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Examples Of Revenge In The Crucible

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Revenge is prevalent in society as well in literature. It is also a common topic for Hollywood movies. Revenge is the action of inflicting harm on someone for a wrong suffered at their hands. Revenge is such interesting topics for novels and movies because everyone has in some way wanted to get back at someone. It is human nature to want to get back at someone who has wronged them. The other point to this concept of revenge in literature is karma. The person who gets revenge will in the end regret it and will come back to eventually hurt them in the end. Society today still has many experiences with revenge and everyone in the world in some way has wanted to get back at someone. In Arthur Miller's’ drama, The Crucible, revenge is …show more content…

She hates Elizabeth because of her marriage to John Proctor. John Proctor had an affair with Abby Williams and John Proctor realized the error of his ways, so he wants to have nothing to do with Abby(Act 1). Although, Abby Williams is still in love with him. Elizabeth fires Abby Williams as a result of the cheating with her husband because Abby was their housekeeper at the time. Abby Williams apathy towards Elizabeth Proctor builds because John Proctor does not love her, leading her to make up lies about being bewitched by Elizabeth Procter. Abby lies about being harmed every time Elizabeth Proctor sticks a needle in a doll( Act 3). Abby Williams is not alone in these lies because all of the other girls who were with Abby at the fire join her. All the girls do this to avoid persecution as being witches. People of the town start to falsely accuse other of witchcraft, either to gain their land or to get revenge on someone who wronged them. Elizabeth Proctor is wrongly accused, but her husband, John Proctor, saves her by sacrificing himself. He is hanged in the end of the drama because he says God was not real(Act 3). This little petty revenge scheme by Abby Williams got many wrongly accused people killed, including John Procter. It shows that getting back at someone will always come back to bite in the …show more content…

Hamlet's soul desire was to kill his uncle Claudius, to avenge his father's death(Acts 1-5). Hamlet’s desire for revenge starts out a just pure anger, but as his desire grows he dips into a state of madness (Acts 1-5). Hamlet really goes mad in the drama when he kills Polonius (Act 4 scene 3-4). Hamlet's attempts to avenge his father's death plays out in many stalemates until the end. The final scene in the drama has many of the main characters meeting their untimely deaths and we see Hamlet's plan to kill his uncle finally occur(Act 5 scene 2). Once again revenge leads to the downfall of that person who was seeking revenge. It brings the fact again that revenge is no the

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John Proctor’s fears manifest when he resists in allowing Deputy Danforth and Reverend Hale post his name on the church door that he has practiced witchcraft (IV.712-717). John Proctor is Elizabeth Proctor’s husband, who has had an affair with Abigail Williams when she was still working as a maid in the Proctor’s household. When Elizabeth discovers that her husband and Abigail have committed adultery, she fires Abigail. Driven by lust and jealousy to own Proctor for herself, Abigail aspires to terminate Elizabeth by playing her Mafia-like games and forcing the other Salem girls to participate (I. 460-473). Nevertheless, later in the play, John falls into the category of a witch when Elizabeth twists the story about how she dismissed Abigail

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Poor Behavior in “The Crucible” Ever wonder why people dies in The Crucible? The impact of Poor Behavior is exhibited throughout The Crucible. Most of the characters act badly.

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In Arthur Miller’s well-know play, The Crucible, there are many external struggles between characters. Throughout the play, we watch the characters develop within themselves, as well as change towards each other. Three character developments that stand out in the play are Hale and the court, Elizabeth and John, and John and Abigail. When Reverend John Hale is first introduced in the play he has been called to investigate the suspicious illnesses of Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris.

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The Crucible’s justice system has been severely warped by the societies theology, and Arthur Miller systematically reminds the reader of this fact by creating sympathy for the innocent victims with rhetorical devices such as emotional appeal and . The injustice within The Crucible would be one resulting from the society’s theocratic government. They had no separation between church and state; consequently, their judgement was constantly clouded by their necessity to act on behalf of God and their fear of Hell. The biggest tool they used to decide who was involved in witchcraft was Abigail and the girls, as they claimed to be ‘purged’ previously from their ‘interactions with the Devil’. Thus, they were the only people Reverend John Hale believed would tell the truth.

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Innocent people die every day, some may have died because of violent actions, but some are killed as a result of a much more frightening reason: a corrupt court system. Courts are put in place to protect us, and when their justice has rotted from the inside, it leads to chaotic and brutal societies. One of these societies, all the way back in Salem, Massachusetts, during 1692, is described in the play, The Crucible. Written in the McCarthy era, this play highlights the injustices during the Red Scare in America. As history continues to unfold, more links can be drawn between the message of The Crucible and today’s discrimination.

