became a victim of McCarthyism. Miller suffered through accusations of possibly believing in communism; as a result‚ he wrote a play called The Crucible‚ in which he used the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to explain the communist hysteria during the 1950s. Arthur Miller develops an allegory in The Crucible by comparing the Salem Witch Trials to McCarthyism by using ringleaders‚ persecuted couples‚ and hypocrisy in the government or legal system. Certainly‚ Miller creates a parallel using ringleaders
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(5 p.m.‚ in Salems little church. A lot of people of Salem meet in the church to here the interrogation of Goody Osburn. 7 days after Act I) Judge Hathorne. (unsmiling expression and strictly voice) Be quiet please! -- We are here today to interrogate Mrs. Osburn with the reproach of being a witch. Please bring her in. (with more upraised voice) (Mrs. Osburn get brought in chain to the podium at the front of the church‚ that everyone can see here. The people are all gossip secretly to each
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sided thinking‚ he held to his integrity and died honorably. Reverend John Hale and John Proctor both thought they could reverse the hysteria in salem‚ they didn’t understand the forces that were against them. Hale in chapter one comes to salem as the spirit doctor to evaluate the witchcraft activity in salem‚ he thought anything he found in salem‚ he had encountered‚ during the progress of the book‚ he changed from a mind so stern‚ to a rounded mind that inevitably tried to save the remaining
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If only Reverend Jonathan Hale knew what he was getting himself into as he stepped into Salem on a dark gloomy day. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ it seems that the characters all care about getting rid of witchcraft. But in the end‚ their actions go too far‚ and their accusing become unethical. Since Reverend Hale is motivated by finding and ending witchcraft‚ his decision to stop retaliating against the court creates many tragedies in the ending of the play. Many things motivate Reverend
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Between 1692 and 1693‚ twenty innocent citizens’ lost their lives in one community. These people were put on trial and given the choice to plead guilty or they die trying to prove their innocence. These trials were the Salem Witch Trials. Convicting those innocent citizens can be viewed as killing a mockingbird; mockingbirds are innocent and they don’t harm anyone. This is exactly what Harper Lee showed in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses characters that have had innocence stripped
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In 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
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place was common among the people of the New England town Salem in 1692. During this time‚ a terrifying span of events known as the Salem Witch Trials led many people to lie and put themselves and others in danger to avoid persecution. The trials were a time of doubt and selfishness that Arthur Miller presents in his play‚ The Crucible. The speculation that took place during this time led to many lies all for one goal; for the people of Salem to shield themselves and others around them from the discrimination
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In the play‚ “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller has a theme about reputation and respect. In the small town of Salem reputation is very important‚ especially important to the leaders of the town. They want to keep a good name‚ and the people also want to be good citizens. When people have a good reputation others give you more respect. When you have a good reputation in a small town‚ it’s easier to get a fair hearing. However‚ when people started getting accused of witchcraft their reputation
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and hanged as well. These actions are shown very clearly in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible. In this play‚ several teenage girls begin to accuse people they don’t like of witchcraft and pretend that they are being afflicted by them. The people of Salem all believe them and almost every person the “afflicted” girls accuse
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they did not commit and punished for it. What leads to this injustice? It can be because people have pride‚ greed‚ and hypocrisy driving them against others. Reverend Parris from the The Crucible had all the previous factors when he dealt with the Salem Witch Trials. Parris had was a very greedy man. He let greed lead him to his malpractice as a reverend. When Reverend Hale was talking to John Proctor on why he did not go to church Proctor revealed Parris’ request. “ Proctor: … It tells me that
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