The Crucible: Themes In Arthur Miller’s play‚ “The Crucible”‚ Miller’s main focuses were the witch trials‚ behaviors and actions as a result of the hidden deeds believed to be done by the people of Salem. This book includes religious beliefs and revolves around witch trials to go into depth of the accusations and the lies for the outcomes. The play is wonderfully worded with much context for a reader to fully understand the idea and the concept. There were many themes in the play‚ those explained
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vanity‚ sir- . . . She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might‚ for I thought of her softly. God help me‚ I lusted‚ and there is promise in such sweat. But it is a whore’s vengeance‚ and you must see it:” (Miller 102). The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows greed and vengeance of the Salem townspeople in 1692. Miller is trying to show the government what they are doing with the communism trials and why they are so unfair. The witch trials closely mimic the communist trials in
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Mac Morton 12 April 2013 English 12 Essay Question Although Miller’s The Crucible takes place in the late 1600’s‚ its lessons are still applicable to us in 2013. This short essay focuses on three specific lessons that I have learned from the play‚ which are the negative effects of mass hysteria‚ the consequences of deviating from social norms‚ and the dominance of patriarchy. The first lesson that I learned was that mass hysteria often creates harmful stereotypes. In the play‚ mass hysteria
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Columbia International College Tuesday April 8th‚ 2013 In the contemporary world‚ it might be common for men to have affairs with other women‚ but in the 1690s‚ America‚ it was unforgivable for men to do it and they would be punished. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor has an affair with Abigail‚ which is condemned in that society‚ so it is reasonable for John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth to marginalize Abigail to safeguard their reputation and family. For one thing‚ Mr. Proctor and Elizabeth need
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The Crucible Guided Viewing Questions KEY Who are Reverend Parris‚ Betty‚ and Abigail? What is their relationship? Rev. Parris is the minister of Salem‚ Betty is his daughter‚ and Abigail is his niece. Who is Tituba? What is her relationship to the family? Tituba is the Parris’s slave from Barbados. What is wrong with Betty? Betty is unconscious after being caught by her father dancing in the woods with other girls from Salem. Why does Parris suggest calling in Reverend
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“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” According to award-winning author and screenwriter Stephen King‚ liars have the ability to utilize the trust of the innocent to accomplish their own agenda. Similarly‚ Arthur Miller’s The Crucible delves into the inner workings that motivate people to lie. To illustrate this‚ Miller uses the various characters of the play to represent the different motives to lie which include fear‚ lust‚ and greed. As the play progresses‚ it becomes clear
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them to be greedy for what they value or want. The persona for this piece is VCE students who have studied ‘The Crucible’. The type of language I will be using are informal and formal language as I want my readers to understand and note how well I will express myself which some audience doesn’t really understand the impacts on conflict. By reading my piece I hope my audience will know that greed is why conflict exists and by basing on real world examples and examples from the crucible through an
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The crucible is a story written by Arthur Miller about the witch trials in a place called Salem in the year 1692. On the story a woman named Abigail has an affair with a man named John Proctor. John immediately regrets this so much so‚ that he denies that it ever happens. She lusts after him even still after John clearly states that it was a mistake that will never happen again‚ or even be spoken of. She then gets jealous of Proctor’s wife Elizabeth‚ so much so that she calls upon a servant girl
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Kathia Nunez Mrs. Burns Eng. 11 1 Jan. 2012 Appearance vs. Reality Appearance vs. Reality is a prominent theme in The Crucible as some people are carried and blinded by appearance while others actually look at the facts‚ John Proctor and Elizabeth are not carried away by lies while Abigail and the rest of her friends are ignorant and spread lies. The town of Salem‚ Massachusetts went through a yearlong period of witch trials. A group of girls led by Abigail the reverend’s niece manipulated
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drives the community of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible to the hangings of various innocent people. Reverend Parris highly regards his reputation more than standing up to a corrupt authority. Judge Danforth wrongly condemns and hangs townspeople‚ yet refuses to admit his faults. By contrast‚ John Proctor is an ashamed lecher and prioritizes saving his wife and saving the unjustly convicted people who are still alive with the truth. Throughout The Crucible‚ Miller utilizes corrupt male authority figures
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