Themes and The Crucible The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historical play, but more importantly a social and psychological drama. The diverse ways the themes are developed through The Crucible are through characters, plot, setting and dialogue. ... The concept of evil is central to The Crucible. ... The Crucible's main theme 'evil' can be developed through characters such as Rebecca Nurse who warns us of the danger of seeking of spirits and Abigail Williams who is evil, commits lechery with John Proctor. ... The play demonstrates that the characters show an evil trait, ...

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The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter are two exceptional books that deal with the issue of guilt .The Crucible portrayed to be a modern play written by Arthur Miller based on a true story, of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. ... Both of these books consist of abundant similarities such as, they deal with the guilt of committing adultery, both focused on the Puritan culture, and the characters were made outcasts of society. ... It tells us that the characters had committed a sin of passion, which they could not confess. ... In The Crucible Proctor despised Abigail and her constant yearning for ...

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The title of the play being The Crucible, the term "crucible" is never actually mentioned. ... Many of the characters in The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. ... He has conquered his final crucible. It is quite obvious the many challenging decisions the characters of The Crucible must deal with. ... He has unmistakably chosen the title to portray the character's test of the most decisive kind, the conquering of an emotional assessment....

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In The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, many problems arise, some as serious as life or death. Many innocent people in The Crucible were hanged. ... However The Crucible leads the reader to believe that the majority of the guilt could be found in Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and John Proctor. ... The characters in The Crucible had many different motives for accusing others and letting pride and human weakness sentence innocent people to their deaths. ... In this situation, Abigail's manipulation, Mary Warrens weak-willed character, and Proctors self-motivated silence caused the deat...

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The Crucible The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in 1953 is a classic American work. ... The characters in this drama all play curious roles in this depressing time in our country's history. The movie version of The Crucible produced in 1996 is also written by Miller. ... Increased drama is provided by a deeper depiction of the relationships between the characters. ... The movie version of The Crucible changes the perception of many of the characters and destroys the drama of this classic work. ...

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Character Analysis John Proctor A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor's husband. ... In a sense, The Crucible has the structure of a classical tragedy, with John Proctor as the play's tragic hero. ... Of the major characters, Abigail is the least complex. ... The language of the play is almost biblical, and Abigail seems like a biblical character "a Jezebel figure, driven only by sexual desire and a lust for power. ... Over the course of the play, however, he experiences a transformation, one more remarkable than that of any other character. ...

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What is the mean of crucible? Well the dictionary defines crucible as a severe test or trial,but how does it apply to the play The Crucible It applies to the play because the people during that time that were accused of being witches or having dealings with the devil were put through severe test. ... The way that makes it interesting is some of the character that change. ...

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Arthur Millers The crucible, is a play set in the early American establishment of Salem. ... This statement is mostly applicable in the crucible, yet there are still glimpses of good characters. ... Through the play we learn that some characters are more self-serving and destructive than others. Reverend Parris and John Procter are at either ends of the scale, yet even the more pure character shows glimpses of evil. ... Miller depicts Hale as a good character, who's only objective is to bring god back into this troubled community. ...

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During the play, The Crucible, many big decisions were made. ... The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in which many people are accused of witchcraft and have to make big decisions that may affect their life. Rebecca Nurse was a character in The Crucible with a big decision to make. ... John Proctor was a main character that had a difficult decision to make that would affect his and his family's lives forever. ... The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in which many people are accused of witchcraft and have to make big decisions that may affect their life....

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Fear plays a major role in The Crucible and is the main reason why the village of Salem dealt with the witchcraft incidents so badly. ... This is the focal point of The Crucible and it is from Abigail Williams" inability to tell the truth or respect authority that the fear of others develops. ... This makes his fear more powerful as it is so out of character. ... One character in The Crucible who always seems to be afraid and whom fear and paranoia drive his every action is Revd. ... One of the only characters in The Crucible whose fears are entirely selfless is Revd. ...

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In the play, "The Crucible," by Arthur Miller we see this emotion come up in many different characters throughout the play-in some more than others and have a great impact on the thoughts and actions of each character. ... One character that we see fear have an impact on them is Deputy Governor Danforth. ... Abigail Williams is another character in which we can see the clear reaction of fear. ... The last character in which there is a serious impact on their personality because of fear is Hale. This character is one of the most dynamic in the play. ...

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A look at Abigail Williams Abigail Williams is the antagonist character in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. ... She basically stays the same, but her true character appears. ... I think her character is believable; there are girls like her that only want what is impossible to get. ...

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In 1953 Arthur Miller wrote a novel called The Crucible. This book is set in 1962 and it tells the story of the infamous witch trials that took place in Salem,Massachusetts. Throughout this whole story we find that greed effected much of what happened in Salem, in fact greed caused the whole probl...

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Accusations From One to Another Throughout the drama, The Crucible, the rituals of the girls of Salem, Massachusetts are tended to be culpable of witchcraft. ... Altogether, the characters that put forth accusations towards other people that were not true ended up making others lose their lives and causing an incessant accusation of the Salem Witch Trials. ...

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