let us take a minute to examine the author's intentions for removing Act II scene ii from the play. why do you think Arthur Miller chose to do this? what impact would it have on the play had he left it in? how is the play different without it? have fun and tell me something interesting...
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I think that Arthur Miller deleted that scene from Act 2 because it gave too much away. You find out that Abigail's motive is not to get rid of people for petty revenge, but to rid the town of “hypocrites.” Ironically, she herself is doubly a hypocrite for saying that she is “suffering for them” (149) and that everyone else is dishonest, and also for accusing others of hypocrisy. In addition, this scene makes Abigail seem more insane than manipulative: she is so removed from reality that she actually believes that she is godly and everyone else is evil, and is able to self-mutilate to prove it. Maybe Miller even thought it was better if Abigail appeared to simply be able to lead and control everyone else, and be the only one that was somewhat sane in Salem. Insanity makes this less genuine, and makes everything else more complicated. So, he removed the scene that confused his main point, which was against religious control, people being judgemental, and the Red Scare.
Act Two, scene 2 was removed from The Crucible by Arthur Miller for a few reasons. The scene depicts Proctor and Abigail in a wood at night. He tells her he is going to confess to adultery in court the next day to save his wife from being sentenced to death. Since Abigail is maniacal and also leading the witch trials the town trusts and believes anything she says, she could have done something to prevent Proctor from confessing or telling the court he is possessed by the devil. This scene also shows Abigail's love for Proctor. She tells John, "Oh John, I will make you such a wife when the world is white again."(150) Even though Abigail says she wants to be with Proctor she runs away with Mary. This confuses the reader because if she really loves his she could have stayed and tried to protect him more. The scene was removed because it confuses the reader about Abigail's feelings and could have created a false foreshadowing of Abigail's actions.
I think that author Arthur Miller deleted Act Two, Scene Two because it took away Abigail’s power in Act Three. In Act Three Abigail is easily able to win over the members of the court with her “demonic possession.” If the reader had read that without seeing the deleted scene, he/she would have to have been impressed at Abigail and the girls for making that up on the spot, when in actuality she didn’t. Act Two, Scene Two reveals that Proctor told Abigail he was going to testify against her, which gave her and the Girls time to prepare. Without the scene Abigail still appears to be an omnipotent character. Also it reveals that never intended for Proctor to hang. This may explain why she skipped town on the day of his execution.
One possible reason for the removal of Act 2, Scene 2 is that it leaves the reader with no room for imagination. In this Abigail’s plans and motives are blatantly stated, by Abigail herself. She tells John “I will make quite a wife when the world is white again” (141). This reveals her motive, she has accused Elizabeth Proctor of witch craft in an attempt to make John her own. By revealing this Abigail can no longer be viewed as a possible protagonist who wants to take down a hypocritical and faulty system. She becomes strictly an antagonist who has given in to three of the seven deadly sins- lust, greed, and rath. By removing this seen Miller allows the reader to form their own opinions of Abigail, thus affecting the interpretation of the play.
Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible removed a scene from his play moments before he sent it on stage for the first time. The appendix, or act two scene two is an encounter between John and Abigail. He removed it because it lacked integrity. It diminished Abigail in the eyes of the reader. In the scene Abigail starts to believe in her lies and in which-craft. Her intelligence is gone the moment she, herself gets wrapped up in all the tom foolery. The scene ruins Abigail's courage, and eminent self.
Arthur Miller created a thrilling look at the Puritan life and how easily the system can be duped in The Crucible, which would have been utterly ruined if Act 2 Scene 2 was left in the text, for it destroyed any suspense or admiration for Abigail's character. Without reading this deleted scene, the truth behind Abigail's scheme goes unheard and is only touched upon, where as if it was read, the nonsense behind her supposed logical reasoning comes to light, shoving the impression that Abigail has become wrapped up in her own game to the point where she cannot differ reality from fantasy. Abigail thus far, though the play is not too far along, has been portrayed as being witty and deceitful. However, Act 2 Scene 2 shatters her character, as stated before, into nothing more than a girl possessed by her own ego and dreams. In order to craft Abigail into the intelligent female he wanted her to be, he omitted that scene.
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Arthur Miller interestingly chose to remove Act Two, Scene 2 from the play, The Crucible. One potential reason for this is that it simply revealed too much information at that point in the story. Thus, it would stifle the reader’s imagination and creativity while interpreting the remaining scenes. In Act Two, Scene 2, Abigail’s intention to begin a relationship with John Proctor by convicting his wife in a trial the following day is revealed. Proctor also informs Abigail that he will expose her for who she truly is. “You will tell the court you are blind to spirits; you cannot see them anymore, and you will never cry witchery again, or I will make you famous for the whore you are!” (Miller 152). Clearly, including this scene in the play would expose an excessive amount of information that would only smother many of the reader’s ideas, making the play much more straightforward and less interesting.
