It is important to choose the right word when imparting your thoughts and ideas. In page six of The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller states the key factors of the Puritan’s survival in Salem of the Massachusetts Colony in 1692. Particularly‚ Miller asserts “their self-denial‚ their purposefulness‚ their suspicion of vain pursuits‚ their hard-handed justice‚ were altogether perfect instruments for the conquest of this space so antagonistic to man.” First‚ Puritans were deprived of fun and games everyday. A
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description‚ to create suspense and tension. But in the movie‚ Hitchcock uses different techniques‚ like music and scenery‚ to create the right kind of suspense and tension for his audience. The plots are the same‚ but the techniques are not. In the novel‚ the author uses a lot of dialogue to create the suspense needed to make the storyline interesting. For example‚ on page 259 in chapter 19‚ the narrator is speaking with Ben. “‘The fishes have eaten her up by now‚ haven’t they?” he said. “Who
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How does Arthur Miller present family relations at the start of the play? The relationships in ‘A View from the Bridge’ are very complex as because of people’s attitudes back then. There is secrecy‚ suspicion‚ love and concern. Eddie is weirdly attracted to Catherine and his relationship with his wife Beatrice deteriorates. The relationship between Eddie and Catherine is very close‚ although they are not immediate family Eddie has become a surrogate father and thinks of himself as her real
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Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her
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thing if you hurt others by not telling the truth. I have no idea what my reputation is and I don’t really care to find out. My reputation does not consume me to the point where I would hide the truth from everyone for self benefit. In this world I have noticed that mostly everyone is consumed with themselves and what others think about them. I notice how girls and guys will tell lies about their
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play based on the actual event that in 1692‚ led to the salem witch trials. It is a series of hearing before local magistrates to prosecute over 150 people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.The play was written in the early 1950s as a response to McCarthyism when the US government blacklisted accused communist. Miller himself was to questioned by the House of Representatives’ committee on un american activities in
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"For every good reason there is to lie‚ there is a better reason to tell the truth" (Bo Bennett). Arthur Miller once wrote a play that had a scandalous lie called‚ "The Crucible." A crucible can be a metal container where other substances may be melted or subjected to be very temperatures. It also can be a situation of severe test or trials. The play relates so much to the title because a crucible separates the good from the bad when pressure is applied‚ and due to that there was a trial going on
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In Arthur Miller’s allegorical play “The Crucible‚” the characters share in a common state of hysteria‚ as reflected in the paranoid and conspiratorial mindset that allows for a witch-hunt to take root. Mrs. Putnam‚ the grieving wife of Thomas Putnam‚ firmly believes that a witch is responsible for the deaths of her seven infant children. Mrs. Putnam questions Rebecca Nurse as to whether or not she believes that it is God’s choice as to why Rebecca would never lose a child or grandchild‚ and yet
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How effective is act one as the opening to the play? The opening of the play is enigmatic and tense‚ almost gothic as it is set at night time‚ just before the ‘dead hour’. This is during the changing of the guard at Elsinore castle. This image is strengthened through the connotations of descriptions such as ‘tis bitter cold’; ‘not a mouse stirring’ creating an eerie and silent atmosphere. One guard‚ Francisco‚ questions the arrival of new characters with a feeling of paranoia and anxiety: ’stand
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Tragedy and the Common Man by Arthur Miller In this age few tragedies are written. It has often been held that the lack is due to a paucity of heroes among us‚ or else that modern man has had the blood drawn out of his organs of belief by the skepticism of science‚ and the heroic attack on life cannot feed on an attitude of reserve and circumspection. For one reason or another‚ we are often held to be below tragedy-or tragedy above us. The inevitable conclusion is‚ of course‚ that the tragic mode
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