a noun defined as; a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures‚ in the traditional sense but‚ it also means a severe‚ searching test or trial. The latter of the two definitions is exactly what Arthur Miller had in mind when he wrote the play‚ The Crucible. The play set in Salem Massachusetts during the start of the infamous Salem Witch Trials‚ is about the struggle to discover truth within the twisted and brutal lies flying about the little town
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The witch trials were seen by some as an opportunity to obtain personal gain through accusing others of witchcraft. There were many motivational goals for the characters in The Crucible such as‚ sexual‚ political‚ and financial. The character‚ in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible"‚ who holds a sexually motivated goal for accusing others‚ is Abigail Williams. When Abigail is the Proctors’ housekeeper‚ she and John Proctor commit adultery before the Salem witch trails. John‚ however‚ feels guilty of his
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Beaty 1 Shontell Beaty Ms.Chacon Period: 5 May 21‚ 2010 Old uncle “Arthur” Nathan Wei‚ of arthritis-treatment-and-relief.com stated that the term arthritis is derived from the Greek term “arthron” meaning joint and “itis” meaning “inflammation”. A common nickname for Arthritis is “Old Uncle Arthur.” A personification sating that the disease is kin to everyone or that most people know someone who has it. Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. There are many types of arthritis
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individual opposes the will of the majority is a recurring feature of drama.” Identify such a conflict in a non-Shakespearean play you have studied and show how the dramatist deals with the implications for both the character and the society. Arthur Miller in ‘The Crucible‚’ deals with the internal/external conflicts of protagonist John Proctor‚ during the witch trials of Salem; showing the effects of “an individual opposed to the will of the majority.” Through the mass hysteria caused by Abigail
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Puritan minister named Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester’s real husband in disguise is Roger Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth had sent Hester to America while he stayed behind in Europe but was supposed to follow Hester. The result of Chillingworth not following Hester was a baby girl named Pearl. Hester’s view on the situation is she thinks because Roger Chilingworth had not stayed with her and traveled to America with her she was lonely and had an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale. This affair had lead
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From its ominous opening‚ to its dad ending‚ "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller is a play driven by fear and desire‚ mirroring the McCarthy trials of the Communist hating 1950s. Though its set in 1692‚ the tone of the play and the themes of intolerance‚ hysteria‚ and ruined reputation were very prominently felt during 1953‚ when the play was published. The title‚ and the actual item of a crucible‚ suggests something seemingly solid melting away under immense stress. The hard structure of society in
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very real. One unidentified individual was on a killing spree and was enjoying it too. This man‚ known as the Zodiac Killer‚ was a mystery to the police department‚ but theories were brought up about possible suspects. Even though some people believe Arthur Leigh Allen was the infamous Zodiac Killer‚ through eye witness accounts and forensic proof‚ it can be proven that the Zodiac Killer was actually Earl Van Best‚ Jr. In the 1960s‚ murder plagued the coast of California. These murders were committed
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“This a strange time‚ Mister. No man may longer doubt the powers of the dark are gathered in monstrous attack upon this village” (Miller 62). This was stated by Reverend Hale in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. This play takes place during the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller provides a setting in which chaos and terror make this play dramatic and enjoyable. There are many themes involved in the play‚ and many characters that represent these themes. One might say the theme of scapegoating
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Arthur Levine born on July 14‚ 1917 in Brooklyn‚ NY. Accepted at Cornell University‚ where he nurtured an early love of theater by obsessively reading plays in his spare time. Remembered as a prolific stage director and screenwriter‚ who was credited for the musicals from there books "West Side Story" (1957) and "Gypsy" (1959). In 1957‚ Laurents wrote the libretto for "West Side Story." Which was originally conceived by Jerome Robbins as a twist on “Romeo and Juliet”. Idea for this began with Robbins
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Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" was an allegory to the well-known mass hysteria‚ the Red Scare. Many mass hysterias have occurred before and after the Red Scare like Y2K‚ War of the Worlds‚ and Muslims in the U.S. In "The Crucible" accusations of witchcraft worried townspeople and made them panic‚ much like Y2K. Many experst had claimed in 1999 that the world would end in the year 2000. The reasoning behind this absurd accusation was that the Mayan calender had stopped at the 2000th year. Many people
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