The Crucible: Themes In Arthur Miller’s play‚ “The Crucible”‚ Miller’s main focuses were the witch trials‚ behaviors and actions as a result of the hidden deeds believed to be done by the people of Salem. This book includes religious beliefs and revolves around witch trials to go into depth of the accusations and the lies for the outcomes. The play is wonderfully worded with much context for a reader to fully understand the idea and the concept. There were many themes in the play‚ those explained
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The world at the present is always the inspiration of a work. This idea is manifested in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He incorporates the political drama of the era into the play about the Salem Witch Trials. Therefore‚ The Crucible is a mirror image of the McCarthyism that occurred during the 1950s. This fact is reflected through the various connections in characters‚ themes. First‚ there are characters in the play which represent the actual people involved and affected by the McCarthy era.
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satisfy his desires to feel valued. Abigail tries to win back Proctor once he tells her he will never reach for her again. Abigail William’s depravation of someone who cares for her creates the jealous‚ violent‚ and vindictive protagonist of The Crucible. Abigail agonizes from her vindictive nature. Abigail seeks revenge on Elizabeth Proctor for “blackening her name in the village” (Miller 23). Abigail calls Elizabeth a “gossiping liar” but by saying this‚ Abigail proves herself jealous of Elizabeth’s
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Abigail Williams: Evil or Damned? Jacqueline Wong English 12 W. McGee 28 April 2013 Abigail Williams: Evil or Damned? Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ is a controversial piece of literature for many reasons‚ particularly the portrayal of female characters – specifically Abigail Williams. In the play‚ Abigail is portrayed as a villainous character that appears to be driven by a deeply rooted grudge towards the Proctor family‚ as her love for John Proctor is unattainable. As the play progresses
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group‚ those who have become "infected" find that their lives are thrown into chaos and ruin. Epidemic hysteria was found evident in the lives of the characters in The Crucible. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play that retells the events of the Salem Witch Trials. By looking at those "infected" by hysteria in The Crucible and the facts drawn from other outbreaks in a journal by Leslie B. Boss‚ it can be seen how the concepts of hysteria apply to the characters of this play‚ including
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The phrase “honesty is the best policy‚” applies to Arthur Miller’s history-based drama‚ The Crucible‚ in a variety of ways. The accusations throughout the story build on lie after lie after lie from those trying to protect their own name‚ thus putting the whole town in a state of confusion and chaos. Nobody in the small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts knows whom to trust anymore‚ after all of the false allegations made. There are three characters in particular in the story that‚ if they had told the
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In 1692 the Salem Witch Trials were held to hang people suspected of witchcraft. Arthur Miller researched these trials and wrote “The Crucible.” Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” began with a group of girls‚led by Abigail Williams‚getting caught dancing naked in the forest‚ presumably performing witchcraft. The townspeople were all in paranoia and convicting women of witchcraft‚one of the convicted women is Elizabeth Proctor‚the wife of the protagonist John Proctor.Arthur Miller shows how fear can lead
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the cost of living is losing all pride. In the Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ John Proctor chooses death of over living without pride. Some people say that living without pride is better than dying with pride. The truth is that John Proctor did the right thing dying with pride because he died by staying true to his morals. The main point that most readers would make is that lying is alright if the result is life. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor did not lie. Proctor had the choice to say that he had
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Several characters show heroism in Arthur Miller’s book the crucible but the one that shows the most heroism is John Procter. He is the one that causes the witch trials to start because he was having an affair with Abigail. Abigail wants him to leave his wife for her. And when he refuses to leave his wife for Abigail. Abigail gets hurt and will do anything to be with John Procter. One of the first places where John Procter shows heroism is when he tells Abigail “Abby‚ I may think of you softly from
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The meaning of The Crucible The definition from the dictionary of a “crucible” defines it as being: 1. “A severe test‚ as of patience or belief; a trial” ("cru∙ci∙ble”). It is well represented in the play because the whole story revolves around the witch trials. The witch trials were caused by Salem’s beliefs‚ based on the Christian religion. This religion clearly indicated that witches were not to be accepted in a Christian community. “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh
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