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Alexander Hamilton, Anne Hutchinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joan of Arc, John Adams, John Brown, John Winthrop, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, American Revolution, Civil Rights Movement, French Revolution, Great Depression, Industrial Revolution, 20 Years From Now, Cesar Chavez, Colonialism, Harriet Tubman, Historical Criticism.
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many characters had actions that were misjudged as well as beliefs that that were questioned. A prime example of misjudgment of one’s character would be that of John Proctor. John Proctor is an example of one who was misinterpreted by many other characters in his book, and this misinterpretation … Read more
Man’s Sin Can Set Him Free A Puritan society to those who have or are accused of committing a sin can be a living hell. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller tells the tale of a Puritan community in Salem that is struck with witchcraft. During this time many are unjustly accused of witchcraft. Many refuse … Read more
Circumstances cause adaptation. Drastic circumstances cause drastic adaptation. The Salem witch trials of 1692 were definitely drastic circumstances. Society’s hysteria, greed, and vengeance led to accusations that changed many lives, even changed some of those lives to death. Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend John Hale, and John Proctor were three characters that were altered during Arthur Miller’s … Read more
“I have given you my soul; leave me my name! ” (138). This is the disturbing vision we are left with at the end of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. This scream is let out by the main character John Proctor; who has been accused of witchcraft, and is to be hung on that merit … Read more
It was with ardent horror that the prehistoric man first witnessed a solar eclipse—the sun swallowed by the predator moon until all light ceased and darkness fell on to the land. We, the more enlightened descendants, have also suffered eclipses. One such eclipse was the darkness of evil that fell upon Salem in 1692, when … Read more