I believe that Americans have a choice whether they want to stand up for others or to stay neutral‚ we are not required to fight the battle of others but in my opinion we should help others in need. If you don’t stand up for justice of all people you are technically letting it happen but it doesn’t mean you support injustice or propose it upon others. If you see injustice happening what do you do? Do you step in or do you let it go? I think it depends on the situation‚ if it is someone that can’t
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What would you do if you accuse of witchcraft? Would you tell on you neighbor or on someone you hate? The author is miller. There was a problem of witchcraft in the town salem. A gruop of girls start to spread around of witchcraft. But the people start to find out there’s not really a thing of witchcraft. Deception and guilt are two main themes in the Crucible. Deception is the first main theme in the crucible. “There is a plot afoot subtle we should be criminals to ding to old respects
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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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out of love or anger. 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
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The Arise of Witchcraft in The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ the story is set in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the time that the Salem Witch Trials were beginning. The society was paranoid because the concept of witchcraft scared them and‚ even more than scared them‚ enraged them. Due to how paranoid the people were‚ the leaders began implementing new rules/laws that would prevent witchcraft from happening. In the play‚ by the end of Act 1‚ the girls dancing in the woods (and dabbling
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Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is portrayed as a tormented individual whose flaws inevitably lead him to his own destruction. Proctor’s lust for Abigail Williams is the instigator of the hysteria surrounding the witch trails. During the Salem Witch trials‚ Proctor tries to convince the court that the trial are fraudulent‚ he is then thrown into the mix of a corrupt society with greedy preachers‚ landowners trying to steal land‚ and a young girl infatuated with him and getting rid of his
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The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is set In Puritan New England town of Salem Massachusetts. The town gets very flustered after witchcraft is accused. The Reverend‚ Parris catches his daughter and a group of her friends dancing around in the forest. The daughter Betty falls into a coma. When rumors are spread about the town‚ the townspeople start accusing them of witchcraft. Paranoia is set into the town‚ so Reverend Hale is called upon who is an expert on witchcraft. Parris questions the ring
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It stands clear in my grandfather’s will that all the land between the river and-.” For example‚ he uses revenge against the other men in Salem to get their land and become wealthier. He accused the citizens of Salem of putting spells on Ruth which resulted in her being “sick”. In conclusion revenge played a major part in the deaths of citizens from Salem. These revenge seekers in “The Crucible” were driven by jealousy and wanted closure to feel better about themselves. The people who were accused
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Miller’s Reasoning on Writing the Crucible Both The Crucible and the McCarthy era were similar because Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the Crucible to parallel what occurred during the McCarthy era. Miller was one of several writers that were blacklisted during the McCarthy time so he experienced being wrongfully accused of something‚ and he had no way to overcome the accusations. Miller wrote the Crucible to indirectly describe the events that were happening in the 1950’s‚ by showing the
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Mason Rahim Mrs.Mcgill English III-105 November 2017 The CrucibleIn The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there is lots of scenes where mass hysteria is used by characters to exploit other people in the book. This is demonstrated in a story based off the Salem Witch Trials and a major problem in the McCarthy Era. Arthur Miller was living through this McCarthy Era where people were accused for being communists yet there was none. He wrote The Crucible based off the that. Mass hysteria is used within the story
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