located in Massachusetts‚ several young girls fell ill. They experienced seizures and hallucinations and the town attributed it to the devil or evil spirits. Arthur Miller’s book‚ The Crucible‚ tells the story of these girls and the series of hearings and trials that destroyed the town. A critical theme in The Crucible is the role that hypocrisy can play in tearing apart a community even though the people of Salem are of Puritan belief‚ they practice and claim to have moral standards but they do not
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a historical fiction play about the famed Salem witch trials. Historical fiction? So it ’s both historical fact and fiction? Is it more fact or fiction? In my opinion this play‚ The Crucible‚ is more fiction than fact. This is only my opinion though‚ it is not a fact and it cannot be proven that the play is more fact than fiction or the other way around. In this paper I will discuss why it is my opinion that The Crucible is more fiction that fact. In my opinion
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were accused of being witches and hanged as well. These actions are shown very clearly in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible. In this play‚ several teenage girls begin to accuse people they don’t like of witchcraft and pretend that they are being afflicted by them. The people of Salem all believe them and almost every person the “afflicted” girls accuse
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However‚ we have not only repeated it on various occasions‚ but through Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ we also see the parallel of the event with the Salem Witch hunts that took place years before the hearings. The connection between The Crucible and the McCarthy Hearings is not an isolated one‚ but can also be made with other historical and current events that are happening today. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to The McCarthy Hearings. These two events can be connected in many ways; for
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The Crucible: The Evil of Fear In The Crucible‚ a play written by Arthur Miller‚ the strict Puritan community of Salem is bombarded with the hysteria of witchcraft. It starts when five young girls of Salem are caught dancing in the forest. Instead as mere children playing‚ this behavior is viewed upon by the Puritans as the work of the devil. As the hysteria builds momentum‚ more and more accusations radiate. Reverend Hale‚ a well known expert on witches‚ is brought into Salem to ’cleanse’
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to see the good and the bad of things. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ characters are manipulating each other by using each other’s faith against themselves. Characters start to accuse each other as being a witch‚ which was at that time was a horrible actuation to make against someone. There are characters who buckle under the pressure of the accusations and let their fear of death cloud their decisions. In the story The Crucible‚ characters start to question their faith thanks to their
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Knowledge is power‚ which can give an individual the ability to persuade others. In the Play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the characters are accused of witchcraft. They tell the truth to who they choose‚ giving that person the ability to persuade the judge’s thoughts to their advantage‚ because‚ they know what actually happened in the woods. Power in the form of truth is passed between the characters as the witch trial progresses. Power is obtained when secrets or knowledge about others are revealed
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Arthur Miller sets his play‚ The Crucible‚ in a patriarchal and puritanical town where belonging to society is superficial. Through my study of this play‚ I have gained many insights‚ which are also reflected in my two related texts‚ I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson‚ and My Sister’s Keeper written by the author Jodi Picoult. Belonging to someone or a group gives an individual and others the strength‚ confidence and power. However‚ society may also marginalise different people within their society
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Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible in response to the red scare of the 1950’s‚ in which he was was condemned for disrespect & disapproval of the United States Congress for being unsuccessful in naming numerous individuals who had attended meetings with him. In a bid to not only secure his career as a journalist & play writer and also to alert the American people against the government misinformation & propaganda that were headed their way. The characters in the play are faced with the same
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the play. Quote 2: “We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone‚” Act 1‚ page 38 Context: Mr. and Mrs. Putnam’s daughter‚ Betty is sick and they don’t know why. They explain to Hale that she doesn’t eat and her soul seems to have “flown away.” They ask for Hale’s help saying they think it’s a sign of witchcraft. When he makes the statement he is saying that the devil marks his victims and if she has turned to the devil he will
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