Arthur Miller deleted Act II Scene II from the original play because it would change John Proctors entire attitude in the end of the play in Act IV and end the play sooner. In Act II Scene II John Proctor is not as concerned about his name. Proctor is more concerned about his wife and saving her. He tells Abigail he is going to confess to adultery. This would ruin Abigail and all her power in the court. In Act IV Proctor is more concerned with having his name stay respectful. John Proctor says "How may i live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" (143). If Act II Scene II were still apart of the then Proctor would still be alive but only his name would be ruined throughout the town.
I believe that Arthur Miller intentionally removed Act II scene II from the play because it presented hypocritical views in John Proctor, and revealed new views on the mass hysteria that was taking place in their town. In this scene, Abigail exposes her feelings towards the arrest of Elizabeth Proctor. She knew that the “poppet” was not Elizabeth’s, but agreed with her arrest because it would eliminate the competition for her love towards John Proctor. In retrospect, John Proctor states how he will reveal the affair that occurred between the two if Abigail doesn’t try to help free Elizabeth. This is unlike John because he was always one to protect his identity, and informing the town of their affair would only add to the chaos. He hoped to bait Abigail with this hypocritical thought, and brought a twist to his character, and the reader’s thoughts.
Arthur Miller probably removed Act II scene ii from his play The Crucible because he didn’t know how others would interpret it. The scene in the woods between John Proctor and Abigail Williams could have been seen as inappropriate for the time period of the play. When John first enters, Abigail immediately asks him to stand closer to her. It is almost as if Abigail is going to try to take advantage of John being so close to her. Another reason for the removal of the scene could have been that it did not contain vital information. The only crucial part of the scene was when John says to Abigail, “You will tell the court you are blind to spirits; you cannot see them any more, and you will never cry witchery again…” At this point in the play John Proctor truly looses all feelings for Abigail because she is still condemning innocent people, like his wife, to hang. It is not crucial for this scene to be in the play because John Proctors intentions of ruining Abby are already apparent in the other Acts. If the scene had been left in, I don’t think that the play would have been much different. The only thing that might have been affected by this change would have been the viewer’s opinion of Abigail. In this scene she is very rebel like and makes several discrete sexual references. For example when she lifts up her dress to show John the “holes from their damned needles and pins”. All in all I believe that Arthur Miller was right to remove the scene from Act II.
In order to preserve Abigail's position as the initial protagonist in The Crucible, Arthur Miller removed Act II, Scene 2 from the play. The scene unveiled Abigail's true intentions to get rid of John Proctor's wife, Elizabeth, and have him to herself. In the woods, she confesses she be "such a wife when the world is white again" (150). This reveals that she has formed a scheme to take out all the "hypocrites" in Salem, and then would marry John. By having a scheme to deplete Salem of its religious members, Abigail is seen as more of an antagonist than the protagonist. During this meeting in the woods, John tells Abigail he is going to confess their affair and that he is committed to his wife, rather than lusting for Abigail. The scene discloses earlier that Abigail is plotting, rather than the reader finding out when she flees the town with Mary Warren. However, upon discovering Abigail has ran away, the reader can understand that John Proctor is actually the protagonist, and while Abigail had somewhat good intentions, she let her greed of power and wrath towards John overcome those purposes.
In my opinion, Act 2 Scene 2 was deleted from The Crucible because it was too informative to the reader and drains any imaginative thoughts the reader might have. In this scene, Abigail acts in a manner which would prove to the reader either her complete insanity, or the lengths to which she would take this act. In either case, Abigail comes out of character later on to hint at her intentions to John Proctor. After John Proctor asks Abigail if she means to cry out others, she replies, "If I live, if I am not murdered, I surely will, until the last hypocrite is dead"(Miller 150). This reveals her intentions to cry witchcraft on the people in town that she considers hypocrites. This hints at her faking of all of the witchcraft cries, as she is instead using it as a forum to clear the town of all those that Abigail considers hypocrites. Since this evidently shows Abigail's intentions, it is too informative a scene because it leaves nothign to the imagination.
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I think Arthur Miller decided to delete Scene Two from Act Two because the scene doesn't leave much for the reader's imagination. The scene tells too much. The reader learns what John plans to say in court as well as exactly why Abigail is doing what is she is. This leaves little room for the reader to make presumptions or interpret the play in a different way. I think Arthur Miller wanted to leave his play a little more open for discussion and thoughts, rather than state all the facts to his readers.
