The Crucible/Good Night and Good Luck History tends to repeat itself. Whether it’s through the Salem Witch Trials or McCarthyism‚ people fall into traditions of mass hysteria when they are scared. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ was an allegory for McCarthyism in the 1950s‚ while the film Good Night and Good Luck depicted the actual event. Arthur Miller was able tell the true tale of The Salem Witch Trials while accurately describing what was going on in the world during its time‚ thus showing
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that comes back continuously. In this case‚ revenge should never be an option‚ but unfortunately it is used very often in ¨The Crucible.¨ Abigail’s revenge against Elizabeth Proctor was cold and evil. For example‚ Abigail makes Mary Warren give Elizabeth a poppet that was used to stab Abigail. In act #2‚ Mary Warren says to Elizabeth‚ “I made a gift for you today Goody Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair‚ and passed the time with sewing.” Abigail framed Elizabeth to get her in jail. To better
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be sanctioned by Heaven. This meant that any attempt to resist any of the government’s actions‚ was considered an attempt to overthrow God. Governments fueled by such rigid convictions often fall into corruption without even realizing it. In The Crucible‚ Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne believe that they’re messengers of God‚ and therefore that everything they believe must be true and everything they do must be right. They never see a reason to reassess their thoughts and actions‚ which
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ both Deputy Governor Danforth and Reverend Hale represent two significant characters that depict the flaws and deficiencies of mankind. Both men mindlessly condemn and judge in order to rid Salem of the supposedly satanic. Both men eventually realize their hypocrisy; however‚ while Hale acknowledges his folly‚ Danforth obstinately continues to castigate the alleged to maintain his reputation. Arthur Miller‚ in his work‚ The Crucible‚ punctuates the rigid tenacity
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The Arise of Witchcraft in The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ the story is set in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the time that the Salem Witch Trials were beginning. The society was paranoid because the concept of witchcraft scared them and‚ even more than scared them‚ enraged them. Due to how paranoid the people were‚ the leaders began implementing new rules/laws that would prevent witchcraft from happening. In the play‚ by the end of Act 1‚ the girls dancing in the woods (and dabbling
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Individuality versus Conformity in Miller ’s The Crucible The theocratic town of Salem‚ in the late 1600s‚ not only advocated conformity but stifled individuality. The play‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ illustrates the conflict between conformity and individuality. Salem‚ a town dependent on the unity and participation‚ understandably teaches people from a young age to recognize the needs of the community as greater than the needs of an individual. As any unit needs something to hold it all together
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Taylor Orr Mrs. Blakley AP English III-3 16 November 2012 Reverend Hale vs Reverend Parris Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a compelling look at the witch hunts in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. In the play‚ Reverend Hale and Reverend Parris play major roles in the town and influence a shrewd of characters. They both have a number of job duties and responsibilities in common. As well as have a variation in personality‚ attitude‚ changes in the play and different roles at the end of the play
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The Crucible Act 4 Three villains in The Crucible are Ann Putnam‚ Thomas Putnam and Abigail‚ each representing the evils of jealousy‚ greed‚ and vengeance‚ respectively. Ann Putnam‚ an antagonist of Rebecca Nurse‚ is very jealous of Rebecca. Rebecca has “eleven children and [is] twenty-six times a grandma.” On the other hand‚ Ann Putnam has “laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth‚” and now her one and only child Ruth “walks‚ and hears naught‚ sees naught‚ and cannot eat” because her “soul
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The Crucible In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ many themes are represented throughout the play between many different characters. Jealousy is the most important theme in this play sense it basically starts the conflict of the Witch Hunt in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail Williams‚ the niece of Reverend Parris‚ Used to work for the Proctor family. She was fired by Goody Proctor due to her affair with her husband‚ John Proctor. Because of Abigail Williams jealousy towards Elizabeth‚ she creates a hysteria
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In 1692 nineteen men and women and two dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in a small village in eastern Massachusetts. By the standards of our own time‚ if not of that‚ it was a minor event‚ a spasm of judicial violence that was concluded within a matter of months. The bodies were buried in shallow graves or not at all‚ as a further indication that the convicted had not only forfeited participation in the community of man in this life‚ but in the community of saints in the next. Just how
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