The Crucible
The play 'The Crucible' is a political parable, which addresses many main issues relevant to today's society. These issues are demonstrated in the play, by John Proctor and Reverend Hale. Reverend Hale is considered to be, and considers himself, an expert on witchcraft. He is initially summoned to determine whether the devil is in Salem and enthusiastically participates in the court proceedings. He attempts to convince the condemned to admit to witchcraft and save themselves from death. John Proctor is a stern, harsh-tongued man, who hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin-his affair with Abigail Williams-that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name will be ruined. John Proctor's affair with Abigail is an example of one of the conflicts John had in "The Crucible". This causes a lot of anxiety on John's part. He feels extremely guilty for committing the crime of adultery and for betraying his wife Elizabeth and his children. He had to face up to the fact that he sinned - that he was wrong to have an affair with Abigail. Another conflict John has in the play is when he is trying to denounce the gir
Lastly, at the end of the play "The Crucible", Reverend Hale is a broken man. He is now a man who's convictions have broken him. He doesn't succeed in making the girls confess to the use of witch craft in the play, and he also fails in trying to get John Proctor to keep his life. So Hale is feeling a bit below average and you can see that he lacks strength in basically all prospects. In the novel, "The Crucible", John Proctor and Reverend Hale have many choices to make, as they battle with their conflicts. John Proctor has to make a fairly big choice when it comes to his affair with Abigail. He has to decide whether or not to continue this relationship and continue to be unfaithful to Elizabeth Proctor, or to end it with Abigail and make it amends with Elizabeth. John makes the good choice of being loyal to his wife and leaves Abigail with her sly ways. As well as John Proctor, Reverend Hale also has been put to many tests. The first one is that he had to decide whether or not he was going to support the actions of the court, or to go with the girls. He also wanted the people accused to confess, and this is another example of a conflict John Hale had. In a sense, "The Crucible" has the structure of a classical tragedy, with John Proctor as the play's tragic hero. Honest, upright, and blunt-spoken, Proctor is a good man. As is Hale. This essay shows how both Reverend Hale and John Proctor grew and developed as the play progressed. ls and Abigail as liars or frauds. The girls, led by Abigail, put on a great show for the judges. Everything they did in t
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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