Act Three of Arthur Miller’s script The Crucible opens with a very hostile‚ tense and desperate mood due to the Salem Witch Trials being in full swing. Hathorne is questioning the wife of Giles Corey‚ Martha‚ about whether or not she is aligned with the Devil and one of his witches until Giles comes barging in “roaring to the court” that he has “evidence” for them to see until he is eventually “removed by the court marshal” (83-84). Giles is angered and furious that his wife is being put on trial
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“Hook”. Arthur Miller gives us insight through his novel‚ The Crucible. Set in 1692‚ Massachusetts‚ the characters in the story are put through trials to prove their integrity‚ loyalty‚ and conspicuously‚ what is valuable to them; their name. Also‚ Arthur Miller establish the characters in a society where the law bounds to the bible‚ and in which‚ the society drastically takes a turn into chaos when people commence‚ and accuse others of witchery. This not merely puts the villager’s viability at
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validates his belief and subtly draws attention to the similarities between the response of the people in 1690 Salem and 1950 America to witchcraft and McCarthyism‚ respectively. Fear is the main perpetrator of mass hysteria. Fear is what causes a society to tremble and become fragile—easily apt to manipulation or propaganda. Miller describes multiple situations in which members of the Salem community feel pressure to follow the crowd.
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this event actually happened in Salem Massachusetts. It was deemed the Salem Witch trials and left a lasting impression on history of what paranoia can do to people. The tragedy is now a play called “the Crucible by: Arthur Miller in the Crucible the most accountable person for the trials in the play is shown to be Abigail Williams. Abigail’s lying and acting is what began the witch trials not only that she is the ringleader for the so called “bewitched girls of Salem”. The first and most important
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issue that was relevant at the time The Crucible was written--the Red Scare and McCarthyism. He uses this parallel to his advantage in several instances‚ unearthing the scandalous actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy. First‚ two topics within the Salem Witch Trials are seen: intolerance and reputation. Miller was attempting to bring America back to reality by showing how frivolous it was to assume
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Before embarking upon my research project‚ I sat down to ponder what sort of topics interest me‚ as far as having the potential to provide an avenue for research. For some reason‚ which I can not explain‚ my thoughts roamed to a trip I took in 2012 to London‚ England. In England‚ I visited a place called the London Dungeons. It is really nothing more than a tourist trap‚ to be honest. However‚ the dungeons did offer an exhibit on methods used in England to obtain confessions from accused witches
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most of the characters. However‚ there are several characters that display an amazing amount of courage. Rebecca Nurse is a perfect example of a character with an exceptional amount of courage. Nurse is an elderly lady who is highly respected in the Salem community. She is a victim of the countless people accused of witchcraft. She was accused of killing Mrs. Putman’s seven unborn children. If she confesses to her crime‚ she will not be hanged. She is a
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have seemed like a good idea but little did John Proctor know it would be the cause of his very own death. Living in a town built on religion and living the proper way it was a very absurd move to make. Abigail Williams is a young woman living in Salem with her uncle and young cousin Betty. Before living with her uncle‚ Abigail was a servant in the Proctor household. Abigail was soon dismissed by Goody Proctor after the affair. Abigail held onto this for some time‚ for she loved Proctor. So much
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Proctor settled for no less than the absolute truth. An example of this is when Proctor is when Proctor knows that the girls are lying and he is baffled as to why no one is charging them‚ or accusing them. “I’ll tell you what’s walkin in Salem-vengeance is walkin in Salem‚ but now the crazy little children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law.” (Act III). John Proctor continued to fight for what he believed in even after he was sentenced to hang for witchcraft‚ he
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living in purity and praying to God would save them. They believed that natural disasters would be the work of the devil and its followers. This strict lifestyle cause them to become paranoid and suspicious of each other. Their hysteria led to the Salem Witch trials in 1692‚ where each person would blame each other for witchcraft and be executed for working with the devil. In today’s society the similarities we have with the Puritans of the 1600’s is that we have moral codes that we follow
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