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    Essay On The Crucible

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    you ever wondered if witches were actually real? In the play “The Crucible‚” people thought they were real. In this story the mass hysteria that ensues is comparable to the Red Scare of the 1950s. In these similar conflicts people were scared of one another and falsely accused innocent people. We can learn something from these conflicts though. “The Crucible” has many events and themes that can apply to real life. In “The Crucible‚” there were a large amount of people that were accused. At first

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    The Crucible Universality

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    I was very surprised to learn that my plot selection was the Crucible by Arthur Miller written in 1953. My mind went to some of the modern day issues we face in the twenty first century. I became astonished when I realized what the actual story entailed. The scenario I had in my mind from the plot was so far off from the play the Crucible.

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    In the play “The Crucible”‚ by Arthur Miller‚ it describes the happenings of the Salem Witchcraft Trials and it symbolizes how The Red Scare‚ After World War Two‚ is so similar as people accused their neighbors and friends for their own personal purpose Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible” to show how Senator McCarthy and the HUAC’s actions of accusing communism is similar to Governor Danforth and the Salem Witchcraft Trials are both being fueled by propaganda and misinformation. In his play he changes

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    The Crucible Thesis

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    The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials that happened during the 1600’s. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 during the Red Scare‚ “The Red Scare describes the time in American History following World War II when tension between Americans and other Communist countries‚ specifically the Soviet Union‚ were threateningly high” (Allison). During this time period many Americans spoke out about their situation‚ including Arthur Miller. He wrote The Crucible to make

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    The world at the present is always the inspiration of a work. This idea is manifested in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He incorporates the political drama of the era into the play about the Salem Witch Trials. Therefore‚ The Crucible is a mirror image of the McCarthyism that occurred during the 1950s. This fact is reflected through the various connections in characters‚ themes. First‚ there are characters in the play which represent the actual people involved and affected by the McCarthy era.

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    Immorality In The Crucible

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    Act one of The Crucible begins with the confusion over what happened in the recent forest incident involving Abigail‚ Betty‚ Mary‚ Mercy‚ and Tituba. After a lot of questioning and uncertainty about the situation‚ all of the character except Abigail‚ Betty‚ Mercy and Mary

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    Weakness In The Crucible

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    In this essay I am going to talk about how weakness‚ courage‚ and truth play a role in the Crucible. The first concept I am going to talk about is weakness and how it affected the Crucible. Mary Warren shows a lot of weakness because of how she got John and Elizabeth proctor in trouble with the court. Mary Warren wouldn’t fess up that she made the poppet and put the needle in its belly. Elizabeth got blamed for it because the poppet was in her house and Elizabeth said she didn’t have any dolls but

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    Pride in the Crucible

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    The Presence of Pride in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" In Miller’s "The Crucible" the pride of the people of Salem leads to a massacre of innocent lives. Pride is delight or elation arising from some act‚ possession‚ or relationship. One of the main characters‚ John Proctor‚ has pride in his beliefs of purifying the Church of England. His wife‚ Elizabeth‚ has pride in her ability to use the trials as an ultimate revenge against Abigail Williams. John Hale is the "expert" on witches his pride

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    The Crucible Hysteria

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    group‚ those who have become "infected" find that their lives are thrown into chaos and ruin. Epidemic hysteria was found evident in the lives of the characters in The Crucible. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play that retells the events of the Salem Witch Trials. By looking at those "infected" by hysteria in The Crucible and the facts drawn from other outbreaks in a journal by Leslie B. Boss‚ it can be seen how the concepts of hysteria apply to the characters of this play‚ including

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    The Crucible Analysis

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    characters of Parris and Danforth illustrate the moral corruption at the heart of Salem’s society and witch trials. Parris embodies self-absorption through his constant evaluation of every development in terms of how it affects his power and status. The Crucible opens with Parris‚ anxious over the unknown illness of his daughter Betty‚ viciously questioning Abigail on what might have caused Betty’s sudden ailment. Parris discovers that the girls were “dancing like heathen in the forest” (Miller 7). He interrogates

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