Perceptions In Arthur Miller's Play 'The Crucible'
Belonging – basic human need
Experienced through external forces (relationships, place, groups & communities)
Can further be shaped by individual perceptions (values & beliefs)
Some societies enforce strict rules for citizens to live by
Crucible by Arthur Miller – set in 1692 with a theocratic government (church head of state)
Danforth (state judge) – represents town law:
Shows rigidity towards law when speaking to Francis – “a person is either with this court or he is to be counted against it.”
Shows his power when he says “Near to 400 are in jail and 72 to hang by that upon my signature.”
Very dangerous for citizens to ignore rules so they resort to conformity
Individuals who reject the external expectations are disempowered
John Proctor (protagonist): …show more content…
Award winning picture book “The Island” by Armin Greder
Has a fable quality
About an outsider washed up on an inhabited island and is taken in but is later sent back out because of incompatibility
Just as Miller shows innocent lives destroyed by the strict enforcement of conformist belonging in Salem, Greder depicts a total rejection towards the outsider
Outsider:
Depicted as skinny, vulnerable, naked, short (polar opposite to islanders)
Lacked skills to perform any job
Alienated
Teacher referred to him as a
Experienced through external forces (relationships, place, groups & communities)
Can further be shaped by individual perceptions (values & beliefs)
Some societies enforce strict rules for citizens to live by
Crucible by Arthur Miller – set in 1692 with a theocratic government (church head of state)
Danforth (state judge) – represents town law:
Shows rigidity towards law when speaking to Francis – “a person is either with this court or he is to be counted against it.”
Shows his power when he says “Near to 400 are in jail and 72 to hang by that upon my signature.”
Very dangerous for citizens to ignore rules so they resort to conformity
Individuals who reject the external expectations are disempowered
John Proctor (protagonist): …show more content…
Award winning picture book “The Island” by Armin Greder
Has a fable quality
About an outsider washed up on an inhabited island and is taken in but is later sent back out because of incompatibility
Just as Miller shows innocent lives destroyed by the strict enforcement of conformist belonging in Salem, Greder depicts a total rejection towards the outsider
Outsider:
Depicted as skinny, vulnerable, naked, short (polar opposite to islanders)
Lacked skills to perform any job
Alienated
Teacher referred to him as a