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    Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a social commentary on witch hunts in early America‚ as well as an Aristotelian tragedy. In Aristotle’s essay Poetics‚ Aristotle explains that a character flaw (imperfection or weakness in one’s personality or values) or an error in judgment can lead to tragedy. The word for this is hamartia. Aristotle also goes on to state that the tragic hero will find enlightenment through his or her lamentable situation. In Miller’s play there are two characters in particular

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    Most people hate normal things‚ such as traffic or cleaning. Other people‚ upon reading The Crucible‚ develop a sense of hatred towards Abigail Williams. Arthur Miller writes Abigail as manipulative‚ selfish‚ and an effective liar. This hatred towards Abigail is inevitable and present throughout the play‚ but Miller suggests that hatred towards an evil person is warranted. In the first act‚ Abigail immediately starts by lying‚ which becomes her first introduction to every reader. Rumors are spreading

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    Arthur Miller and influence of his life Arthur Miller has been one of Americas best known play writers who emerged in the United States since World War II. He has been writing since the age of seventeen and bases his work on personal experiences while attacking political views. One of his best known works is The Death of a Salesman which is about a man named Willy Loman who tries to emerge in the business industry and present a better image of him in society. Another important play is The Crucible

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    Marco and Rodolpho are Beatrice’s two cousins coming to the United States from Italy. They are coming to the United States to make money to live better lives and they stick together through thick and thin. That is where the similarities end with these two brothers. Each one of them is there for completely different reasons. They are viewed differently by those around them and react differently to the situations that are presented to them. Marco came to the United States for one reason only: to

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    Who’s Responsible for the final tragedy in ‘A View from the Bridge?’ Nowadays‚ family loyalty is not as common in families as in used to be. Think about your family‚ does it revolve around loyalty or something else? In the play‚ ‘A View from the Bridge’ written by Arthur Miller their whole family life revolves around loyalty and is an everyday duty. But evidently shown the pressure of family loyalty can push you to do things that might not be in your nature to do. It begins when Eddie and Beatrice

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    Through this he stands apart from the drama that engulfs the other characters and is a trustworthy observer as he comments on what is happening with the other characters. By talking directly to the audience he gives an insight to the other characters from his view‚ ‘This ones name was Eddie Carbone‚ a longshoreman…’ ultimately allowing the audience to gain a quicker view of the characters. Throughout the play the audience can see that Alfieri does not want anything from anyone else in the story‚ only

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    2012 Arthur Miller Research Essay Arthur Miller was an American playwright who wrote plays such as “The Crucible” and “Death of a Salesman” because he thought theatre could change the world. He wrote his works based on friends‚ his own life‚ and family. People believed he was a man of integrity and a hero because of the ways he portrayed himself. He was born in 1915 in Harlem‚ New York and raised in a very wealthy household by his parents‚ Isidore and Augusta Miller. After high

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    Happiness or Duty? Arthur Miller’s‚ An Enemy of the People‚ depicts an intriguing playwright in which the differences of opinions between two brothers leads to a town revolution and the expulsion of one brother from the community. One brother‚ Dr. Stockmann‚ believed the contamination of the water in the town’s health spa was sufficient reasoning to be shut down. The other brother‚ Peter Stockmann‚ took an opposing stance believing that the health spa was the towns only means to economic salvation

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    Scene 8‚ page 69 (What’s this tone of voice?) page 72 (end of scene). How far is the dramatic presentation of Gellburg and Sylvia in this extract typical of‚ and significant within‚ the play as a whole? Broken Glass‚ a play by Arthur Miller set in Brooklyn‚ 1938‚ focuses on the dwindling marriage of Sylvia and Gellburg during the aftermath of Kristallnacht. This scene unravels the complex relationship of the two and how they finally come to terms with the fundamental flaws in their marital relationship

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    Wood 1A English Honors 3 November 30‚ 2017 The Crucible     “Arthur Miller.” Biography.com‚ A&E Networks Television‚ 22 Mar. 2017 www.biogrophy.com/people/Arthur-Miller-9408335     The author of this article‚ Arthur Miller who was born in Harlem‚ New York. During the year 1915‚ Arthur attended the University of Michigan. Arthur Miller moved back east to write plays such as “Death Of A Salesman” and “The Crucible”. In 1949 Arthur Miller won the Pulitzer prize and a few Tony awards. He married the

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