exalts” (Miller). Lastly‚ “the possibility of victory must be there in tragedy” (Miller)‚ thus making the ultimate fall more devastating. The 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
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universal ideas of justice and witchcraft‚ both known to have existed during the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout the play‚ many characters’ moral strength is tested‚ and the local inhabitants of Salem‚ Massachusetts begin to lie and blame those innocent. People like Abigail Williams and Judge Danforth begin to accuse the innocent‚ and subsequently‚ the convicted are hanged due to their lack of confession. The people of Salem‚ whose inherent human qualities of greed and lying become evident over the course
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The Crucible is a story of the many wrongs that come from the town of Salem during 1692. The power that is brought fourth through revenge‚ deceit‚ paranoia‚ and sheer naive ness‚ is enough to turn the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts upside down. It results with the death of twenty innocent people and the jailing of hundreds more. The surge of power through the young women of Salem‚ who had never tasted power before complied with the struggle between good and evil are two main points in the play.
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Mary Warren The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials and all the people involved with the deaths and he people that actually died. The play explains the trigger to thee trials and the events that lead to the first and last people that were hanged. Mary Warren‚ a character in the play‚ was the cause of a lot of the deaths in the play‚ even though in was pretty much all a mistake. The Crucible really makes you thing about how even innocent people are the most guilty. Arthur Miller was
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the epitome of worrying too much about his public image. Parris is first introduced while sitting next to his sick daughter’s bed worrying about her well being‚ but as Miller states‚ “he believed he was being persecuted wherever he went…” (3). This paranoia causes him to refuse the doctor’s suggestion that he bring in a priest that specializes in works of the devil. Parris declines because he fears that if word gets out that there is witchcraft going on in his family‚ he would lose his position in the
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representing the parallels between the Salem witch-hunts and accusations of communism during the McCarthyism era. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to the unwarranted persecution of many Americans‚ who were accused of communist ties or associating with Communist governments. Two of the themes presented throughout The Crucible are Witchcraft and Personal Integrity. Miller sets up the parallel between The Crucible and McCarthyism by presenting Salem to be a puritan society and a theocracy
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McAlister 1 Kyle McAlister Ms. Holder Comp Eng Honors 11 11/1/13 The Tragedy of John Proctor In the play by Arthur Miller The Crucible‚ the town of Salem is in pandemonium under the non-existent threat of witchcraft. Every character is either lying to save their lives or to end others‚ or dying for not admitting to a lie. One character who stands out among the chaotic conflagration is the tragic hero John Proctor. In Greek drama‚ a tragic hero is defined as “a great or virtuous character in
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Miller’s thoughts when he wrote the play. The Crucible was seen as a parallel of a modern-day witch hunt‚ such as McCarthyism. McCarthyism is the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversions without any evidence. Joseph R McCarthy made false accusations about certain people in the government being communists. Both McCarthyism and The Crucible are connected because paranoia is evident and innocent people are accused. It is clear that Arthur Miller was influenced by Mccarthyism
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that took place during the late 40s and early 50s in America. Noticing how false and unjust the accusations were‚ and how people accepted the accusations and falsely confessed to the crime as to save themselves‚ just as people had during the Salem witch trials‚ he decided to write an allegory show how time hasn’t changed anything. A human’s natural response in life is to do what betters their own situation even if that means lying or going against what they know to be right or true. Spreading hysteria
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its own existence. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ fear and hysteria are the foundation and antecedent behind the bedlam and conflicting events that take place in the community of Salem. It is the key factor that results in the degeneration of the community. It is fear and hysteria that incited the Salem Witch Trials and the fear that spawned a situation so complex that the very people who generated it were unable to fathom the series of events that were set in motion by virtue of their actions
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