Arthur Miller illustrates the collapse of Salem in 1692 with the corruption of its people. The break down of Salem is caused by jealousy‚ excessive pride‚ and greed of the town folk. The Christians of Salem slowly turn against one another‚ causing total hysteria. Jealousy causes individuals to falsely accuse their innocent neighbors. Abigail Williams is envious of John Proctor’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ and accuses her of witchcraft in order to resume her illicit affair with the married man. She frames
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Tituba : Caretaker and survivor “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change”-Albert Einstein. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller touches base with the idea of change‚ by showing it throughout the characters. The book The Crucible is based off of Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. The book was written when McCarthyism was happening so Arthur Miller wrote the book to show the comparison between the salem witch trials and McCarthyism are one of the same. The character Tituba from Arthur
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Motivation can be clearly defined as why someone chooses to do what they preform‚ the reason behind the madness. Within Arthur Miller’s drama‚ The Crucible‚ the motivation of the many different characters is very conspicuous‚ as there are many hints throughout the text. The play is a fictionalized and dramatized version of the story of witchcraft in Salem‚ Massachusetts that took place during 1692. The drama was allegedly a representation of McCarthyism‚ the practice of making accusations without
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Arthur Miller’s 1692 play named The Crucible took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The Crucible is morally about the battle between good and evil in the town of Salem. When you get down to discussing the most eligible persons to be compared for such a position in The Crucible‚ it all falls on the two characters Abigail Williams and Elizabeth "Goody" Proctor. Many of the people in the story can also be compared‚ but when you look at the character trait of Elizabeth and Abigail‚ the two lovers of John
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When a lot of anger is built up‚ it can cause someone to look for blame in people around them and how society works. The most common place they take out their frustration‚ especially for women like Elizabeth Proctor‚ is internally. Elizabeth Proctor had an image that she had to upkeep‚ and unlike her husband she had to keep most of her opinions to herself‚ and in secret. In the Crucible Elizabeth’s thoughts aren’t being heard from too often because the opinions that are constantly being shared are
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In English III AP I not only learned the art of rhetoric‚ literary elements‚ and poetic structure‚ I was also taught that I am unique and that I learn differently than others. I learned if I want something then work for it because nothing in life is given to you. I also learned that everyone is important no matter how different they are.. Throughout the course we read and analysed many literary works‚ but the works that relate the most to me are: I hear america singing‚ maks‚ and the crucible. In
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1692: The wooden gallows contrast the sky. John Proctor stands motionless as the noose is placed around his neck and tightened. Abigail Williams stands among the viewers. She shows no emotion as John Proctor is pushed over the edge and hanged dead on the rope… Eight years later: A flash of lightning streaks across the sky of Barbados. Through the pouring rain a woman of 25 years makes her way along the pieced together wooden dock towards a ship headed for the Americas. Its destination…Salem Massachusetts
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Mass hysteria can exist when a number of people behave in an uncontrollable‚ unmanageable way because of fear and/or anger. Arthur Miller easily shows this in the play The Crucible which takes place in the late 1600’s in Salem‚ Massachusetts when more than one-hundred people were getting accused of being witches. United State Senator Joseph McCarthy had done something similar to this when he had accused many people of being “Reds” or communists during the Red Scare going throughout the United States
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A legitimate cause for the accusations may result from a mental disorder. In the article The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary‚ it is acknowledged that‚ “The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress‚ asthma‚ guilt‚ boredom‚ child abuse‚ epilepsy‚ and delusional psychosis” (Linder). Many of the possible symptoms may have caused the outbreak‚ yet delusional psychosis is more sensible. The form of a mental disorder causing the symptoms is a probable cause. The people of
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In the Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ men and women each hold powerful and important parts. Men hold mainly all of the power because they decide those who are sentenced to death. They are the ones who are in control of the village and lastly they all try to dominate over each other. Women accuse many of witchcraft and that is a big part. The men though decide out of those accusations who is sentenced to death by a hang. Overall‚ the men choose what to believe and what to do after that such as the
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