The crucible by Arthur Miller Compare/contrast the endings to Acts 1, 2, and 3. Why do you think Miller structured the endings similarly? Explain.

Acts one and two are both set in someone's place of residence; act one is in Parris's house above the parish, and act two is in the Proctor household.  In that sense, the setting is similar. They also are the scenes of various relationship strifes; in act one, Parris and Abigail fight, along with Abigail and her friends, and Abigail and Proctor, and then Proctor fighting with Parris and other assorted townsfolk--so, a lot of fighting goes on.  In act two, John and Elizabeth fight a bit, and we see further conflict in their relationship.  Mary Warren and Proctor fight, and then Proctor fights with the deputies that try to arrest Elizabeth and take her away.  Another similarity between the scenes is that Reverend Hale is there, questioning people and trying to hunt down witchcraft--in act one, he questions Tituba, in act two, he questions the Proctors.  One other comparison that can be made is that in both these acts, we see how the accusations start and get quite out of hand.  As soon as Tituba is "off the hook" for "confessing" to be a witch, Abby and all of her friends jump on the bandwagon, and it spirals out of control.  In act two, we see just how far out of control they have gotten.  Both acts are very tense, anxious, contentious, and dramatic in their moods.

Some differences between the acts are that in act two, it starts off as a civil, if awkward conversation between husband and wife, that soon spirals into an argument and full expressions of bitterness and mistrust.  However, we get to see a bit more of how the everyday functioning of their household works, and them at least trying to patch things up at the beginning. So the setting in act two at least starts off not being quite as dramatic; it is more personal and intimate.  As Reverend Hale questions the couple the conversation is more logical and sound than that of the questioning occurring of Tituba in act one.  Tituba's questioning was harried, rushed, forced, dramatic and intense.

Those are just some similarities and differences, and I hope that they help to get you thinking.  Good luck!

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

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