homework

What was the connections?

The play 'The Crucible' written by Arthur Miller, was most probably based on the happenings throughout the McCarthy era. There is evidence of clear connections and this includes the black listing of many famous writers and film makers due to belief they may have been working for the communist party, and therefor trying to portray messages through their media and written literature. This is similar to the play, in which many were accused of 'witchcraft' and trying to bewitch members of the Salem community. Arthur Miller, throughout his play, tries to get the message across about how innocent peoples lives were being affected due to wrong accusations, and this is shown in real life where members of the HUAC blame innocent people. In some sense, the girls throughout the play may have even been represented as the HUAC as both groups show no mercy in wrongly accusing those who may have intact been innocent. He may also have gotten some of his ideas of witchcraft, from previous historic events that had occurred throughout Salem.

Is John Proctor A Hero

I believe a hero is someone who at least once in their life does something courages and is noble. And for this reason I think that John Proctor is a hero. Some may argue that he was unfaithful to his wife, however nobody is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. John realises this and feels guilty about his actions. He then shows courage by telling the court how he had been unfaithful, in hope to prove that Abigail's accusations were incorrect. Though this may seem petty, it takes a lot of courage to announce ones wrong doing to a court of people he knew. He also shows courage when he refuses to confess. Though he had the option to, and did considerate for some while, he finally decided he would rather take his life than be blamed for a crime he did not commit. One can not really explore in depth John Proctors motives, however the idea that he did not confess to save the rest of his community was a possibility. Either way though John Proctor may have been somewhat unfaithful to his wife at some point, he had learnt from his mistakes and matured over time, to become a hero who used courage to try save those wrongly accused, and gave his own life, firstly so he was not unfaithful to god, and finally cause it would save those still living in the community.

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At first John Proctor agrees to confess, as Elizabeth is trying to Persuade him to. And though at first he did not wish to, he reluctantly decides to confess. When asked to sign his name, i believe he fills a rush of guilt, as he realises he would be lying in front of god and everyone else for the sake of his own life. Which still would mean nothing as his sins would overcome his body with regret, and John would have to live the rest of his life feeling regretful and guilty. He then states, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!'  When he specifically states, 'Because I lie and sign myself to lies.' This shows how important staying truthful to god was to him. And so that is why I believe John Proctor did not confess in the end.

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Though Elizabeth says she doesn't mind which choice John takes, it is obvious she wants him to confess. Though their relationship is still fragile, she loves John and doesn't want to see him leave her. She tries to convince him to confess however after deep thought John decides not too, as he wants to stay truthful to god. Elizabeth reluctantly agrees.

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Elizabeths Response:

Danforth! In no way am I or my husband related to the devil! We do nothing of the sort! We are good people your honour! And we have been wrongly accused by Abigail Williams. We are being framed! What are we to do? We tell the honest truth and don't confess, yet we are hanged! Or we lie and confess to witchcraft, where we go against the word of god, yet we live!  This is a lie, your honour. A lie!

Homework Task- Week 4

When Mr Hale is introduced we see that he is some what relieved about the whole situation, and though that may sound suspicious it is later said that ‘he had himself encountered a witch in his parish not long before’ Since then Mr Hale had been studying ‘the invisible world’. So therefor it is understandable that Mr Hale may have been relieved as he knew that he was in fact not imagining things. From this introduction it also gives an idea into the authors thoughts on witchcraft, ‘Since 1692 a great but super-ficial change has wiped out God’s beard and the Devil’s horns, but the world is still gripped between two diametrically opposed absolutes. The concept of unity, in which positive and negative are attributes of the same force, in which good and evil are relative, ever-changing, and always joined to the same phenom-enon - such a concept is still reserved to the physical sciences and to the few who have grasped the history of ideas.’ From this it shows that Miller, though he may not entirely believe in witchcraft itself, he still believes in the idea that there are an equal amount of good and evil ‘spirits’ in the world. Miller also talks passionately about the devil and towards the end of the passage states that, ‘evil were early linked, and so they continued to be in Salem, and are today.’ This is the basis of the story as anyone linked with the devil is considered to be a ‘witch’ and so we can see that the author has used his belief in the devil as the basis of the story.

English Homework- Due 2/4/2012

In the play ‘The Crucible’  throughout the first act i have a negative attitude towards the character, ‘Abigail.’ Abigail starts off throughout the scene talking to Josh Proctor about their little ‘affair’ they may have been happening. Josh tried denying there were anytime of relationship and this can be seen when he says, ‘Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more.’ Abby then shows hatred towards this comment and so decides to talk about his wife negatively when she says, ‘She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a -’  From this, i believe that she is looking to pin the blame on others by making rude remarks and she also seems a bit snobby, trying to convince john that he likes her.

I think that Josh Proctor comes out more positively in this first scene, as though even though he did have an affair with Abbey, and though he may feel lust towards her, he tells her that he no longer wishes to have an affair and when she refuses to listen to him, he calmly tells her that she did not mean anything to him, and enforces this when he calls her ‘a child.’ And though he may have admitted he did feel some type of lust for her, he tells her it is over. I think that Josh comes around as a more confident character, but not too cocky however. He has the opportunity to have an affair with Abby, who he has somewhat feelings for, however though he wasn’t always, he stays loyal to his wife in this certain time.