Arthur Miller deleted Act II Scene II from his play the Crucible because it destroys the appearance of John Proctor’s intelligence. After his wife Elizabeth is taken away in chains because she has been accused of witchcraft, John Proctor regrets not having evidence from a witness when Abigail says the dancing in the woods was all fun. However, in Act II Scene II, Proctor is able to get Abigail alone and shows that he did not learn from his lesson. In this scene Abigail repeats her true intentions by stating "Oh John, I will make you such a wife when the world is white again."(150). John Proctor fails to have a witness for a second time and it hurts him and all the other people who were hanged based on a lie. Proctor’s negligence to do such a simple task to save Salem’s “witches” makes it hard for the audience to respect his being a martyr at the end of the play.
Arthur Miller deleted Act II, scene II from the play the Crucible for many reasons that would greatly influence the rest of the play. Abigail’s main claim is that she is helping Salem by ridding it if all “hypocrisy” rather than stirring trouble in innocent people’s lives. She argues with Proctor saying that the townspeople and devil have dragged them into their hypocrisy. “ I saw them all-walking like saints to church, running to feed the sick, a hypocrites in their hearts!” states Abigail to Proctor in the woods. Also, if scene II was included, there would have been a more heated tension in the court room the next day and more problems would have possibly arose. The beginning of the act may confuse some readers because it makes it seem like Proctor has come to be with Abigail. However, as the scene continues, Abagail’s strong love for Proctor is portrayed by her actions and emotions. Not only does she physically lift up her dress, but she also comes right out and tells Proctor that she is the woman for him. “I will make such a wife when the world is white again!” Abigail cries to him. He responds in utter disgust and speaks highly of his wife. If Act II, scene II wasn’t deleted, the play would have had a different affect on the reader.
The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, took stage in January 1953. At this time in history women were perceived as inadequate and insufficient compared to strong and powerful man. In the 1958 performance of the Crucible in New York’s Martinique Theatre Act 2, Scene 2 is absent. The women role, Abigail, has a certain control over the male role, John Proctor. “And torture me in my bed while sacred words are comin’ from their mouths? Oh, it will need God Himself to cleanse this town properly”(150)! Because of past relations, Abigail will always have a certain advantage over Proctor. The idea that women are more authoritative and are dominant (even if its for an instant) was unheard of in that time period. It was too improper and unorthodox for “average” people. With out this scene, the play becomes “acceptable” for all readers.
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, consists of four acts. In Act two, he has chosen to leave out scene two from the play. The scene characterizes Proctor confronting Abagail in the night, alone, about her scheme and how he plans to foul her plot by confessing their adulteress sin. This is an incredulous notion on Proctor’s behalf because before Act two scene two, he has cared only for his reputation. The author may have voided this scene from the play because the discourse between Abagail and Proctor might have caused a succession of events leading to a sooner downfall of both characters.
Arthur Miller,the author of the Crucible, removed act 2 scene 2 from the play because it revealed too much about Abigail's true character and motives, and distracts from her real purpose in the play. In the town of Salem, many people are following the Puritan religion blindly without question. After her affair with John Proctor, and talking to him, she began to question the morality and rightness of Puritanism. A reader can interpret her purpose as ridding the town of hypocrisy and dispelling some of the herd mentality. However in act 2 scene 2, her true motives are revealed. Her main goal was to convict Elizabeth Proctor so that she could marry John. Without including this scene, Abigail can be seen as the protagonist who is trying to make a delusional town aware of their blindness. With the scene included, Abigail is seen as a self-centered cruel person who would do anything to get what she wanted.
I believe Arthur Miller removed Act II Scene ii from The Crucible because it gives the reader a new perspective of Abigail. This perspective reveals that she has devoted her life to becoming John’s wife. She still assumes that she “will make [him] such a wife when the world is white again,” (150). The reader also learns that Abigail truly believes that Salem is full of hypocrites and that witches do exist. She denies that she and Mary Warren framed Elizabeth with the poppet. This scene makes Abigail into an obsessed, insane character that Miller does not necessarily want people to see her as.
I think that Arthur Miller took away Act II, Scene II from the novel because it would have given John Proctor’s character too much power. First and foremost, when Abigail said, “Oh John, I will make you such a wife when the world is white again!” (150), it essentially gave Proctor the choice of his wife and the opportunity to expose the other in court. Proctor chose his real wife, Elizabeth, giving him the chance to save her and destroy Abigail in court. When Proctor states, “If you do not free my wife tomorrow, I am set and bound to ruin you, Abby.” (151), it shows that he could control the fate of the entire trial. If Act II, Scene II were kept in the play, the outcome would have been entirely different.
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I think Arthur Miller removed Act II scene ii from the play because it diminishes Abigail’s character. In this scene, Abby is portrayed as an insane vulture hungry for more power and control over the people of Salem. Abby exposes the cuts and bumps that she has inflicted upon herself that she has made the town believe the “witches” caused. She reveals to John that she plans to continue to accuse people until “the last hypocrite is dead,” (Miller, 150). Without this scene in the play, the reader thinks that, at first, Abby accuses the citizens to spare herself from punishment. After the whole event is blown out of proportion she has no choice but to go along with it if she wants to save herself. If the deleted scene was included in the play, the reader would discover that Abby plans to continue accusing as many people as possible so that she can gain more and more popularity and respect from her fellow citizens.
Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, removed Scene 2 of Act II of his play, writing it after the rest of the play. He did this because it changes Abigail’s character. In Scene 2, she changes from smart and intelligent to insane and ludicrous. Before this scene, the reader gets a feeling that Abigail’s wits are mature for creating this lie. “I’m holes all over from their damned needles and pins” (149), she says, talking about the alleged pricks from Elizabeth’s doll. This shows Abigail’s true belief in her fabricated story. If this scene were put into the play, it would ruin Abigail’s reputation for being a smart young girl. Without it, she keeps this status.
Often, authors delete scenes from plays or movies if they give too much of the plot away, or if they draw inferences for the reader instead of allowing them to come up with their own conclusions. In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller decided to delete Act II scene II for various reasons. Throughout the play Abigail is depicted as this mentally unstable character. In scene II, she can almost be viewed as a nice person. In all likelihood, Miller would not have wanted the reader to make the inference that Abigail really is a friendly character. The reader is supposed to fear her. As Proctor questions the fact that there is no good left in their society, she reassures him by saying, “Aye, there is one. You are good” (150). This feeling of kindness and warmth quickly turns around as Proctor shares his plans to ruin Abigail. By the end of the scene, he throws her to the ground and calls her a “murderous bitch.” The whole conversation makes Abigail out to be weak and desperate for someone who is not jaded by the hypocrisy of the society in which she lives. Because Abigail is the backbone to the plot, the way she comes off to the reader is vital in digesting the situation she is in.
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that basically relies on suspense built from deceit and manipulation. Having Act 2 Scene 2 in this play would make the storyline boring and unimaginative to the reader. Throughout the play, Abigail revolves as the epicenter of all the manipulation and the lies. However, the play depicts Abigail and her actions as clever and cunning tools that hope to reveal the barbarism of witchcraft; this is of course without Act 2 Scene 2 added into the play. Act 2 Scene 2 or the Appendix, reveals the truth behind Abigail’s lies. Instead of wanting to help others, Abigail lies for egotistical reasons such as wanting a relationship with John Proctor. Moreover the Appendix reveals that Abigail only lies and manipulates in order to play a twisted game. Never truly caring about the injustice that witchcraft creates, Abigail plays mind-games with others in order for her own personal amusement. The Appendix also shows that Abigail is not as self-efficient and cunning as the play without the Appendix leads on. Her world becomes immersed in deceit and deceptions, causing Abigail to believe her lies making her become almost psychotic. Through Act 2 Scene 2, Abigail’s intelligent image is revealed as nothing more than a guise to protect her true selfish and mentally corrupt personality. By knowing who Abigail truly is, the play becomes unimaginative.
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller describes how the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts affect the lives of many innocent people. In the original production of the play there was another scene in Act II. Miller, however, removes this scene from the written form but keeps it in the movie version. As the audience reads the play they begin to recognize the behavior and personality of each of the characters. Miller possibly deleted this scene from the play because it reveals the intensions of Procter and Abigail. Procter tells Abigail that “If you do not free my wife tomorrow, I am set and bound to ruin you Abigail.”(151). Procter wants Abigail to realize that he is trying to repent for having had an affair with her by telling the court about the affair and freeing his wife. Abigail puts her reasons into perspective for Procter by telling him “…I know you John; - you are this moment singing secret hallelujahs that your wife will hang!”(152)”. Abigail reveals to him that she wants Elizabeth Procter executed so she can then have Procter to herself. By removing Act II, Scene II, Miller keeps the readers interest so that they can begin to form an opinion of their own as to what the true intentions are of Abigail and Procter.
In order for a story to be told the way a writer intends, many scenes or parts may be edited or deleted. For example, in the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller disposes of Act 2, Scene 2 from his storyline. I believe Miller did this for the sole reason to protect his character Abigail. Throughout the play, Abigail’s character is described as a determined young girl who is driven by sexual desire and the want for power. In my opinion, Act 2 Scene 2 is a scene that destroys the strength of Abigail as she is confronted by Proctor. Proctor exclaims that he is planning on ruining her in front of the court. “I come to tell you, Abby, what I will do tomorrow in the court. I would not take you by surprise, but give you all good time to think on what to do to save yourself” (Miller 151). This scene also proves that Abigail's main focus is on being the wife of Proctor, instead of riding Salem of hypocrites. Proctor confronting Abigail about her wrong doings gives readers an opportunity to see the weaknesses in her and her lack of good judgment with who she trusts. This reason may be the biggest Miller’s biggest regret in writing Act 2 Scene 2.
