only bad according to their religion? And what if these ‘bad things’ really are understandable and rational but because of your biased religious surroundings are they considered bad? Arthur Miller’s The Crucible illustrates this concept vividly using the 1982 Salem Witch Trials. During The Crucible‚ people are accused of an act they did not commit and have to go against their religion and sin or face being hanged which leads to mass hysteria and paranoia. Even though Reverend Hale sins according
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be. Reputation can be viewed as the way you dress‚the people you are associated with and sometimes people are given a reputation by the acts of the people in their family. In The crucible‚ reputation is an important theme because it determines one’s ability to follow religious rules. The Characters in the play The Crucible have a tremendous amount of pride. They are known as good citizens in the town‚ for one reason or another and they would like to uphold their good name. Reputation Is extremely
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its own stories for the unexplainable. In The Crucible‚ neighbors accuse people that they have known their entire life of practicing witchcraft. They turn on one another and begin to break apart the community. The town of Salem falls into mass hysteria‚ fear overwhelms decision-making and thought processing. Fear often leads to more fear in people. In order to try and explain the fear‚ the townspeople begin to believe in it. In The Crucible‚ hysterical fear becomes an unknowing method of
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Response Theme: Way of Life Both The Crucible and Rapture of Canaan have many similar qualities‚ however they also have some differences. The author of each book developed many themes and even themes inside of themes; one theme that is significant in each book is the customs and way of life. For instance‚ each community consists of a very religious population; moreover each population has some people who don’t believe as strongly as others. In The Crucible this character would be John Proctor‚ and
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The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is an intense‚ drama-filled play about the accusations of witchcraft amongst the town of Salem. Throughout this play‚ there are many themes that are laid out across all four acts. One of the mayor themes that sticks out and is present in all four acts is intolerance. In the Crucible there are countless times where intolerance is show by nearly every character involved in the play. This intolerance can be related to many events throughout American history and
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Historical Connection Essay In both The Crucible and McCarthy’s situation with communism‚ there is a theme of widespread paranoia and the devastating effects it can have on innocent people. The historical context of this play has given me a better understanding of false paranoia and to what extent people can act upon it. By definition‚ McCarthyism is a "paranoid hunt for infiltrators." (McCarthyism) When Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible he used events in the play as symbols for what had been
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The Crucible Essay The word crucible means a severe test or a vessel of a very refractory material (as porcelain) used for melting and claiming a substance that requires a high degree of heat. It also means a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development If you combine these three definitions‚ you come up with a container where under high heat (or in Miller’s case...the stress of being accused of witchcraft (or communism under McCarthy))
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McCarthyism in The Crucible / 1984 Throughout history millions of people have found themselves to be guilty for crimes they did not commit ‚ with little to no evidence‚ and suffered the consequences of being scorned‚ arrested‚ and tortured ‚ also known as McCarthyism. One can clearly see that McCarthyism is evident in both the play “The Crucible” and the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ although conveyed a bit differently‚ one can also find similarities between The Crucible and 1984 regarding
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"I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—-vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the crazy little children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law!" (Miller 73) The Crucible is a play written by the American playwright Arthur Miller in 1953 based on what happened during the Salem witch trials. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism and he used a lot of ironies to express he’s overall message. Through the whole play‚ Miller
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Lorraine Peters American Literature Ms. Jelen September 29 The Crucible and The Dynamics of Fear The worst thing one has to fear is fear itself. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ fear infiltrates the everyday lives of the people of Salem by disturbing many citizens and causing some of them to resort to lies and dishonesty to deflect criticism of their character. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ fear changes a girl’s true nature and power thirsty men begin to crumble at the thought of losing their
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