FRQ | 1600 | 1650 | 1699 | Theocracy | Williams and Hutchinson’s challenges to spiritual practices undermine public perception of Puritan Church | Increased influence of other colonies‚ especially Virginia‚ lead to a decline in commitment to the religious/political ideals | Salem Witch trial discredits the Puritan church‚ and much remaining credibility is lost | Economic Equality | ___________________ | Laws forbid the pricing of an item t more than 5% over its actual costs | Rise of free
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Arthur Miller • • • • • • Born 1915 Many literary awards McCarthy’s witch-hunt 1950s Anti-Communism Salem witch-hunt 1692 Puritanism - theocracy crucible Definitions a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures‚ so as to separate the heated substance into its pure and base elements a severe‚ searching test or trial witch Witch\‚ n. [OE. wicche‚ AS. wicce‚ fem.‚ wicca‚ masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. w[=i] one who practises the black
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Hale. Along with the behaviors of the two factions‚ they seem to have the same goal to make Salem back to peace. Abigail William wants to save herself and the girls of the judge by accusing others who are Innocent and Reverend Hale wants to find the people who speak for the devil. The conflict between two factions is harming innocent people by performing a play and within different standpoint due to theocracy society. In compare‚ both
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community. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ written during the McCarthy Era‚ this is exactly what happens. Reverend Parris catches a group of girls dancing in the forest‚ and the word spread like a cataclysmic conflagration. From then on‚ denizen of Salem accused each other of witchcraft‚ claiming that their neighbors are communing with the devil‚ killing babies‚ and other ludicrous and unbelievable crimes. As a hurricane gathers wind and celerity‚ so did the desire to accuse‚ condemn‚ and convict.
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to the Salem Witch Trials during the 1950’s. Communism‚ McCarthyism‚ Puritanism‚ and the Salem Witch trials are all relevant in some form or another to Miller’s play “The Crucible”. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller is based on real events that happened in Salem‚ Massachusetts where the antagonist Abigal Williams accuses people in her village being involved with witch craft. Anyone who is accused of these crimes is to be sentenced to be hung. The people who lived in Salem came to
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Ruth‚ Mary Warren‚ Mercy Lewis‚ and Tituba dancing in the woods and trying to conjure spirits. Betty fell ill the next day‚ almost all of Salem thought that the devil was in their small‚ conservative‚ intolerant town. To avoid being prosecuted as witches‚ the girls‚ with Abigail as their leader‚ would go on to accuse many of the people who live in Salem and areas around it. At the end of Act I alone Sarah Good‚ Goody Osburn‚ Bridget Bishop ‚ George Jacobs‚ Goody Howe‚ Martha Bellows‚ Goody Sibber
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His refusal to open up about Abigail’s lying (which she admits in Betty’s bedroom) allows Abigail to whip the village of Salem into a frenzy – accusing anyone and everyone of witchcraft. He is a proud and powerful man‚ much respected in the village. The fact he committed adultery with Abigail means she has the power to control him. Adultery is against the laws of Salem’s theocracy (as it is against the Decalogue) so‚ if Abigail told the village of their affair‚ his reputation would be destroyed which
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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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Crucible. Set in Salem‚ Massachusetts during the witch trials‚ Miller depicts the town and the strong puritan values vested in its people. When accusations of witchcraft run ravage through the streets‚ such puritan purity is in question. The Crucible is a fitting title for Arthur Miller’s play.The English noun crucible symbolizes Salem‚ the trials and the resulting changes that occur. To start‚ a crucible being defined as a vessel that can withstand high temperatures is symbolic of Salem. Miller describes
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and moral‚ shaping the way they perceive the world around them. Playwright Arthur Miller theorises that Christianity’s formative influence upon Western though has led the inculcation off the theology’s ideals into the practice of societies‚ such as Salem in 1692 or America under McCarthy rule. Not only does the theology categorise all realties of Apollonian descent to be “of God”‚ but condemns any reality of Dionysian nature to be “of Lucifer”. Conflict begins to occur when people come to conceive
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