means a severe‚ searching test or trial. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a perfect example of that definition. The book is based upon the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690’s‚ it also has a deeper meaning it also relates to the communist hunts of the 1950’s led by Joseph McCarthy. The Crucible in all of its meanings follow the definition of it being a severe‚ searching test or trial. In the book The Crucible Arthur Miller portrayed the horrors of the Salem Witch Trails very eloquently. He
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In the play‚ The Crucible‚ there are many protagonist that were distinguished throughout the play. The meaning behind the word‚ protagonist‚ is more or less around the context of being the main character‚ champion‚ or an advocate. John Proctor was the one that stood out the most. He was a protagonist behind the reasons of one; he learns to forgive himself‚ two; he was one of the many reasons that the Salem court stopped the witchcraft trials‚ and three; he is a well respected man throughout the
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element in a literary work that is accepted by readers or viewers because it is traditional. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller deviates from traditional drama conventions in his telling of the Salem Witch Trials. He does not use scenes and uses a narrative technique more than stage directions throughout the play. A conventional play typically includes scenes dividing an act. However‚ Arthur Miller includes only one scene in the play‚ Act Two‚ Scene 2. In this scene‚ John Proctor meets with Abigail in
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The author purpose to write this story is to explain why he wrote The Crucible‚ what pushes him to write such a story. Arthur Miller tried to make life real by showing that things get repeated in history. The McCarthy trials are similar to Salem Witch trials. People were being accused for things that they never did and do not have any proof that they did these thing. The Crucible shows that whatever is happening now happened before‚ and we are repeating the history. It is important for people to
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Injustice has always occurred in this world‚ it is still talked about in our society and has impacted many people throughout history. Injustice is of the main themes shown in the plays Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Injustice is illustrated in both plays and issues of discrimination‚ character conflicts‚ and stereotypes are demonstrated. Discrimination proves that injustice is shown in both plays. In The Merchant Of Venice‚ Jews are often mistreated by
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All My Sons From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |All My Sons | |Written by |Arthur Miller | |Characters |Joe Keller | | |Kate Keller | | |Chris Keller | |
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easily corrupted. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller shows how intolerance can lead to persecution through the characters of Danforth and Abigail and in his purpose for writing this play. Deputy Governor Danforth is not a tolerant man. He does not allow outspoken behavior in his courtroom‚ especially if it is against the court. His dictator-like status is seen at the beginning of the trials in Salem. "This is a court of law‚ Mister. I’ll have no effrontery here!" (Miller 1254). Danforth cannot stand any
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Miller creates tension in this moment in the play through the song‚ the dialogue and the stage directions. The song creates a lot of tension in this moment in the play. The song does this by having Rudolpho singing this the song about Catherine. This creates tension because the song objectifies Catherine by calling her a “paper doll” in the song. This also creates because it helps confirm the theory that Rodolpho is only after Catherine because he wants his papers to be an american citizens. Tension
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a time in life when your reputation is on the line. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there are a lot of reputations that become tarnished such as John Proctor. Proctor had a moment where his reputation would be ruined‚ he was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be hanged. He had the chance between falsifying himself and regain the respect and safety of his reputation or lie to save himself. The author Arthur Miller‚ portrays the struggle of John Proctor fighting to live with the guilt of
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looking for evil which focused on Communists that they found everywhere. This was how Miller portrayed how primitive the American 1950’s were by relating it to McCarthyism in the 1690’s. The basic hysteria that swept through the witch hunt was also kept that looked as it could have been due to frontier war‚ economic conditions‚ personal jealousies and even teenage boredom that lead to mad accusations‚ trials and executions. These people were primitive in medicine and accused the devil of all illnesses
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