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- 11: Crucible Term Paper
- ... kind man who could not refuse support to partisans without drawing their deepest anger. In his presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly, consequently, a Proctor is always marked for slander and defamation(Miller, The Crucible 20). Although he may come across as a steady mannered individual, Proctor is not an untroubled man. His was a sinner against his wife, a sinner against his community, a sinner against his own morals ... other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it. . . (Miller, The Crucible 20). She still loves John at the beginning of the novel, but quickly turns on him and his family with the accusations of several people in the community including Proctor and his wife, Elizabeth. There are other characters in The Crucible that serve various purposes. All of his characters have integral relation to the theme and no characters are introduced to facilitate the mechanics of the plot. Sarah Good, along with Rebecca Nurse and others, ...
- 12: The Crucible 2
- Back in the 1950's, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity and fear. The Crucible was a remade story of the carnal Salem Witch trials, in which many innocent victims lost their lives. Through this play Miller is trying to convey the message that death is not in our possession ... messengers of God. Only God decrees those who are to die, because God is in heaven and we are on Earth and we cannot read his will. Despite this fact, those harsh souls in The Crucible believe that the courts are messengers of God and their decisions are divine. In many cases such as that of the Salem Witch trials the results can be devastating. The Crucible is a heartfelt tale of agony and devotion. Throughout Salem's struggle for justice and purity, the townspeople are faced with a question, "Are we really messengers of God?" Everyone handles the question differently. ...
- 13: The Crucible: Hidden Darkness
- The Crucible: Hidden Darkness In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There are many theories as to why the witch trials came about, the most popular of which is the girls ... would find this type of lifestyle very constricting. To rebel against it, they played pranks, such as dancing in the woods, listening to slaves' magic stories and pretending that other villagers were bewitching them. The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. As one of them falls sick, rumors start to fly that there is witchcraft going on in the woods, and ...
- 14: Crucible 6
- The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play that deals with the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. The main character, John Proctor, goes through a crucible, or severe test of his own, as the witch trials are taking place. The witch trials occur because a group of girls from Salem accuse some of the townspeople of making pacts with the devil ... John Proctor knows this as the witch trials get started, but doesn't go into to Salem to stop them because he fears that Abby will charge lechery on him. The witch trials are a crucible for those who are accused, while John Proctor has his own Crucible to deal with. John Proctor's crucible starts with the decision of whether or not to go into town and testify against ...
- 15: The Crucible And Mccarthyism
- ... could have actually happened, not only once but, twice. If one takes the time to look at both events simultaneously they are able to make many comparisons and enable numerous similarities be seen. In The Crucible Miller creates an analogy of the witch hunts in Salem to the investigation of communists by Joseph McCarthy. One of the many resemblance's that can be clearly seen is the way in which each of event, McCarthyism and the Salem witch hunts, had the ability to ruin a persons life through a simple accusation. An example of this is very evident in The Crucible. The character of John Proctor is accused of partaking in the crime of witchcraft. When it comes time to confess, he knows that confessing will save his physical life, but at the same time it ... them. Whether it be an accusation of witchcraft or communism, both have led to the ruining of innocent peoples lives. One of the many other resemblance's that can be seen between McCarthyism and The Crucible is the questions that were asked of those that were accused, and what they were required to do in order to save their reputation. In The Crucible those that were accused of witchcraft were ...
- 16: An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter"
- An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter" Two American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job in doing so, but with such different pieces of work, this is hardly a question that can be answered. Miller's the Crucible was written in the nineteen-fifties, with a definite purpose, to remind Americans of the horrible witch trials that took place in Salem, even before the American Revolution was a thought. It served as ...
- 17: An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter"
- An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter" Two American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job in doing so, but with such different pieces of work, this is hardly a question that can be answered. Miller's the Crucible was written in the nineteen-fifties, with a definite purpose, to remind Americans of the horrible witch trials that took place in Salem, even before the American Revolution was a thought. It served as ...
- 18: The Crucible: Conflicts Between Individuals and Society
- The Crucible: Conflicts Between Individuals and Society In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, there was a conflict between individualism and society. Throughout the story there were those who symbolized individualism, the Puritan belief that conflicted with individualism, and Miller conveys the play about individualism and the responsibility of the individual of her/his society. The Crucible was an indirect description of what was happening during Miller's days during the time of Russian Communists immigrating to America. Americans treated the Russians the same way the people in Salem treated those ...
- 19: The Scarlet Letter And The Cru
- ... lash out on those who were sinned, or were deemed unfit for society. Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorn, and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Scarlet Letter displays a society that treats two people very differently who commit the sin of adultery together. The woman, Hester Prynne admits her sin, is forced to always wear a ... world, is almost worshipped by the townspeople, but is filled with the shame of his action. Nathanial Hawthorm illustrates how insensitive a Puritan society can be to those who admit to their wrong doings. The Crucible is a play that tells the story of the famous witchcraft trail in Salem Massachusetts. In the story Abigail William s, who is the orphaned niece of the towns minister, Reverend Parris, is the main ... qualities including setting, conflict, and general aspects of the characters. There are also specific parallels between characters, such as Abigail and Hester, and Parris and Dimmesdale. The settings in both the Scarlet Letter and The Crucible occur in 1692. The time period is very important in both pieces because it is a time of religious intolerance and a conservative attitude pervades in New England, where both works of literature take ...
- 20: The Crucible - Film Review
- The Crucible: A Film Review Who'd have thought that simple dancing could cause so much chaos in a small town. This is precisely what happens in the film The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, 1996), which was originally written as a play by Arthur Miller. This story is based on actual events, which helps in showing the accuracy of the events. The story takes place in Salem ... townspeople, saying that these people are witches who forced them to dance. As the hysteria grows in Salem, people begin to question their own neighbors, simply out of spite and vengeance, among other things. The Crucible is certainly historically accurate in it's portrayal of the townspeople's beliefs and attitudes. It is a film that should be seen to view the way people were in the seventeenth century. Fear ...
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