Intolerance is not a new idea as can be seen in the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller‚ which takes place in 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials. The Puritans specialized in narrow-minded beliefs as anyone who did not conform to their ideals was not tolerated in their society. Without their ignorance‚ it would have been much harder for the Witch Trials to occur if they did at all. It may seem like dangerous intolerance is an ancient concept‚ but discrimination lives on in today’s society.
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Truth In The Crucible The play “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller contains many underlying truths about human behavior and thought. One of these truths that seems particularly relevant to the play reads‚ “To explain the unexplainable‚ the human mind reaches into a supernatural domain.” This statement is one that explains much of the dilemma that occurs in the play and in the real town of Salem Massachusetts. The aforementioned truth is exemplified even in the very earliest stages of the play
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John Proctor in the Crucible The novel The Crucible takes place in a small town in Massachusetts named Salem. The town is extremely strict and there is little you can do‚ so everyone lives under serious morals. Throughout the story there is a lot of accusing‚ betrayal‚ and hysteria over witch craft after three girls are found playing in the woods. Since‚ Betty‚ reverend Parris’ daughter‚ ends up being ill after that incident they blame it on witchcraft. John Proctor is a farmer who is married to
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------------------------------------------------- THE CRUCIBLE ESSAY ‘The Crucible’ written by Arthur Miller and my related material ‘Happy Feet’ by George Miller is true to this statement “Understanding nourishes belonging…a lack of understanding prevents it” that represents the interpretation of belonging. To define belong is to have the correct personal and social assets to be a member of a particular group or it could be to fit a particular environment. By a sense of place‚ people you
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about the irrational fear that can take over society. These are the issues expressed in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is paralleled directly to the Salem Witch Trials and indirectly to the McCarthy hearings of the 1950’s. The story of The Crucible takes place against the background of the Salem Witch‚ trials but the themes lie much deeper. The main themes expressed in The Crucible relate to the events that occurred at both the Salem Witch Trials and during the McCarthy era. At the Salem
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IB English Crucible Commentary by Kim Le Select 2/3 sequential pages of significant thematic and literary value Pages Chosen: 124‚125‚ 126 The crucible is a play written by American playwright‚ Arthur Miller and is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials‚ in the late 1600’s. In the final 3 pages of the novel (124-126)‚ Proctor (the protagonists) of the novel faces the prospect of a hanging unless he confesses to his alleged crimes of witchery. The passage is of high literary value‚ cleverly
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How can a man have an affair and still be considered honorable? In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible‚” John Proctor is one of the main characters. Proctor is a very respected person in the Salem village‚ but when the witch trials occur some people would think otherwise. Proctor is an honorable character because he admits to having an affair with Abigail and because he tears up his confession letter‚ but others would disagree that he is honorable because he did not turn in his confession letter.
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The Crucible It’s funny how a word can destroy a whole town. A word such as peer pressure. Well in the The Crucible by Arthur Miller multiple people are hung such as Martha Corey‚ Rebecca Nurse‚ John Proctor‚ and many others because of that one little word‚ and the girl behind it all was Abigail Williams. She destroyed the whole town by peer pressuring her friends in the accusing people in the town that they were doing witchcraft‚ after Reverend Parris caught them dancing around a fire in the
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Lea DiCocco English 11- Aurigemma The Crucible Critical Lens Essay November 1‚ 2010 To have integrity means adhering to a strict moral or code‚ being undivided‚ completeness‚ or being honest with yourself. Having integrity is doing what you say you are going to do and believing in what you say. If you go ahead and do something else‚ chances are that you lack integrity. For example‚ you value honesty in a person‚ but when they tell you their honest opinion about something‚ you become upset
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author wants the reader to feel. Mood provides an example of what the author wants the reader to take away from the piece of literature that he or she wrote. The purpose of mood is evident in the author of 1984 George Orwell and the author of The Crucible Arthur Miller. While portraying different moods to the reader‚ through character’s thoughts and actions‚ both authors Orwell and Miller are able to capture the mood of the literary work. Orwell and Miller are similar in their ability to suggest mood
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