’’The Crucible‚’’ is a 1952 play written by Arthur Miller as an allegory of Mcarthyism. The play follows a theocratic society in which the church and the state are one‚ and reputation plays an important role in Salem where private and public moralities are the same. In act one‚ the secret affair of John Proctor and Abigail Williams was revealed that led to conflict between John and his wife. Divorce was not permitted in the late 16th century‚ hence‚ the Proctors had to maintain their marriage causing
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What can you walk towards forever and never reach? The answer is simple: the horizon. The use of the horizon as a metaphor for knowledge is very accurate‚ depending on how one perceives knowledge. To some people‚ knowledge may seem like a giant treasure chest filled with knowledge‚ but it if we keep taking from the chest one day we will run out of knowledge. To me knowledge is so vast that no one person could ever even come close to knowing everything. With each new discovery we make‚ we open doors
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How effectively does Arthur Miller build the play up dramatically to enhance the power of it’s tragic ending? Arthur Miller’s ’A View from the Bridge’ is a play set in 1950’s Brooklyn‚ New York. Brooklyn had a large immigrant community‚ mainly Italians‚ who would come to the USA to pursue the ’American Dream’‚ although they would often start off as longshoreman‚ shifting cargo off of ships. The idea of an ’American Dream’ is romanticised among the immigrants in Miller’s play‚ being the reason
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‘Justice is very important here.’ How does Arthur Miller show the importance of Justice in the play? By stating in his opening speech of the play ‘Justice is very important here‚’ Alfieri opens the audiences minds to relate justice back to all the events in the book that occur. Throughout the play Arthur Miller shows the importance of justice mainly through Eddie and Marco’s behavior‚ building up to Eddies tragic death. Through Alfieri’s first speech‚ Miller allows the audience to acknowledge that in
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In the opening of the play‚ how does Miller seek to create an atmosphere of hysteria and tension? Do you find the opening effective? Premiering in 1953‚ Arthur Miller’s the crucible was a scathing attack on the Communist scare of the era in the guise of a dramatization of the witch hunts that took place in Salem in the 1960’s. Throughout the beginning the play follows how fear of death‚ The Devil and the unknown causes people to submit to madness and how the sense of guilt could cause them
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How does Arthur Miller build tension in Acts 1 and 2 and up to the entrance of George on page 138? Tension is defined as ‘latent hostility’‚ a state of mental or emotional strain on a person. This is particularly evident in the first two Acts of ‘All My Sons’ as there are many ways in which Miller builds tension. He uses the set‚ symbolism‚ retrospective exposition‚ mood and the backdrop of all-American tensions. It is the combination of all of these techniques which culminates in the overall tension
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The well-known case of Smith and Snipes Hall Farm Ltd. v. River Douglas Catchment Area [1949] 2K.B. 500 is helpful. In that case‚ the facts were as follows:- In 1938‚ the defendants entered into a covenant with eleven landowners who owned land along a certain stream. On a landowner’s payment of a part of the cost‚ the defendants would improve the banks on the stream and maintain the banks in future. Two years later‚ in 1940‚ one landowner sold her land to Smith who‚ in 1944‚ leased the land to Snipes
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CHAPTER 1 OUTLINE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES‚ THEIR CAUSES‚ AND SUSTAINABILITY 1.1:LIVING MORE SUSTAINABLY I. We face many environmental problems: population growth increasing resource use destruction and degradation of wildlife habitats premature extinction of plants and animals poverty pollution II. We use natural resources to support our existence and lifestyles: solar capital natural capital solar energy III. An environmentally sustainable society is an ideal society that: a. satisfies
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In The Crucible‚ John Proctor initially portrayed a sinful man whom had an affair‚ struggling to prove to his wife that he should be trusted again. The dishonesty of the betrayal of Elizabeth and his marriage to her changed‚ though‚ by the end of the play. This transition in Proctor’s character showed he transformed from a deceitful man and husband‚ to one whom was true to himself as well as his beliefs. This paper will discuss Proctor’s change in character and his struggle with getting to the
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How does Miller create Mood and Atmosphere in this extract? (Scene where Eddie kisses Catherine and Rodolfo) At the beginning of this extract there is a sense of dramatic irony as the audience knows that this will be a drama filled extract because they know that Rodolfo and Catherine have gone into the bedroom and may have assumed that they have slept together. They also know that Eddie is drunk‚ ‘He is unsteady‚ drunk.’ The tension in the atmosphere is caused by the fact that Eddie is drunk
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