Jennifer Abrego Mr. Elkins English III 24 October 2013 The Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor Many critics see Arthur Miller as the greatest dramatist of the 20th century. His most famous play was established in 1953 it was known as The Crucible. The play becomes an extended metaphor that explores the societal effects of false accusations mass hysteria and the destructive results of most mentality. One of the most important characters in The Crucible is Elizabeth Proctor. Her jealousy and suspicion traits
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nation‚ and Arthur Miller became a victim of McCarthyism. Miller suffered through accusations of possibly believing in communism; as a result‚ he wrote a play called The Crucible‚ in which he used the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to explain the communist hysteria during the 1950s. Arthur Miller develops an allegory in The Crucible by comparing the Salem Witch Trials to McCarthyism by using ringleaders‚ persecuted couples‚ and hypocrisy in the government or legal system. Certainly‚ Miller creates
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Hr.3 The Crucible takes place in Salem Massachusetts during 1692. It takes place during the tragic time of the so called Salem witch hunts when many innocent people were accused of being a witch or dealing with the devil. As a result of these convictions many people confessed to save their lives‚ others who would not confess to a lie were hung or executed by other methods such as being pressed. The play the Crucible was wrote by Arthur Miller during the "Red Scare"‚ which was almost parallel with
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The Crucible Tone Paper In Arthur Miller’s book/play The Crucible‚ the tone he adopts towards the subject of witch trials and witch hunts‚ and towards the characters that maintain them‚ is carefully written. His ironic and cynical tones throughout the play poke fun at the religious officials doing what they thought was right‚ executing people they thought were witches. They also further the outlook on the lack of justice in a harsh‚ Puritan society. Miller continually uses irony in situations
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Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ is an act of desperation and fear to criticize the defamation of early Salem‚ his generation‚ and future generations to come. Miller argues how his play is to show everyone how fear bends one’s morals; “Much of my desperation branched...from a typical Depression...the blow struck on the mind by the rise of power European Fascism and the brutal anti-semitism it had brought to power” (Miller). He provides examples of “the hunts for Reds in America”‚ referring to
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Scapegoating is used as the theme for the play by the display of sporadic events in which individuals accuse others and place blame on the accused for actions they did not take part in. For example‚ one of the earliest incidences of scapegoating within The Crucible occurs in Act I of the play when Abigail intentionally placed the blame of the witchcraft incident in its entirety on Tituba although numerous others were involved‚ including Abigail herself. Another incident in which scapegoating is apparent within
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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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breathed‚ the putrefying meat pushing and bursting its way out of his failing body.” (2.5.17) it is quite evident that this town suffers and it really all leads to the current events happening and the things that people are going through. In the crucible having happiness is also a task‚ there are a few different reasons as to why however‚ it’s more to do with people’s actions that causes all this and eventually also results in death.
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Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953‚ just when the Second World War had ended. But still there was a battle between the capitalists and the communists. Arthur Miller wrote this book because of the incidents that occurred during the 1950’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy had a feeling of communism in the United States. So he starts a witch hunt to find the communists in the United States and he targeted celebrities of Hollywood such as Helen Keller‚ Langston Hughes and Charlie Chaplin put them all on
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Arthur wrote The Crucible in 1953‚ at the time when the Second World War had just ended but still there was a clash of capitalists and communists. What would you do if the witch hunts happened in this modern era? Arthur Miller wrote this book because of the incidents that occurred during the 1950’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy had a suspicion of communism in the United States. So he started a witch hunt to find the communists in the United States and he targeted celebrities of Hollywood such as Lucille
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