuasion on sway voters in one direction or the other. However, only the truly educated individual may navigate through a sea of logical fallacies in search of the truth. In literature as in life, figureheads make decisions that not only affect themselves but those around them. These decisions may conjure up characteristics of self sacrifice or selfish, self-serving power moves. Arthur Miller's play The Crucible tells