Act 2, Scene II is a scene with only John Proctor and Abigail Williams. It gives the reader a different view on both the characters. Arthur Miller wanted the reader to believe that Abigail was the antagonist of the story. In Scene II, she says, “If I live, if I am not murdered, I surely will, until the last hypocrite is dead.” Although it is Abby herself saying this, it shows the reader that her intentions are good ; making her the protagonist. She herself wants to make the town a better place. In John Proctor’s case, it shows a different side to how he feels about Abigail. The whole book gives clues as to the idea that he still has feelings for her but scene II makes the reader question it. When Abby seduces him, he pushed her away and at the end of the scene he says, “If you do not free my wife tomorrow, I am set and bound to ruin you, Abby.” Scene II gives Abigail and Proctor more dimension to their character, and obviously Miller did not want the reader knowing this side to the characters.
Author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller, removed Act II Scene 2 from his play. He could have done this for several different reasons. This scene includes dialogue between Abigail and John Proctor, as Abigail attempts to seduce Proctor. First, it reveals insight to the curiosity that readers have for Abigail’s mysterious character. The reader sees Abigail as powerful and intelligent before reading Act II Scene 2, where she soon becomes somewhat mad. She mentions something to Proctor about the scars that she has from the needles and the poppet from Elizabeth, when both Abigail and Proctor know that is a fabricated story. Abigail explains why she is causing this hysteria in Salem when she says, “And God gave me strength to call them [hypocrites] liars, and God made men to listen to me, and by God I will scrub the work clean for the love of Him! Oh, John, I will make you such a wife when the world is white again!”(150) Abigail is causing problem in the town mainly to become Proctor’s wife, which is an illegitimate reason. This also puts pressure on Proctor because now he has his pregnant wife in jail, waiting to be set free, and a young, beautiful girl yearning to be his wife; however, we see that at the end of Scene 2, he pushes her away telling her that he will prove what a fraud she is. This reveals Proctor’s courage and honesty, as he remains the main protagonist of the novel. Overall, I feel that Miller removed this scene because it weakened Abigail’s somewhat protagonist, or anti-hero character in the novel.
Proctor comes friendly but leaves in fury. During the few pages of text in Act Two, Scene 2, Proctor’s mood goes from one end of the spectrum to the other due to Abigail’s contrast to his opinions. I believe that Arthur Miller cut this scene from the play because it would not blend well with the following acts and character points. If Proctor came to her and accused her of knowing “that poppet were none of [his] wife’s; and that [she herself] bade Mary Warren stab that needle into it” (Miller 151). Abigail refuses to accept this and he once again barks at her “You know what you do, you are not so mad!” (Miller 151). If Proctor had told Abigail all of this information during Act 2, then she would have known the Act 3 confession was coming and could have planned what to say in this case. Because Abigail overreacted by fully pulling the witch act off of the back of their hands, the second scene in the second act would not have made any sense. Also, this shows a passion for Proctor towards Abigail, and he would not confess if their love was still strong.
After writing his masterpiece, the Crucible, Author Miller obviously recieved tremendously positive feedback, in this I'm sure he didnt regret deleting a second scene from Act 2. Miller had his reasons for deleting this scene, the most evident being that it ruins the suprise of Proctor finally going against Abigial with the great betrayal of accusing her of murder. However I think that the scene was ultimately deleted because it would further dramatize Proctor and Abigails characters. If the scene was kept, Abigial is potrayed as almost insanely in love with Proctor, while he in turn cruely unsure. I dont think Miller wanted these assumptions to be made about them at only the second act in the play. I think Abigail, in act 2 still draws sympathy from the reader, they still want her and Proctor to get back together or her to get her revenge if they don't. The full extent of her jealousy and selfishness has not yet been reached and the scene could have thrown off some readers to misjudge her to early on. The scene also gives off a hint of ambivalence in Proctor. The fact that he talks to Abigial privately before he accuses her leads one to believe he is still unsure of his choice and that he holds a small hope she'll be able to convince him to run away from the ludacris salem society and his troubles. I dont believe Miller wanted Proctor to seem unsure considering he is suppose to be the confident defiant character who challenges the norms of his world.
In Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible", all of the scenes contribute to the plot of the play, and the effect that it has on the audience, however in most productions Act II, scene II, is removed. This scene does show up in the appendix and although helps elaborate the plot, figures in no way to help the overall effect of the reveal that John Proctor has had an affair with Abigail Williams. This scene depicts Abigail Williams trying to seduce John Proctor and Proctor revealing what he will do to Abigail Williams in court, which is to bring her down with him when Proctor tells the council that he has had an affair with her. There is less of a dramatic reveal if this scene is added, as it is implied over the course of the play up to the court room scene. For example, Proctor mistakenly "forgets" adultery as one of the 10 commandments, which implies that he has commited adultery with someone. Another point is the tension occuring between Proctor and Elizabeth durign the "rabbit soup" part of act II. The climax of this subplot is when Danforth interrogates Elizabeth and Elizabeth believes that Proctor has not had an affair. When this is revealed there is a bigger shock to the actors and the audience, instead of hearing it before the courtroom scene. This scene is not needed, however it does give chemistry between Abigail and Proctor and helps add some character development for the both of them.
