Tragic Triumph
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It hardly takes a discerning eye to realize that life does not consist of fairy tale endings.
That fact is all too apparent in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a work which has been labeled a
tragedy by many critics. Robert Heilman defines a tragedy as a work of literature in which a
character ....
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.... heart. I believe that the precise point at which he realizes the exigency of the
situation is when he emits the soul-wrenching cry, “You will not use me!” (142). And so, with
these words, the first provision of a tragedy is furnished.
Miller spares us the full repercussions of Proctor’s decision by ending the play before the
hangings. Still, it is evident what the consequence of Proctor’s insistent grip on integrity will be:
death. I find it much more fitting ....
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