Mads Szklany English 11 Mr. Doty March 29, 2010 Heroism in The Crucible Often people have to endure tests of character in order to prove who they are. It is when people have to face great opposition that their character is truly shown; we see whether people are heroes or cowards. Those who are heroic always stand up for their morals and never back down […]

Our Country’s Good is a play written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, which is based on convicts and Royal Marines that were sent to Australia in the early 1790s as part of the first penal colony. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in 1953, like Our Country’s Good, were both set in colonial towns in the late 17th Century. During the time, injustice was evident in every […]

Dolly Parton once said …“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. ” In other words you have to go through struggle to see success. I agree with this quote because in my opinion nothing in life is handed to you easily, you have to work through it and overcome many obstacles in order to get […]

The Crucible presents women on a narrow spectrum reflecting the culture of the Puritan New England and the “cult of true womanhood. ” Many of the play’s central conflicts exist because of limitations on the rights of women, and their low status in society. The status of the Puritan white male allows the infringement of women’s fundamental human rights to be overlooked by the public. […]

In the play by Arthur Miller The Crucible, the town of Salem is in pandemonium under the non-existent threat of witchcraft. Every character is either lying to save their lives or to end others, or dying for not admitting to a lie. One character who stands out among the chaotic conflagration is the tragic hero John Proctor. In Greek drama, a tragic hero is defined […]