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    The Crucible was a playwright made by Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller was inspired by the McCarthy Hearings, which led him to make the story on the Crucible. The Crucible was based on the real events which were the Salem Witch Trials which happened in the late 1600’s. The characters and events of the Crucible were based on the real events and characters that lived through the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials was one of the darkest and most injustice times in history and will be remembered

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    The Crucible Characters in the Real World In the late 1600s, the Salem Witch Trials were results of the loss of Puritan power in the early colonies which reflected New England’s strict religion. In the 1950s, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, which was not historically accurate, in order to draw the audience into the Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible contains characters that had once lived in early New England, but some traits Miller gives those characters are not historically accurate. Miller’s

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    Although Abigail Williams does not physically appear in Act II of The Crucible, her presence casts a long shadow over the act. Abigail’s presence is immensely felt between the Proctor’s. Abigail loves John and she wants to eliminate Elizabeth Proctor from the picture; “It is her dearest hope… She’d dare not to call out such a farmer’s wife but there be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John” (Miller 1274). Abigail knows that John will never be with her as long as Elizabeth is there

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    Abigail Williams is a little girl who is corrupted by the power and authority she is given due to the lack of knowledge of the people in her time period. The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, shows how Abigail transforms from a normal person into a monster. Abigail may be a little girl, but she is far more powerful, corrupt and evil than she seems, because she receives high authority and is able to do whatever she wants. Abigail Williams is an innocent little girl and the niece of Reverend Parris

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    The Crucible: Abigail Williams In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail’s flaws- lust, jealousy, and mendacity- that led her to be responsible the most for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. The Crucible focuses of the finding of young girls and a slave messing around in the woods, trying to conjure spirits from the dead. Rather than admit to their actions and face the consequences, the girls accuse everyone else of the crimes they were guilty of. Abigail

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    Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953. Arthur Miller wrote it because of personal events and what was going on at the time. The play was based in 1693 Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. In 1953 communists were treated very similar to how the witches were in 1693. In Arthur’s life he had been accused of communism and was fined and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Although the play can be connected to more than just those specific times. It can be related to the strangest most awful

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    The Crucible The Crucible is a controversial piece of literature by Arthur Miller. Abigail Williams is in love with John Proctor, whom she has an affair with. John is married to Elizabeth, and when she finds out that John is sleeping with Abigail, she fires her. Abigail hates Elizabeth’s guts. She will do anything to get rid of Elizabeth and have John all to herself. Abigail Williams’ actions stir up trouble in the town of Salem, and she is caught up too deep in her lies and manipulations. The main

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    The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is about a community that goes through the Salem WItch Trials and how it almost destroyed their community. One of the character, Abigail Williams deceives her community by committing adultery and lying about what she has done in order to save herself from the consequences of her mistakes. By the crimes she has commit causes a great conflict between the community by everyone starting to sin and out of fear they start to make lot of quick choices in order to

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    The Crucible 19 hanged and 1 pressed to death, the result of witchcraft accusations...to all intents and purposes the power of theocracy in Massachusetts was broken. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, many themes were depicted through characters, actions and roles in the communities society. In this novel Miller covers tragedies of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials through a play based in that era. Some themes truly stuck out and were used to shape characters who played crucial roles to the plot. Abigail

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    In the play “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller is about a town called Salem, Massachusetts during the times of 1692-1693 where witchcraft was very common at the time. The main character Abigail Williams and her friends decided to go out in the woods and dance around which was not allowed in Salem. Abigail and her friends ended up starting rumors that they can see evil and started accusing innocent people for witchcraft. Abigail has an affair with John Proctor. The purpose of writing this story

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