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    Hannah Youssef Mrs. Press Period 2 English 10 H The Crucible Essay The play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller is a cautionary tale. Miller warns his audience that the witch hunts and the Salem Witch Trials was a very tragic time period and we must not mimic what had occurred in the past in 1692. This affected many aspects of people’s lives. It cautions us to keep history from repeating itself. A way to prevent this is to avoid tolerance against ignorant power hungry officials at all cost so that

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    Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1798) Mary Wollstonecraft provided analysis of the condition of women in modern society‚ through a moral and political theory. Her reflections on the status of females were part of an attempt to have a comprehensive understanding of human relations within a civilization characterized by greed. She first wrote about the education of daughters‚ and then wrote about politics‚ history‚ philosophy‚ translations‚ and novels‚ and travel accounts. Her famous book is Vindication

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    her face. As the fire crackled‚ Jeannette finally screamed for her mother‚ who was painting in the next room. Once Jeannette’s mother‚ Rose Mary‚ buried Jeannette in a surplus of itchy blankets which swallowed the flames‚ took Jeannette and her younger brother‚ Brian over and received a ride from a neighbor to the hospital. Immediately‚ once Jeannette‚ Rose Mary and Brian arrived at the hospital‚ Jeannette was placed on a stretcher where the nurses cut her pink skirt to shreds then covered her burned

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    Arthur Miller use a specific character to portray how people solve or fail to solve moral problems? A crucible refers to a container made of a substance that can resist great heat‚ for melting. In “The Crucible” the author uses characters that have moral problems that they either solve or fail to solve. John Proctor‚ Abigail‚ and Reverend Hale are considered the main characters in “The Crucible”. Abigail’s moral problem is lying. Abigail failed to solve her moral problem by choosing to lie to

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    Camryn Hannemann Period: 6 Ms. Maresh The Witches who visited Salem The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller about a case of mass hysteria dating to 1600s Salem. During that time people were tried and hanged for supposedly being “witches.” In reality‚ witchcraft is and always was a myth; the real motivation for the witch hunts was probably greed or feuding between families that inhabited Salem at the time. During the trials‚ people really believed that there were witches and fell into a mob

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    Cruicible Essay Pride is a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one’s position or character; self-respect; self-esteem‚ but once your pride becomes overbearing and arrogant‚ it turns into hubris The crucible is a historical play that is based on events of the Salem witchcraft trials‚ which took place in a tiny Puritan village in the settlement of Massachusetts in 1692. The play commences in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ whose daughter‚ Betty‚ lays ill. Main characters are:

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    Mary Rowlandson

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    Mary Rowlandson‚ The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) ________________________________________ The sovereignty and goodness of GOD‚ together with the faithfulness of his promises displayed‚ being a narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson‚ commended by her‚ to all that desires to know the Lord’s doings to‚ and dealings with her. Especially to her dear children and relations. The second Addition [sic] Corrected and amended

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    Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953. He wrote it because in the 1950’s many things were happening to him that caused him to relate to the Salem witch trials. This is the historical evidence given in the overture. The modern issues which is individual freedom U.S conformity in the play. This showed how The Crucible was a different time period but the modern issues were reflecting the old ones. Another piece of historical evidence is Miller wrote the play to connect his real life where Senator

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    Belonging - the Crucible

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    group‚ a family‚ a unit‚ and one can also be isolated from groups and rejected from communities. Through analysis of The Crucible by Arthur Miller in the milieu of the related texts The Outsiders by SE Hinton and the feature article‚ A Dangerous mind offer an insight into the concept of belonging is presented‚ and is substantiated through the use of literary devices. In The Crucible‚ belonging is explored through a theme of persecution‚ whereby one must conform to the norms of society in order to

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    In Arthur Miller’s playwright‚ The Crucible‚ the reader is exposed to different examples of what could be considered a dystopian society. A dystopia is a society characterized by human misery and unhappiness. The characteristics of a dystopian society in The Crucible include religious control and this playwright contains a dystopian protagonist. Throughout The Crucible‚ the townspeople in Salem‚ Massachusetts are living in a theocratic government. A theocratic government is a government subject

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