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    in Massachusetts‚ several young girls fell ill. They experienced seizures and hallucinations and the town attributed it to the devil or evil spirits. Arthur Miller’s book‚ The Crucible‚ tells the story of these girls and the series of hearings and trials that destroyed the town. A critical theme in The Crucible is the role that hypocrisy can play in tearing apart a community even though the people of Salem are of Puritan belief‚ they practice and claim to have moral standards but they do not conform

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    Cynthia M. Beltran-Islas Mr. Domingo English 11 3/8/1213 “The crucible synthesis essay” Arthur Miller in the novel‚ “The crucible”‚ analyze obliquely the relation between The Salem witch hunt with The McCarthyism. Miller supports his analogy by emphasizing the characteristics that relate the witch hunt with the McCarthyism. The author’s purpose is to express his philosophical assumptions about the misjudgment‚ chaos and hysteria‚ that is reappearing throw the history in different faces and

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    In the play‚ The Crucible‚ the symbolism of the characters play a very important role that go along with the time era of McCarthyism. Arthur Miller’s purpose of the characters in The Crucible was to show what people were like during the 1940s and 1950s. Symbolism is the use of an object‚ person‚ or event to represent something. In this case‚ Miller uses symbolism to signify the characters as people during the time of McCarthyism. In works like these‚ symbolism makes the story seem like every character

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    Rough draft Community in Trouble The opening remarks for this literary analysis of community in the crucible are of the following. Theme‚ with the topic of community expanded .The setting is in the old puritans’ community. And allusions’ to other events in real life‚ that were encrypted in the text. Furthermore‚ how the story outlines what still happens in modern day communities. The theme of community is portrayed through the setting‚ and the characters. The characters are placed in a very

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    McKenna Elliott Mr. Jahnke English 10 3A 10 November 2013 Crucible paper Weakness‚ Jealousy and Manipulation In the 1950’s people were imprisoned for being accused as communists. Many lost their jobs and family. Many were afraid to stand up for themselves‚ therefore people just accused them even if they were innocent. How would innocent people feel if they were used as everyone’s scapegoat? Imagine if they had to accuse other people of witchcraft just to save there job‚ and social

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    Ridgeview High School Expository Reading and Writing The Crucible Bennett‚ Jessica. “The Flip Side of Internet Fame.” Newsweek. March 3‚ 2008. Hamilton‚ Anita. “Outsmart Your Haters.” Time. October 6‚ 2008. Miller‚ Arthur. The Crucible. Penguin Group Inc: New York‚ 2003. “Witch Hunts‚ Pledges‚ and Blacklists.” www.borndigital.com/mccart.htm. Rationale: Witch hunts‚ blacklists‚ character‚ reputation‚ defamation‚ public and private identity‚ the dark side of human nature‚ and

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    Salem of Fear The Crucible is a play that explores ideas such as conflict‚ the importance of reputation and the relationship between fear and power. Arthur Miller uses this dramatic setting‚ symbolism and conflict between characters to show his audience and readers the similarities between the Salem witch hunts and the persecution of communists in his own time. This essay will show that the messages in The Crucible such as the harm that false accusations can cause and the importance of having

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    September 27‚ 2001 English The Crucible Pride‚ a simple five letter word that has played an important role throughout the history of man kind. The word pride caused ancient Egyptians to make amazing monuments like pyramids and golden tombs‚ it caused the French to build a world known monument‚ the Eiffel tower‚ but has also taken the lives of many men. Wars‚ battles‚ crusades‚ murders‚ hate‚ cold-heartedness‚ and many more‚ are great examples of when men think too much of themselves and have excessive

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    A tragedy is said to be "a representation of serious people"(Aristotle 94) . I n The Crucible‚ tragedy was used all throughout the story. For example‚ the characters lost dozens of their neighbors all because of one group of girl’s ability to lie. Through Aristotle’s definition of what a tragedy is; The Crucible can be easily defined as being a one with its tragic hero being portrayed through John Proctor and the seriousness of the overall play. John comes from a high position in society because

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    The Use of Imagery in the Crucible The Crucible is a compelling play about how jealousy takes over. Arthur Miller‚ the author of The Crucible demonstrates through the use of imagery how far people will go to get what they want. Imagery is also used to show how jealousy can change people‚ and in The Crucible to add‚ Miller emphasizes the fact that once people get jealous it can destroy them. Miller lastly portrays how jealousy alters people’s personalities and lives. During the play Arthur Miller

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