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Revenge isn’t always the answer but some seek it when wrong is done to them. Revenge is getting back at someone, some call it “payback” or “karma”. The Crucible uses many different forms of revenge from characters that have a connection to each other or even none at all. In this play revenge plays a big part and since revenge isn’t good idea, There’s a lot of consequences that will come along with it. In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” he had many characters trying to get revenge on someone else in the play, such as Abby, Proctor, and Putnum.

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Justice is seen in all aspects of life, and some may pursue justice while others will try anything on their favor to surpass it. Wrongful convictions haven’t been anything new, The Crucible takes place in Salem and occurs to present the Salem Witch Trials, while To Kill A Mockingbird, explores the 1930s from the view of a small girl named Scout, living in Maycomb in a racially divided town in where Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping a white woman. In To Kill a Mockingbird and The Crucible, both John Proctor and Tom Robinson are victims of injustice and convicted of crimes they never committed and so they are looked down upon by the townsmen. Despite all of this, Reverend Hale and Atticus try to change the town’s bias even though

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Cruelty is a recurrent theme in literature that often acts as a critical factor in a novel’s development. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, the occurrence of cruelty is seen to be gradually increasing as the story goes on from accusations of witchcraft that lead into chaos and death. Through Miller’s depiction of the merciless accusations and murders of innocent people, cruelty reveals a high extent of people’s animosity and vengeance that is greatly influenced by the attitude of the surrounding atmosphere. The accusations first began when the girls who were caught “dancing” in the forest were under pressure to confess what they were truly doing.

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In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, one theme demonstrated was that revenge does not always work in your favor. Revenge is the action of causing hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands. In The Crucible this theme is represented by the character Abby wanting to be with John Proctor, since they had an affair. Due to the affair Mrs. Proctor, Elizabeth, fires Abby making Abby want seek revenge on Elizabeth. In order to gain revenge, Abby accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft and being a witch.

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In Act III, lines 500-504, John Proctor is accused of witchcraft, as a result of Mary Warren being afraid of the other girls and having poor feelings towards him for forcing her to testify in court. MARY WARREN, pointing at PROCTOR: You’re the Devil’s man! He is stopped in his tracks. PARRIS: Praise God!

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In the play The Crucible, character such as Abigail and Thomas Putnam seek revenge from others, so much so that it becomes and recurring theme throughout the play. The theme of revenge can best be shown through the characters Abigail Williams, Thomas Putnam, and Giles Corey. Abigail Williams, one of the main characters in the play, becomes one to the biggest contenders for the theme of revenge. It is revealed in the beginning of the play that Abigail has committed adultery with John Proctor. This becomes the root of the revenge because Abigail now thinks that “there is promise in such sweat.”

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I am discussing how the Theme of revenge in The Crucible make it both universal and enduring. There is a lot of different ways that revenge is expressed in The Crucible. Every time the girls pretended to be taken over by spirits, or see someone send out their spirit to harm the girls and call out witch on an innocent man or woman because they wanted attention or had a grudge they were holding against someone who had wronged them or they just didn’t like. Just as Abbigail having a grudge against Elisabeth Proctor for being Johns Proctors wife. Abbigail still loved John after their affair they had together and John wouldn’t be with her any longer.

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Revenge can be a horrible emotion; it can sometimes lead people to do horrible things. By definition, Revenge means to get retribution for a wrongdoing done to you. In my opinion, revenge is mostly caused by fear and the overwhelming feeling of payback Throughout history, revenge, or vengeance, has been altered by several cultures and religions, and even the American culture. Though it often leads one to perform criminal acts, Howard argues that it is a necessary component in the functioning of society. He points out that revenge is a threat that acts as a disincentive to undeserved violence.

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Back in the late sixteen hundreds the people during that time are very strict on religion. During the time a colony in the Americas called the puritans believed in witchcraft. People that are accused are guilty till proven innocent. In the Crucible it portrays injustice by how Danforth is not following court that is ruled by religion, Abigail intimidating the court, and the accused not having proper court rights. The following reasons will explain why the crucible is injustice.

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Shakespeare had revenge play such a big role in his play to prove that revenge is not good. He had all of the characters end up differently to prove that. Revenge is not a good thing to base your actions off of and in Shakespeare’s play he shows

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