The Crucible‚ a play by Arthur Miller‚ is based upon the Salem witch trials that took place 1692. The society of Salem are of strict Puritan faith and their court is based on theocracy. Characters are convicted of witchcraft‚ built off the beliefs of the girls in the town who are trying to cover up that they danced. Choosing to live and ruin their reputations‚ or choosing to hang with dignity is a problem many face. Throughout the play John Proctor‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Reverend Parris are concerned
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fear can make people do. In Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692‚ witch hunts took place. According to The Crucible‚ during this time a lot of bizarre things were occurring. Knowing that during this time many Salem people were paranoid and greedy is important to know to help understand why these events were occurring. The people in Salem were Puritans who believed everything happened as either a result of God’s happiness or His wrath. Even their governing body‚ which was a theocracy‚ was based on religion.
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of the other people in the town and what his supervisor which is the Reverend‚ thinks either. After trying to avoid involvement in the witch trials he is later prosecuted for witchery and sentenced to hang. John trys to avoid any involvement in the Salem witch trials. His reason for doing so is to protect his image because he is afraid he will be committed of adultery with Abigail Williams. Following these events he trys to save everyone’s lives by admitting to this horrible offense adultery and ends
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Scotsman‚” or rather‚ an appeal to purity to emphasize an argument. The play is set in a small town in Massachusetts in the late 1690s. This setting is well known for its overbearing Puritanism and its government that could almost be characterized as a theocracy. As a result of this emphasis on religion‚ the characters of the play often resort to fallacies that hold religious beliefs at the forefront of the argument. Many of these fallacies accentuate the fact that a true Puritan would or would not do something
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• believed they were undertaking God’s work (covenant); • wanted to establish Massachusetts Bay as an example of how to purify the Anglican Church; • wanted to establish a Bible Commonwealth (quasi-theocracy/theocracy); • emphasized cooperation and community over the individual; • emphasized conformity; • chose John Winthrop as the leader of Massachusetts Bay Document B • New England towns had a relatively high population density (compact settlements)
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that to be true. “When religious groups control or too strongly influence governments‚ the results are not good. History is full of examples: the Dark Ages in Europe‚ the Inquisition‚ the Salem witch trials‚ the Taliban in Afghanistan.” (Ferguson 1) If you really want to know about the dangers of an American theocracy‚ you need look no further than the state of Utah. The Mormon Church‚ or church of Latter Day Saints (LDS)‚ dominates public life in Salt Lake City. Ties between Utah public schools and
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The Crucible takes place in a very intolerant setting. The Puritans in Salem‚ Massachusetts uphold a strict theocratic society. In a theocracy‚ the community is governed by God and the laws revolve around what God says to be right or wrong‚ meaning people can be punished for sinning. Anyone who strays away from the set ideals or beliefs is punished and persecuted accordingly. The weakness in such societies is that the people in authoritative positions can become easily corrupted. In The Crucible
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commentaries‚ or expository asides‚ in the published versions of the play. In the first aside‚ what does Miller say about the Puritans’ outlook toward the virgin forest? What does he mean when he characterizes the puritan community in Salem at this period as a Theocracy? 10. Miller often foreshadows his characterizations with a descriptive phrase in the stage directions just before a character’s first entrance. In the stage directions‚ what does he suggest about each of these characters: Abigail Williams
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persecution and practice religious freedom in America. Pilgrims from England‚ arriving on the Mayflower‚ settled in the Plymouth area of Massachusetts. Over the next several decades and into the seventeenth century‚ Puritans from England settled in Salem‚ Boston‚ and officially established the Massachusetts Bay colony. By 1640‚ there were over 40‚000 immigrants that had arrived in the Massachusetts Bay colony (Brooks). The religious ideas of the Puritans
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The Crucible is a play about the intersection of private sins with paranoia‚ hysteria‚ and religious intolerance. The citizens of Arthur Miller’s Salem of 1692 would consider the very concept of a private life heretical. The government of Salem‚ and of Massachusetts as a whole‚ is a theocracy‚ with the legal system based on the Christian Bible. Moral laws and state laws are one and the same; sin and the status of an individual’s soul are public concerns. An individual’s private life must conform
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