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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Reputation is the estimation or name of being‚ having‚ having done‚ something specified by the general opinion of either a private or public group of people. In Arthur Miller’s screenplay‚ The Crucible‚ Miller presents his opinions on the factual truth of the Salem Witch Trials. Various events in Arthur Miller’s screenplay reveal the theme of reputation as being a leading force in the developing plotlines of the story. By doing this‚ he brings a whole new point of view to the readers of his screenplay
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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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The Crucible as a Tragedy Today‚ Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is commonly believed to be a tragedy‚ but the standards for different types of literature have changed over time‚ and the tragedy in not a type of literature that has only been around since yesterday. So let’s ask the inventors of theaters and dramas and see what their opinion would be‚ if they would approve with our definition of tragedy. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy is defined as follows: “Tragedy‚ then‚ is an
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fear or excess. The process of hysteria is initiated by an event which brings fear‚ and will eventually cause social unrest‚ chaos‚ and distrust. This event usually involves a group of people and an issue that concerns the whole community. In the Crucible this can be seen when Abi and the other girls of Salem are found dancing in the woods. The dancing strikes fear of witchcraft‚ and the process of hysteria begins. The American Communist scare in the 1950’s was initiated by the increased popularity
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The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller was successful in warning the citizens of America against McCarthyism during the 1950’s. McCarthyism began because of a man named McCarthy and in the story The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail started the madness which lead to the witch trials. Abigail was galvanized by love‚ creating a duplicitous version of herself and sparked conflict between herself‚ Proctor‚ and Elizabeth. Deceitfulness and lies is constant throughout the story‚ and Abigail is the
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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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want and need. The play‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller and a narrative poem‚ “Half-Hanged Mary” by Margaret Atwood are perfect examples of represent Dorothy Thompson’s quote. In The Crucible‚ Mary Warren and Elizabeth Proctor represent the people that fear in the beginning and overcome at the end; for “Half-Hanged Mary”‚ Mary Webster did not fear at all and became stronger as a person including her significance in survival after being hanged and cut down. The Crucible is a play about Witchcraft
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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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