The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is an intense‚ drama-filled play about the accusations of witchcraft amongst the town of Salem. Throughout this play‚ there are many themes that are laid out across all four acts. One of the mayor themes that sticks out and is present in all four acts is intolerance. In the Crucible there are countless times where intolerance is show by nearly every character involved in the play. This intolerance can be related to many events throughout American history and
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stories; allegories can also be expressed in the form of a poem‚ a picture‚ or a movie. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a good example of an allegory for it tells of a significant event in history in which a small town of Massachusetts named Salem had been controlled by a paranoia of witches after watching a few of the town girls showing off odd behaviors and participating in occult activities. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for Subversive Activities Control Board‚ The State Department
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The era of McCarthyism was one of blame and accusations. McCarthy and his followers looked for anyone and everyone they could to victimize as communist believers. Arthur Miller‚ the author of The Crucible‚ was one of those many. As a famous play-writer during this time‚ Miller was blacklisted by McCarthy for refusing to testify in front of the HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)‚ and through this he realized a common social issue that can be applied world wide. Arthur Miller argues that
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said that‚ “The Crucible is essentially courage‚ weakness‚ and truth.” All three of these elements appear throughout the play. These elements are portrayed through the characters. For most characters they have to have the courage to accept their weaknesses which will eventually reveal the truth. These qualities are shown through Rebecca Nurse‚ Deputy Governor Danforth‚ and John Proctor. If a reader looks close enough‚ there are many examples of courage throughout The Crucible. Courage is not
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integrity Danielle Shingleton Exemplification essay 10/3/10 Integrity We are presented with choices every day. Many are easy to make and cause very little stress‚ but some choices can be extremely difficult and have significant consequences. The difference between making the right choice or the wrong one is often determined be a persons character‚ which is based upon the qualities of integrity‚ responsibility‚ and honesty. Gaining an understanding of these three character traits and how to build
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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
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The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1850 and is set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It focuses around the events of the Salem Witch Trials‚ and is a fictionalized version of what actually occurred in 1692. In the story‚ the people of Salem use witchery as an excuse to accuse one another and profit from their neighbor’s conviction. The actions of the characters all have different motivations ranging from self-defense to revenge‚ and the theme of this novel is mainly based on these
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Justice and The Crucible While justice is meant to be directed with upmost fairness and equality‚ Arthur Miller’s film The Crucible demonstrates that this does not always succeed‚ and in many situations the forces of injustices are exposed. From different points of views‚ justice can be formed or destroyed. In the film The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller convinces his audience that reason‚ emotion‚ and character shows injustice throughout the social hardship in a Puritan community. Justice is one of the
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sacrificing my integrity. A project supervisor from a seed company wanted to win the bid for an organic seed program with government investment. He offered me 10‚000 yuan in order to get some inside information from me. I refused the offer and did not reveal any information about that program‚ because in no circumstance would I compromise my integrity. I believe integrity is everything and everyone should take integrity as one of his/her prime principles all the time. For me‚ integrity is surely one
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Integrity means having the courage to be honest whether or not the consequences may be good or bad. Having and using integrity in your daily life will allow you to live in honesty and have people want to trust you. Integrity in my opinion can also mean a concept of consistency of action‚ values‚ methods‚ measures‚ principles‚ expectations‚ and outcomes. This means that you have the honesty and truthfulness over your words and actions. Integrity can apply to me in school by having to be honest if
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