1 English 2 September 29th‚ 2014 The Crucible: Quotes Essay The Crucible is a play written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. This play is packed full of different themes and quotes I would love to use in this essay but I can’t use them all. The themes that I will be discussing in this essay are lying‚ good vs. evil‚ and The Supernatural
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In Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” a crisis between a salesman Willy Loman and his oldest son Biff comes to a realization of their identity. Although many Americans experience an identity crisis at some point in their lives‚ many times it may take years to figure out who they really want to be. Both Willy and Biff endeavor to figure out who they really are in the play “Death of a Salesman” however‚ they exploit separate methods of doing so with very unique outcomes. In the eyes of Willy
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anything that Willy did not want to hear. Howard leaves Willy in the office alone to greet people outside. Willy then notices this himself saying‚ "Pull myself together! What the hell did I say to him? My God‚ I was yelling at him! How could I!" (Miller 1350; all page references are to the class text‚ The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature‚ 5 th ed.). Willy however‚ is not the only member of the Loman family with problems communicating. Everyone in the family has a habit of interrupting
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during fight-or-flight‚ a person either wants to run away from their fear‚ or fight it. Arthur Miller was feeling hysteria at the time of The Crucible; therefore his characters were as well. They felt the way he was so that he could better identify with them and write a great story. Throughout history‚ hysteria has proven to be a mass motivator and driving force behind many societies. Arthur Miller was born right after WWI; however he was able to see the affect it had on his family. In 1929
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RHETORIC Throughout the Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many forms of rhetoric to progress and shape the plot. Miller exercises three significant forms of rhetoric to shape the play; symbolism‚ irony‚ and suspense. Although only a few instances of deep symbolism occur during the story‚ there are many important symbols. The title itself has two different meanings; a crucible is a melting metal to be forged into something new and different‚ which parallels the story to how it is a new
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African Americans. The authors of the Renaissance displayed what it was like to be black and live in a white dominated world. Arthur Miller was a famous American dramatist that was born during the Modernism period. He was born into a wealthy family in New York City. His father owned a clothing manufacturing business which made him a well venerated person. Miller attended Abraham Lincoln High school in Brooklyn. He was the night editor for the student paper‚
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family is not accused he advises them to fix any suspicious actions. He tells the proctors‚ “God keep you both; let the third child be quickly baptized‚ and go you without fail each Sunday into Sabbath prayer‚ and keep a solemn‚ quiet way among you” (Miller‚ Act II‚ 70). He want’s the Proctors to lay low and show their love for God. This will show that God is their number one priority and they would not use witchcraft to jeopardize their relationship with God. Protecting the innocent in Salem is essential
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False testimonies‚ jealousy and grudges used as ammunitions to fuel the hysteria. The trials successfully depicted how intolerance and hysteria can combine to tear even the strongest community like Salem apart. In The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller who was inspired by the Salem witch trials‚ John Proctor‚ a local farmer that lives just outside of Salem‚ is originally a good Puritan; however he has committed lechery
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Arthur Miller explores many different subjects during The Crucible. One of the most impactful subjects he uses is hysteria‚ when a large group of people have an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear. This happens in the play when the town becomes fearful of witches and begins arresting anybody accused. Miller uses the characters to develop a theme around hysteria. Arthur Miller uses Mary Warren to show how hysteria causes the town to fall into pieces because of the destruction‚ hallucination
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Arthur Miller has had a great many successful and well-known plays‚ most notably The Crucible. Miller’s play “The Crucible” is actually based on the witch hunt that went on looking for communists and communist sympathizers in the writing and acting community in the 50’s‚ but set in Salem in 1692. After the play opened in 1953‚ the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) took an interest in the play writer. And in 1954they denied him a passport so that he could go to London‚ England where he
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