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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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Abigail’s decisions are made from an intricate weave of mixed emotions driven by the tortured mind of a 17 year old girl. It is those decisions‚ those choices she makes that destroy the town of Salem. While in the beginning she is the victim of unfair and cruel circumstances‚ her choices such as witchcraft‚ manipulation‚ and blackmail lead to her descent down to a lowly villain who cares for nothing other than what she wants. The Crucible‚ while a story of how hysteria
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There are many characters that Arthur Miller has written about in The Crucible that have many meaning. Mary Warren is a character of importance and shows examples of a lesson that many people need to learn today. Demonstrating qualities of being a coward‚ fearful‚ and a very dishonest‚ the character of Mary Warren is developed by Arthur Miller in order to support lesson that many people need to learn today that if we do not learn from the past that history will repeat itself. Mary Warren is a coward
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book. In The Crucible‚ two characters that change for the better are Reverend Hale and John Proctor. They both go on a journey of self due to the hysteria of The Salem Witch Trials. The community had fallen into mass panic over a group of girls who convicted dozens of innocent people of witchcraft. Throughout the book‚ they become more suspicious of the girls and take a more active role in trying to convince people that they’re lying about seeing people with the Devil. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur
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1919. People began to know that they couldn’t believe him because he began blaming many officials including some high ranked army soldiers. Many plays‚ books‚ and sonnets do not just have one thing tied into them. They have multiple concepts. “The Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller‚ had mcCarthyism tied into the plot/theme of the play. Abigail and her fellow minions would blame citizens of Salem for witchcraft or seeing them with the devil. They could make anyone
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The Crucible: Abuse of Power In a Puritan civilization‚ the amount of power the Church and the court had on the citizens was unfair. The Church was depended on to make laws and the court acted as a threat and intimidated civilians to obey the laws. In doing so‚ the life of a Puritan was not a fortunate one. Second‚ the court is ruled by hypocrites and corruption. Two characters that were mainly at fault were Danforth and Abigail. Danforth was a judge who declared that “this is a court of law
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Christian beliefs. Anyone who acts out of the ordinary is accused of being a witch‚ and he/she will actually be forgiven if they blame their accusations on another individual‚ or confess themselves as guilty. Hysteria is the main idea of this play‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Miller shows how it can destroy an entire community‚ and developed a theme of how suspicion and panic can lead to extensive hysteria that often can destroy rationality and public/individual persona. Firstly‚ the person
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Miller’s play “The Crucible”. People must always act morally‚ in public and private. Reputation affects their actions and majorly influences the choices they make. While all the people in Salem are concerned with keeping up a good reputation‚ three stand out above the rest. They are controlled by their need for a good name. John Proctor‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Reverend Parris are all extremely concerned with their reputations‚ which affects their actions throughout “The Crucible”. All three of these
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drives individuals to disregard personal wants for society’s expectations. But by rejecting social orders‚ individuals may stray from society’s expectations in pursuit of an individual fulfillment. The notion of conformity is seen in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller where individuals conform to be included in the safety net of belonging. The song Numb by Linkin Park demonstrates a negative contrast to those that conform and the film American History X (1998) by Tony Kaye explores how individual
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The Crucible is composed of different types of imagery. These can be broken off into color‚ emotion‚ and setting. They all affect one another. Arthur Miller uses imagery to help add to the overall impact of the play. It gives The Crucible a distinctive style. Arthur Miller uses a term known as color to help add a certain mood to the play. The town of Salem‚ to me‚ doesn’t seem too bright. He paints a picture of this really gloomy town. On page 4‚ it mentions " but we today would hardly
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