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    Honesty in the Crucible

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    The phrase “honesty is the best policy‚” applies to Arthur Miller’s history-based drama‚ The Crucible‚ in a variety of ways. The accusations throughout the story build on lie after lie after lie from those trying to protect their own name‚ thus putting the whole town in a state of confusion and chaos. Nobody in the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts knows whom to trust anymore‚ after all of the false allegations made. There are three characters in particular in the story that‚ if they had told the

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    The Salem Witch Trials Vs. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Deborah Livingston The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 had a significant impression on American History and the Massachusetts Colony of Salem. 20 people were killed in the midst of this tragedy; 19 were hanged and one was crushed to death. Researchers still have heated discussions about the cause and effect of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. This article analyzes the historical accuracy of “The Crucible” and the actual events that occurred within

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    Hysteria in the Crucible

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    Hysteria in The Crucible               Arthur Miller’s‚ “The Crucible”‚is about the witch trials that occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. For the people in the town of Salem‚ it was hard to believe that their own neighbors‚ who they thought were good people‚ could be witches. The plot of the play is quite disturbing. The play starts off with these 14 girls who cry out witchcraft. The town fears witchcraft so hysteria begins to take over. Later‚ dozens of people are wrongly accused

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    The Crucible Essay

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    The Crucible is more than a dramatic play; it has an underlying‚ yet obvious message. When The Crucible was written many people refused to think for themselves concerning the trials of prospected communist‚ and Arthur Miller was the first. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller‚ uses the Salem witch trials of 1692 to exhibit the dangerous McCarthyism‚ the bystander effect‚ and mass hysteria. In the 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy said  "The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my

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    Geography In The Crucible

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    because of the influence of geography. In The Great Debaters‚ The debate team is a group of black teens from Texas where they have to face many troubles for the color of their skin. In the Crucible‚ the geography is in an eerie town near the woods where everyone is trying to survive from each other. The Crucible‚ Great Debaters‚ and my childhood all show how geography and setting are extremely influential. The Great Debaters shows a group of black teens who

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    Corruption In The Crucible

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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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    The Crucible - Essay

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    The Crucible The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller in 1953 recalls the hysteria and madness of the Salem Witch trials of 1692. Miller incorporated many themes in his play. These themes highlight other factors in The Crucible. This essay will look at a theme which is effectively highlighted by a scene and it will explain how the theme is explored in the play as a whole. It will also show how this scene effectively highlights the theme. Puritanism controls life in the town of Salem as a number

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    The Crucible Analysis

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    Honors English-10 19 October 2012 The Crucible Analysis Throughout The Crucible‚ the main character‚ John Proctor‚ had an internal change due to events and people in the story. Proctor was influenced by the Salem witch trials and the people involved in it. He learned lessons along the way and learned to stay true and honest to who he is. Proctor committed adultery with a girl named Abigail and felt terribly guilty. At first Proctor continued to fall into his guilt by lying and not moving

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    The Crucible Theme

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    The theme of The Crucible was very meaningful and powerful.. The way it came about was by thinking of the main problem in the play. Then choosing the topic from there. Overall‚ the play talks about witchcraft.. Overall it just sort of factored out. Also a lot of the characters were battling each other lot. That kinda factored out the theme choice as well.. It was not based on something that was not in the book. So the theme is ‘Never Let One Thing Lead To Something Bigger’. The reason for choosing

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    Power In The Crucible

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    The Crucible is a play written about events that happened in the 1690s. It was written by Arthur Miller in 1953 which was adapted into a film thirteen years later. Miller’s play focuses around the factual events in Salem. In The Crucible‚ power is the focused theme which becomes very important in Salem‚ and Miller uses that to determine how a character‚ with or without power‚ reacts to the situation at hand. Power is to have the ability to determine people’s actions and behaviours to determine the

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