Arthur wrote The Crucible in 1953‚ at the time when the Second World War had just ended but still there was a clash of capitalists and communists. What would you do if the witch hunts happened in this modern era? Arthur Miller wrote this book because of the incidents that occurred during the 1950’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy had a suspicion of communism in the United States. So he started a witch hunt to find the communists in the United States and he targeted celebrities of Hollywood such as Lucille
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Motivations of Reverend Parris‚ Abigail and the Putnams The witch trials supply Reverend Parris in numerous key ways. Initially he was frightened that any indication of witchcraft be established in his home; he has been the Reverend after all‚ has not been establishing in effectively with the community. If it was established that it was his home that was the origin of witchcraft‚ he would end up being unemployed. However‚ it eventually ends up in his favor. As soon as witchcraft is found in his
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor proclaims “Because it is my name! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of those who hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” This quote shows both the dilemma in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which Arthur Miller set his story in‚ and the era of McCarthyism which he kind of writes about; John was going to confess to being a witch but couldn’t because he didn’t want to ruin
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In Arthur Miller’s tragic play the Crucible the author describes the life of puritans in Massachusetts in the 1700s revolving entirely around god‚ and all who said otherwise would be banished or hanged. The Salem Witch trials arose between this time and lead to an overall uncontrollable and unreasonable set of deaths in Salem. One could argue that the reason for these deaths lied in the hands of the people but in reality the fate of the victims in the Crucible lied with Abigail‚ a young girl in the
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The mock witch trial which our class ran was a perfect representation of the crucible. Proctor says “Damn this village” pg 142‚ and “Damn the Deputy Governor” pg 77 The Crucible. These are two good ways of describing our experience. The charges against the accused were nonsense‚ but what was more ridiculous was when the judges believed it. The Salem witch trials were similar to our experience in the way that people were falsely accused‚ false confessions were made to save lives‚ and there was little
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Massachusetts‚ the Salem Witch Trials was conceivably thought of as terrifying or even unjustified. Left and right‚ convictions of witchcraft were put on other villagers in Salem. Abigail and other girls‚ Tituba‚ Proctor‚ and others are to be blamed for the deaths and events in Salem‚ but Reverend Parris seems to have the bigger faults. Parris’s childish and avaricious characteristics caused the deaths of many innocent people. Reverend Parris enacted an essential role in the Crucible as an eyewitness who
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The Salem Witch trials caused a lot of hysteria in history‚ during 1692. The town of Salem is located in Massachusetts. The hysteria was drawn from the beliefs of witches‚ witchcraft and black magic. The topics of witches‚ witchcraft and black magic have been questioned for many centuries. These questions have been dated all the way back to B.C. times. There have been writings in The Bible about people saying that others have been seen performing witchcraft and are in need of being saved by God.
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In the novel The Crucible a woman named Abigail started a conspiracy about witches. She was doing most of this for attention. However it escalated a whole lot farther than what was expected. Many analyst believe that she did this because of her time frame she lived in. And that she should be pardoned because outside forces made her the way she was. Abigail lived in a time-period now called the salem witch trials‚ this took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. During this time males where the more
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During the time of 1692s in Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ there are partially fictionalized stories between the witch trials and it is reflected McCarthyism. In the story of The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ people are split into two major groups one is call “the witches” lead by Abigail Williams and another is call “witches hunter” lead by Reverend Hale. Along with the behaviors of the two factions‚ they seem to have the same goal to make Salem back to peace. Abigail William wants to save herself and the
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Research Project: The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts rocked the town to its core. Hysteria‚ paranoia‚ and confusion among the citizens of Salem. Accusing people of casting spells and consorting with the devil. How were the politics and citizenship of this period handled and was it handled correctly? Witchcraft was something very new in the colonies. In France‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and England‚ this has been going on for about 300 years. The bible even says‚ “Thou
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