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- 81: The Crucible By Arthur Miller
- ... way of making their way throughout the years. Superstition is a belief or practice generally regarded as irrational and resulting from ignorance or from fear of the unknown (The Encyclopedia of Superstitions 8). In The Crucible by Arthur Miller the concept of superstitions arose that there was witches among the community. Superstition and fear were in every house, in every mind, when accusation was a conviction, when assertion of innocence was ... been. These beliefs did not rest on any facts. Mistakes, exaggerations and lies supported superstitions. Like these most popular superstitions they are based on some truths but is exaggerated to explain the coincident. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail and all those girls stretch the truth to be able to accuse all those innocence people of witchcraft. Abigail used the connections from the past to her advantage in the present ...
- 82: Good And Evil In The Crucible
- ... exploited the populations weakest qualities, and insecurities. The obvious breakdown in Salem s social order led to the tragedy which saw twenty innocent people hung on the accusation of witchcraft. Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, used hysteria to introduce personality flaws in vulnerable characters. A rigid social system, fear, and confusion were evident conditions that became prevalent before and during the witchtrials. These conditions only contributed to the tragedy in ... Salem susceptible to an apparent epidemic such as witchcraft. The susceptibility that Salem fell victim to, was the cause of a great tragedy which saw twenty townspeople hung at the hands of the state. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a story of a great catastrophe which highlights a free man s courageous and never-ending fight against mass pressures to make him bow down in conformity (intro.-x) and ...
- 83: Comparing Events In History To
- ... deal with shameful episodes in 20th century history of the United States of America like McCarthyism, the Holocaust, Sacco and Vanzetti, and the Japanese American Interment. Many of these behaviors illustrated can relate to “The Crucible,” most of these horrible things that happened occurred because people wanted to have more power in their lives. The other bad part is that most of these events occurred in the United States. In 1950 ... is the unfairly accusing other of disloyalty and subversion.” (DiBacco et all, R47) All this person did was just scare many Americans just like in the Salem Witch trials. I guess that was McCarthy’s crucible, to make Americans think that a large amount of Communists worked for the State Department. Luckily we had a good congress and they didn’t let McCarthy’s ideas spread around. This relates to “The Crucible” by how one man tried to gain power by making false accusations. This is like when Parris saw the girls dancing in the woods he assumed that they were practicing witchcraft and that each ...
- 84: The Crucible 3
- In Miller s, The Crucible, he describes a New England town in the midst of Salem witch-hunt hysteria during the late 1600 s. His play not only recounts the historic events but also specifically sheds light on the rationalization ... and place a clear-cut reason for every occurrence. Part of this need is human nature. Everyone has their own story for the different occurrences in their life, and in the world. Ironically, even The Crucible is simply a rehash of these historical events, and virtually all dialogue and events were made up or simply based on limited knowledge of the events that occurred during that time period. Each time something ...
- 85: Good And Evil In The Crucible
- ... exploited the populations weakest qualities, and insecurities. The obvious breakdown in Salem s social order led to the tragedy which saw twenty innocent people hung on the accusation of witchcraft. Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, used hysteria to introduce personality flaws in vulnerable characters. A rigid social system, fear, and confusion were evident conditions that became prevalent before and during the witchtrials. These conditions only contributed to the tragedy in ... Salem susceptible to an apparent epidemic such as witchcraft. The susceptibility that Salem fell victim to, was the cause of a great tragedy which saw twenty townspeople hung at the hands of the state. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a story of a great catastrophe which highlights a free man s courageous and never-ending fight against mass pressures to make him bow down in conformity (intro.-x) and ...
- 86: Arthur Miller And His Distorted Historical Accuracies
- In 1953, Arthur Miller wrote his famous play The Crucible, in response to a fear of Communism that had developed in the United States during that decade. The "Red Scare", as it was later called by historians was led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose paranoia ... and the rest of the American people drew the line and McCarthy was seen a fraud. By the time the rest of the public had came to this realization, Miller’s play was written. The Crucible is a play in which Arthur Miller parallels events of the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the problems that were plaguing his own society. The statement that most readers today bring out of the ... play is so popular today that many teachers in secondary schools use it to base their lesson around when teaching their students about 1692 Salem and there are multimedia activities based on Salem through The Crucible’s view. Miller is often asked to speak at events where similar "witch hunts" occur, acting as a sort of expert on the subject of Puritan Salem and acts of hysteria. The question is, ...
- 87: The Crucible - The Deteriorati
- The deterioration of Salem’s social structure precipitated the murders of many innocent people. Arthur Miller’s depiction of the Salem witch trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out looking like it is tightly knit and church loving. It turns out that once Tituba starts pointing her finger at the witches, the community starts pointing their fingers ... and the unexplained turned neighbor against neighbor. The social breakdown in Salem was the major factor in the tragedy that took the lives of many innocent people. There was more than one tragedy in The Crucible. The first was the murdering of many innocent people, and the second was that a community that was once very close had been broken apart. It appeared that the people of Salem were like a ...
- 88: The Crucible 10
- ... a great part in the story. John Proctor s past adultery with Abigail Williams could be considered partially responsible for John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor being accused of being witches in Arthur Miller s The Crucible . The Crucible is a story about how a young woman (Abigail Williams) falls in love with a married man (John Proctor) and will eventually do whatever it takes to take his wife s (Elizabeth Proctor) place. Everything ...
- 89: The Crucible 6
- THE CRUCIBLE Throughout the course of life, many things are needed to survive. The main three are food, shelter, and love. Along with these main things there are side items. One of which is entertainment. Entertainment comes ... are a popular form of entertainment. What most people fail to see when they view a movie are the camera angles, visual aids, and audio aids used by the director of the film. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the director demonstrates the power of image, sound, and camera techniques very well. In Act I Scene I, the opening scene, there are many audio and visual aids used. When all of ...
- 90: The Crucible--a Harsh Reality
- Authur Miller's play, The Crucible, is about the persecution of persons falsely accused of being witches in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Many people die in the village after a series of lies and unjust practices. Abigail Williams, after having had ... of witchcraft. Her resentment deepens when Proctor tells the court about their affair. Abigail's resentment is apparent through her words and her actions. Authur Miller's development of Abigail William's character in The Crucible greatly affects the plot of the play. Her snobbishness and superiority make many people believe her lies. Her resentment toward those that betray her influences many of her decisions. The authoritative, deceitful character of Abigail ...
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