Authors never delete scenes from the play without a reason. Whether it be the scene did not fit or it did not make scene. However, in the play The Crucible, author Arthur Miller deleted scene two in act two because it gave to much of the plot away. In the beginning of Act two scene two, Abigail is coming off in an intimate way to Procter. As Abigail is pulling up her dress she states to Procter, "Why, look at my leg. I'm holes all over from their damned needles and pins" (Miller `49). Abigail is trying to still be intimate with Procter by pulling her dress up and touching her stomach and the scene ends with Procter throwing Abigail on the ground. This scene show a lot of Abigail's affection that she still shows toward Procter. If this scene were to be kept in the play, the reader would be misled. Abigail is given different opportunities to protect Proctor from being sentenced to death in further acts, however, she did nothing. Abigail could have said what went on between them just as easily as Procter could. Even though she would be known as a whore, she could of admitted to sleeping with Procter and that would have straightened things up. Instead, Abigail chooses to run away and hide. Act two scene two is removed so the reader could continue on reading without being misled.
In my opinion, Miller chose to delete Act II scene ii from the play simply because it gave the audience too much of a lead as to what would happen at the trial. Proctor makes it clear that he will sacrifice his own name and expose Abigail as the fraud that she is in order to save his wife. Proctor tells her he has evidence of her lies about the poppet and will not hesitate to use it. He explains that in court, he will confess his fornication and name Abigail the whore she is. Through this deleted scene, the outcome of the trial can easily be anticipated.
In my opinion, Miller chose to delete Act II scene ii from the play simply because it gave the audience too much of a lead as to what would happen at the trial. Proctor makes it clear that he will sacrifice his own name and expose Abigail as the fraud that she is in order to save his wife. Proctor tells her he has evidence of her lies about the poppet and will not hesitate to use it. He explains that in court, he will confess his fornication and name Abigail the whore she is. Through this deleted scene, the outcome of the trial can easily be aprehended. By deleting this scene from the play, Miller makes for a more suspensful trial, along with an audience who must try to anticipate what may possibly occur.
scratch the first one please?
Arthur Miller removed Act II Scene II from the play The Crucible because it revealed the obvious and did nothing to heighten the plot or add new aspects to it. When Elizabeth Proctor is first accused, an intelligent reader can infer that Abigail accused her to be with John. In this scene, Abigail reveals this to John but the reader already knows it. Also, Elizabeth and John’s conversation in Act II Scene I states everything that Abigail and John discuss. Elizabeth tells John, “Then go and tell her she’s a whore. Whatever promise she may sense—break it John, break it.” (62). She tells him to threaten her reputation if she does not stop this madness. John does this to Abigail in Act II Scene II. It is just a reinstatement of facts the reader has already learned. It is kept in the movie because intentions are clear in a novel due to context clues, stage directions and given facts. A movie does not give these detailed descriptions and this scene clears up any confusion the viewer may have. It does not, however, help the plot of the play in any way.
There are many reasons why Arthur Miller may have chosen to omit Act II Scene II from his play. In this scene Abigail’s character changes drastically as she speaks to Proctor. She talks of how the townspeople are hypocrites “…I saw them all – walking like saints to church, running to feed the sick, and hypocrites in their hearts”(141), and yet in reality she is a hypocrite herself. She says she is removing the evil people, but at the same time she is creating one in herself. This scene may depict Abigail as more of a bad character than Arthur Miller had wanted. This is also evident when she talks of how she wants to marry John, “I will make you such a wife when the world is white again.” (141). She still loves John and is willing to dispose of his wife by any means necessary. She sets up Elizabeth as a witch and then pretends she only just heard about it. For these reasons and more this particular scene of The Crucible may have been removed.
Act II scene 2 depicting John Proctor and Abigail in the woods having a secret meeting was omitted from the original play the Crucible. In this scene Proctor tries to persuade Abigail into revealing the truth of the accusations against the people of Salem by threatening to tell of what happened between them. This scene was left out by Arthur Miller because it shows a softer side to Abigail that could make readers sympathetic to her. Although Abigail speaks as though she is crazy, she also explains her intense love for John Proctor and her dreams to be with him. “ Oh, John, I will make you such a wife when the world is white again! You will be amazed to see me every day, a light of heaven in your house” (150). Readers begin to feel compassionate towards Abigail who is willing to do anything to get the love of her life John Proctor back. However, the author, Arthur Miller wants the readers to remain with the thoughts of Abigail just being an wicked girl with only cruel intentions.
