Essay Topic: The title “The crucible” The title the “crucible” by Author Miller is a metaphor for the witch trial in Salem that manipulates the impure hearts just as the crucible melts impure metal. The crucible was set in the Puritan society where religion was strict and everything; everyone was either belong to god or the devil. People in the Puritan society used that as a tool to gain power and wealth. Throughout the witch trial‚ many people with impure hearts were manipulated by the overwhelming
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Comparative Essay: The Merchant of Venice and The Crucibles Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and The Crucibles by Arthur Miller are very similar in a way‚ in which both ended poorly due to lies‚ rumours‚ and gossip spread among the characters throughout the two books. Through a close examination of The Merchant of Venice and The Crucibles‚ lies‚ gossip‚ and rumours played a major role
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The Crucible Jadynn Epker “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear‚ and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” (H. P. Lovecraft). The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is set in a controversial religious part of history that uses strict morals and disquietude to install panic of the unknown. In The Crucible‚ the reader can see that Abigail is a depraved‚ vengeful‚ manipulative‚ evil minded young girl who uses fear and spite to dictate the world around her
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common: they are all found in The Crucible. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. Reverend Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris and many more characters are found in this play. Find out how the accuse everyone and anyone in the town as to being a witch or conducting witch craft. In Act One Reverend Parris‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ John Proctor and Reverend Hale are introduced and brought to life. During Act One Reverend Parris Questions Abigail about being in the woods and
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mothers who stayed at home with the family while the men were away. Abigail Adams was among the few women who helped shape America all from her kitchen. Abigail Adams is the wife and third cousin to John Adams. They married at age 17 and had 6 children. They had a rough start to marriage when their fourth child‚ Susanna‚ died at the age of 13 months. Abigail knew how to read and write and was considered very intelligent for her time. Abigail Adams is the most revolutionary figure in American history because
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In the play The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams’ behavior is not without reason; her mental instability is to blame for her actions. For example‚ she saw her parents murdered as a child and this seems to have lead to her being mentally unstable. John Proctor‚ a much older man‚ also basically sexually abused her. And her being raised by Reverend Parris‚ the paranoid‚ power-hungry man‚ is sure to be messing Abigail up in some way or another. As a young girl‚ Abigail witnessed both her
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The Crucible is more than a dramatic play; it has an underlying‚ yet obvious message. When The Crucible was written many people refused to think for themselves concerning the trials of prospected communist‚ and Arthur Miller was the first. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller‚ uses the Salem witch trials of 1692 to exhibit the dangerous McCarthyism‚ the bystander effect‚ and mass hysteria. In the 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy said "The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my
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Essay on the Crucible American author Arthur Miller wrote a play in 1953 named the Crucible. The Crucible was portrayed as the Salem witch trials that took place in 1692 and 1693 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The play was written as a milked version of McCarthyism. McCarthyism was when the Government put people who had been accused of being communist on the Blacklist. Miller was accused himself in 1956 as being a communist and refused to name names from who he had seen in the few
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The Crucible tells of a liberal fictionalization in the eyes of Arthur Miller that shows the activities that occurred during the Salem Witch Hunts. This play was written during a time in which citizens of the Unites Staes feared a rise of power in the Soviet Union. The main themes were reputation‚ fear‚ and reprisal. These themes are shown throughout the dialogue and monologue. This play teaches of the fear and vengefulness of the Puritans A good reputation was what every Puritan wanted. This way
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GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Crucible Act One 1. "So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom‚ lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in that statement? 2. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge." 3. Identify Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Betty. 4. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem? 5. Why is Thomas Putnam bitter? 6. Parris says‚ "Oh‚ Abigail‚ what proper payment
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