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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The Crucible In the past‚ present‚ and undoubtedly in the future‚ deceptive individuals take advantage of the anxieties and fears of society. When a society ’s insecurities are exposed and raw‚ a disconcerted mood spreads throughout the people. This contagion can engulf an entire population and become like a living entity‚ causing people to act rashly and hypocritically. Whether or not the fear is justified‚ a convincing individual can exploit a certain mentality called mob psychology. Mob psychology
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How does Sheriff build tension in Act 2? Jodie Horton Sheriff creates a lot of tension in Act 2 in many different ways. He uses structure as a way to create tension including‚ stage directions‚ setting/staging and characters actions. Tension is initially built in scene 1 by the use of Sheriffs structure‚ the men are waiting in the trenches for six days with nothing to do‚ to the audience the real boredom of the trenches and the men would be exposed. The men talk about everyday
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Sydney Wells 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
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The Crucible Comparison Paper In the book “The Crucible”‚ by Arthur Miller‚ Deputy Danforth is more to blame for the trials continuation than Abigail Williams because he always believed whoever had been accused a witch‚ refused any evidence showing that the accused were innocent‚ and was more concerned with the court’s image than justice being served. Danforth is more to blame for the trials continuation than Abigail because‚ while Abigail was the one making
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How does Miller present the character Abigail in Act I? We are first introduced to the ‘strikingly beautiful’ Abigail Williams in Act I of one of Arthur Miller’s most acclaimed works The Crucible. She is a dominant figure in the play who is both malicious and manipulative. She is astute and knows how to use power to her own advantage by all means possible. She is a marvellous antagonist with vengeful desires and vehicle for the mass hysteria which becomes a key theme later in the play. Abigail’s
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proposes equality. The Inspector speaks about them all being the same. ’We are members of one body’. Priestley’s use of the word ’body’ shows that we are all connected and linked. Everyone needs to work together. The Inspector wants to teach the Birlings how to be more responsible and that money and class is not going to make you a better person and should change their attitudes towards the working class. An Inspector Calls’ imitates Priestley’s socialist views while outlining the trouble with Capitalism
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Act 3 scene 1 is a terrific piece of drama. How does Shakespeare engage the audience’s interest and build up tension and anticipation of future events in the play? Romeo and Juliet is a terrific Shakespeare play. It is a play of love and tragedy. It shows two people from families who are enemies‚ and who fall in love. In act 3 scenes 1 though it all turns around‚ the tragic death of two people turn it. I will say in this essay how it changes the play and how the langue and style in this play
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Arthur Miller‚ the author of The Crucible‚ lived through the 1950’s. During that time‚ there was a fear of communist ideas‚ and Americans had a campaign against it. Experiencing this time period had a lot of influence on the reasoning behind Miller writing this play. The Crucible was a play on the hysteria that was produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftism activity in America (Thirteen). McCarthyism and personal experiences during that time are two of the
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Miller often experiments with narrative style and technique. For example‚ Miller includes lengthy exposition pieces that read as stage directions within The Crucible. At first glance‚ it seems that an audi- ence must either read the information in the program or listen to a long- winded narrator. Upon further inspection however‚ it becomes apparent that Miller’s inclusion of background material allows actors and directors to study character motivation and internalize the information‚ thereby portraying
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