In Act II, scene ii of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail flirts with John Proctor and makes a fool out of herself. She knows John will not fall for her dramatic, insane rambling of hypocrites and voodoo dolls, yet she continues to do so. She says, “Why, look at my leg. I’m holes all over from their damned needles and pins."(149) Miller wanted Abigail’s character to seem like a hero for tricking the entire town into showing their real colors and ultimate ignorance. Throughout the play, Abigail maintains the upper hand and remains sharp, eventually getting the last laugh. However, this particular scene displays Abigail as weak and vulnerable, especially with her jealous feelings regarding John and his wife. This side of Abigail is hidden and up for interpretation. This is not the Abigail that Arthur Miller wants the audience to see or judge.
Arthur Miller, author of the Crucible, removed Act 2 Scene 2 from the original play. He removed it because it makes Abigail’s character seem like she is straying off from her original beliefs. This scene would ruin the fact that Abigail was doing this as a joke and that she really did not believe in witchcraft. Her dialogue in this scene made her contradict herself. “Oh, it will need God Himself to cleanse this time properly!”(Miller 150) She says that she wants the whole town cleansed of the devil worshippers, when in fact, she knows witchcraft is true. Miller removed this scene, for the fact that Abigail was going from her own beliefs, or was a hypocrate.
Arthur Miller, author of the Crucible, removed Act 2 Scene 2 from the original play. He removed it because it makes Abigail’s character seem like she is straying off from her original beliefs. This scene would ruin the fact that Abigail was doing this as a joke and that she really did not believe in witchcraft. Her dialogue in this scene made her contradict herself. “Oh, it will need God Himself to cleanse this time properly!”(Miller 150) She says that she wants the whole town cleansed of the devil worshippers, when in fact, she knows witchcraft is true. Miller removed this scene, for the fact that Abigail was going from her own beliefs, or was a hypocrate.
In Act 2 of the Crucible by Arthur Miller, scene two was deleted. I think that Miller did this for a number of reasons, one being that the interaction between Proctor and Abigail in this scene is somewhat contradicting to the following scenes of the play. In this scene, Proctor threatens to confess adultery in the court, and Abigail also confesses to Proctor that she wishes to be his wife someday. If this scene were to be included in the final draft of the play, readers would not be able to appreciate the full effect of Proctor's appearance in court because they would know the facts. Abigail would have admitted to Proctor earlier that she was doing all of this blaming, lying, and manipulating so she could become his wife, so when he announced it to the court, readers would not be surprised. However, by leaving this scene out, when Proctor does accuse Abigail of wishing to be his wife, readers see Proctor as unstable because readers do not know Abigail actually confessed this to him. They think it's a random accusation he came up with. This helps readers to better relate to Danforth and Parris and the rest of the court, because the accusation that Abigail wished to marry him came with no proof. This announcement also foreshadows his inability to confess to witchery later on, because he is so angry that no one believed him about Abigail and that nothing else involves logic any longer. The missing scene in Act 2 shapes Proctor's character differently in the eyes of the reader, and when re-reading the play including the scene, the reader's perception of Proctor, Abigail, and Danforth all vary greatly.
Arthur Miller, the author of the novel The Crucilbe, mysteriously removes Act Two, Scene Two from his plot of the story. The scene takes place in the woods at night. The scene tells of a tense conversation between Proctor and Abigail Williams. Abigail mistakenly thinks that Proctor has come to marry her, however, he arrives with wrath towards her because of her accusal of witchcraft of his innocent wife, Elizabeth. Miller possibly deletes this scene because the scene reveals too much of the mindset of Abigail and Proctor. Abigail considers herself a "hero" because she is eliminating the hypocrites of the town. However, she herself is a hypocrite because she commits adultry and fornecation with Proctor, yet she thinks of herself as holy. Revealing this information deprives the reader of forming his or her own opinion as to the conflict of the story. If the reader does not know that Abigail has this plan, then he or she has the ability to expand knowledge and wonder if the conflict was real or acted by the girls, for fear of consequences of dancing in the woods. Allowing the reader to feel accomplished by concluding on his or her own that Abigail wants to execute Elizabeth so that she can marry Proctor gives the story more mystery and will therefore cause the reader to explore more into the novel. Telling of Abigail's plan does not compliment the theme. Also, in Act Three, Proctor admits to the rumer that he slept with Abigail. However in Scene Two, Act II Porctor threatens Abigail to tell the court of their "secret" if she does not confess to lying about the whole scandal. If Miller did not delete this scene, the story would not be as exciting in Act Three because the reader would already know that Proctor will confess to adultry. Describing too much in a story can not only ruin the plot and scenes, but it also causes the reader to lose interest and excitment the novel. Authors must allow the reader to think independently on the plot or conflict of the novel and conclude to his or her ideas.
