Put yourself in Salem‚ Massachusetts back in 1692 being punished for the wicked games of witchcraft. Now imagine being preached at in a crowd full of awful sinners. Johnathan Edwards in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ tries to scare his readers into not sinning. He is also trying to persuade them to convert into pure Christians. Arthur Miller in‚ The Crucible compares McCarthyism in America to witchcraft in Salem. History was repeated when both Arthur Miller and Johnathan Edwards write the
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The Crucible is a riveting play written by Arthur Miller detailing the sorrowful event known as the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials took place 1692 in the colonial town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. The horrendous trials took place after allegations of witchcraft (which the Puritans considered an offense worthy of execution) began circulating through the town; after which mass hysteria ensued within the town’s people. Consequently‚ two hundred people were accused of witchcraft because of this
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books were heavy because they were “weighted with authority” (Miller 36). This statement may sound prideful‚ but when the gravity of the situation and Hale’s importance to the citizens of Salem is factored in‚ Hale’s comment merely reflected the feelings of the town and the importance he has in it. To the Salem residents and Hale himself‚ his books could be life or death for some of the people living there. By the end of the play‚ Hale has undergone major developments and his opinion on the whole
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persecuted because of his wrong accusation during the witch trial executions in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. Coming into the Town of Salem‚ Massachusetts Reverend Hale illustrates a great deal of confidence with his knowledge and belief of witchcraft in Act I. Hale is known for being an expert on witch craft and as a “spiritual doctor”. Which he thinks very highly of as well when first comes to Salem. He sets his mind to persecuting the citizens
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It all seems like nobody wants to take the blame in Salem. What is everyone’s deal? Could it perhaps be that they don’t want their reputation to be ruined or their lives to be endangered due to witchcraft? The people of Salem are making up excuses to make themselves seem pleasing and innocent to others. They are putting the blame on everyone else but themselves. These statements have been carried on until this day. The ways of the puritans have transformed a lot but some of the “techniques” back
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Miller describes the events that took place in Salem during the Salem Witch Trials. He describes several of the deadly conflicts that occur between the townspeople‚ but not all the conflicts were external ones. One such conflict occurred within the expert in all things supernatural‚ Reverend Hale. Hale’s internal conflict happened because he realized fear causes people to make rash decisions‚ so he began to doubt all the work he had been doing in Salem and the Witch Trials as a whole. Hale’s inner
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that it was Abigail’s flaws of lust‚ dishonesty‚ and temper that led her to be the most responsible for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. Throughout the play Abigail displayed these three flaws towards other characters by threating‚ lying and showing affection. I believe that Abigail is most at fault because she is the one who started all the chaos in Salem by telling a little white lie that later led more and more lies along the way. Abigail displays lust toward John in the play ever since
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The preaching of “hellfire and bloody damnation” (Miller 27) by Reverend Parris‚ the minister in the town of Salem‚ informs the reader of what is in the minds of the townspeople. Parris is regarded as a powerful figure by the people of Salem village and he plays a major role in the impetus of “The Crucible by Arthur Miller.” He stumbles upon a few girls dancing around objects in the forest. Shortly after‚ his daughter‚ along with another girl‚ fall very ill. This sparks the idea of witchcraft and
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took place during 1692 to 1693 in Salem Massachusetts. For the most part of this play it was all based on lies‚ you had people accusing others to keep themselves out of trouble and everyone would believe them. Other than John Proctor who knew what was happening but he couldn’t convince the others to believe him. So whoever Abigail or one of the girls would accuse they would either confess something that wasn’t true or they would be hung. The entire town of Salem was blinded by the truth and believed
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was a brilliant representation of mass hysteria. The examples are very limited when it comes to panic on as great a scale of which the Salem Witch Trials created. The reasons for there are not a large amount of examples is because the timing must be perfect to achieve the range of hysteria as seen in The Crucible.The hysteria was only entrenched so deeply in Salem for the following reasons: people urged the panic on for selfish reasons leading to panic‚ religion and state not being separated as it
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