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How is Abigail Williams responsible for the Salem witch hysteria in The...

How is Abigail Williams responsible for the Salem witch hysteria in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

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While it is not fair to blame Abigail Williams for the entire travesty...

While it is not fair to blame Abigail Williams for the entire travesty known as the Salem Witch Trials, she is certainly one significant component of the hysteria and death surrounding this historical...

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One quotation showing ambiguity, or unclearness and uncertainty of...

One quotation showing ambiguity, or unclearness and uncertainty of meaning, is by Elizabeth Proctor near the end of the play. Her husband John has been condemned to hang for the sin of witchcraft...

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Elizabeth is supposed to be the good wife.  Elizabeth Proctor,...

Elizabeth is supposed to be the good wife.  Elizabeth Proctor, John’s estranged and unforgiving wife. Although her husband has admitted his lapse into sin and is thereafter faithful to his wife, his...

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Identify a major turning point in The Crucible.

Identify a major turning point in The Crucible.

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What is a quotation showing ambiguity from The Crucible?

What is a quotation showing ambiguity from The Crucible?

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How is Abigail Williams responsible for the Salem witch hysteria in The...

How is Abigail Williams responsible for the Salem witch hysteria in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

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One quotation showing ambiguity, or unclearness and uncertainty of...

One quotation showing ambiguity, or unclearness and uncertainty of meaning, is by Elizabeth Proctor near the end of the play. Her husband John has been condemned to hang for the sin of witchcraft...

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Elizabeth is supposed to be the good wife.  Elizabeth Proctor,...

Elizabeth is supposed to be the good wife.  Elizabeth Proctor, John’s estranged and unforgiving wife. Although her husband has admitted his lapse into sin and is thereafter faithful to his wife, his...

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Identify a major turning point in The Crucible.

Identify a major turning point in The Crucible.

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In The Crucible, what happens when Reverend Hale states that Abigail has...

In The Crucible, what happens when Reverend Hale states that Abigail has always seemed false to him?

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This happens in Act 3, during the ever-increasingly tense confrontation...

This happens in Act 3, during the ever-increasingly tense confrontation between Proctor, judge Danforth, Hale and Abigail outside the court. Hale, having iniitially supported the court, is by this time...

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Like the other educators here, it seems to me that John Proctor displays...

Like the other educators here, it seems to me that John Proctor displays each of the traits in question. He is at times wise and virtuous and at times stubborn and arrogant and occasionally he...

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I think his main purpose was to portray what was happening at this time...

I think his main purpose was to portray what was happening at this time with the Red Scare. The US was paranoid about communism and its growing threat and others randomly accusing others of being...

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Identify a major turning point in The Crucible.

Identify a major turning point in The Crucible.

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There are several instances where turning points can be seen.  One of...

There are several instances where turning points can be seen.  One of the most signifiant turning points would be in the ending of the First Act.  It is at this point in the drama where Tituba panics...

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In The Crucible, what happens when Reverend Hale states that Abigail has...

In The Crucible, what happens when Reverend Hale states that Abigail has always seemed false to him?

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In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, what reason does Abigail give for not...

In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, what reason does Abigail give for not finding a job after she was fired by the Proctors?

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In Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem Witch Trials, “The...

In Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem Witch Trials, “The Crucible,” the character of Abigail Williams is the catalyst for a chain of events that will result in the deaths of 20 people, executed for...

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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, how do the settings at the conclusions...

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, how do the settings at the conclusions of Acts I and II contrast each other?

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