Act II Scene II of The Crucible by Arthur Miller was removed from the original play. In my opinion, the biggest reason Arthur did this was because it was a very misleading scene in the sense of characters. In the scenes prior to this, Abigail’s character was built up as intelligent, witty, and somewhat courageous. However, this scene contradicts all of those qualities because Abigail starts to believe her own lies. In conclusion, Abigail’s character is confused in this scene, and the scene does nothing to further the knowledge of any characters or theme in the novel, and that is why I think Arthur Miller deleted the scene from the original play.
Throughout the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller all the scenes contribute to giving the reader a vivid image of the characters that are introduced. Two of the main characters in particular John Proctor, and Abigail Williams, prove to be very complex characters that keep the reader guessing. Throughout the novel many general assumptions could made about these characters yet, after reading the removed Scene 2 of Act 2 a more direct perspective is added. During this scene Abigail makes a pass at John Procter, and instead of giving in to this temptation, John becomes infuriated with anger. “If you do not free my wife tomorrow, I am set and bound to ruin you, Abby.” (Miller 151) By saying this John not only rejects her, but also threatens to expose her if she does not free his wife, during the court trials. By including this scene an over abundance of information is given to the reader, instead of leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions. The scene also exposes the characters true feelings, and takes away from the suspense of the rest of the play. Therefore this scene clearly was removed due to the fact that it would only take away from the rest of the play, by making it less interesting for the reader.
Arthur Miller removed Act II scene ii from the play possibly because the dialogue between John Proctor and Abigail Williams in the scene blatantly calls out the irony of the Puritan way of life and the hypocrisy going on in Salem at the time. When Abigail addresses John and says, “Oh Hypocrites! Have you won him too?” [p. 151], she is referring to the townspeople of Salem as the hypocrites and questioning John’s integrity and strength. By specifically pointing this out to a reader it takes the thinking and theorizing about the outcome of the play, out of Act III and IV.
Arthur Miller removed act 2, Scene II, of The Crucible because it diminishes the readers’ views of the character John Proctor. In this scene we see Abigail pouring out her real passionate feelings about John right before the trial. She says,” Why, you taught me goodness, therefore you are good. It were a fire you walked me through, and all my ignorance was burned away” (Miller 150). Abigail expresses how powerfully John impacted her life. If the readers knew this before they read about the trial, they could see John as more of a harsh person for selling Abigail out when she loved him so much.
Arthur Miller removed act 2, Scene II, of The Crucible because it diminishes the readers’ views of the character John Proctor. In this scene we see Abigail pouring out her real passionate feelings about John right before the trial. She says,” Why, you taught me goodness, therefore you are good. It were a fire you walked me through, and all my ignorance was burned away” (Miller 150). Abigail expresses how powerfully John impacted her life. If the readers knew this before they read about the trial, they could see John as more of a harsh person for selling Abigail out when she loved him so much.
I think that the reason why scene two act two was taken out of the play was because it made Abigail seem more selfish and contradictory than Arthur Miller may have intended or wanted. The scene reveals more about their relationship then Miller wanted, leaving little mystery to both of their intentions. Towards the end of the scene it almost seems like Proctor is denying what Abigail is saying because he knows his feelings are wrong and would ruin his reputation. He never seems to deny that her accusations are fully untrue. "Abigail-...Never in this world! I know you, John- you are this moment singing secret hallelujahs that your wife will hang. Proctor- ...You mad murderous bitch!" Almost saying that Abigail is terrible for putting their secrets in the open and how she is ruining everything they had or could ever have by doing this.
the crucible is total shit,
probably the most un-interesting thing ive ever read,
my teachers making us read it, what a cunt
im gonna take a metal bar to your face if you take this personally :D
love you babydoll
i agree with the bottom comment
The crucible is total shit and our english treacher is a bald hippo look a like cunt
hes a peado too
he loves children inclding young males
abigails a bitch and procter is also a peado
they all die whats the fucking pointBLAH BLAH BLAH CUNTSTICK
wait...was this assignment already due? shit, i hope not...
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I believe that Miller left out the scene because it blatantly discloses too much information. not to mention, it contains several anomolies that would be frowned upon in the 50-80's (ie meeting with Abby in the dark, lifting her dress, being controlled by a female). I, however, believe he should have kept the scene in. i appreciate the insight it gives (by revealing Abigail's true intentions). i appreciate how he reveals Abigail as a psychopath in this passage. If you know anything about psychology then you would realize her psychopathic (or most likely in this case, sociopathic) tendencies (ie manipulation, charisma, intimidation, sexuality, and borderline violence)but this scene clearly depicts it. she is practically losing her mind.
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