Miller's play came at an appropriate time in history. ... She is accused of witchcraft by the girls and convicted of the supernatural murder of the Putnam babies. ... Rebecca refuses to admit witchcraft to the end and is hanged. ... Whatever the reasons are, these rabble-rousers continue to appear at various times in history and are never short of supporters. ... We must be careful not to dismiss the events of the past as mere history. ...

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The Salem witch trials were a dark moment in our nation's history. ... When Proctor's wife is accused of witchcraft this is when he becomes involved in the trials. He does everything in his power to deny the claims that his wife practices witchcraft. ... Rebecca is accused of witchcraft because of a long-held grudge between the Nurse family and the Putnam's. ... Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft and her words to Proctor explain the meaning of the novel. ...

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The first three to be accused of witchcraft were Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne. ... About one to two hundred other persons were arrested and imprisoned on witchcraft charges. ... Each generation must learn the lessons of history or risk repeating its mistakes. ... He tells Putnam to "say nothing of witchcraft" because it is unknown. ... This is simply not history, but, The American Nation is pretty close. ...

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John Hale The witch trials in Salem represent an extreme low point in American history, where suspicion ran rampant and an entire community was thrown into complete chaos. ... Practically everyone in the town was accused of witchcraft at one time or another and nothing was being done to stop this madness. At the first mention of witchcraft, Salem's Reverend Parris sent for Reverend Hale of Beverly, because he had experience dealing with witchcraft from his own town. ... He is so merciless and bent on discovering witchcraft, that he practically tortured Parris's slave Tituba into...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Using the knowledge that witchcraft is illegal and immoral, the girls accuse Salem residents of witchcraft. ... Within moments of facing Hathorne, Abigail denies Mary and leads the girls into accusing her of witchcraft. ... By convicting people of witchcraft they gain respect and the attention they need to charge anyone they please. ... Parris informs him of the news revealing, "Andover has thrown out the court, they say, and will have no part in witchcraft.""... Arthur Miller did not have the need to alter history's story of the witch trials in order for him to make the point that McC...

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The Crucible The Salem Witch trials of 1692, was a time in American history that portrayed how unstable society could be. ... Upham and The Salem Witchcraft Delusion by Alice Dickinson. ... This book told of a case of witchcraft in Boston in the year 1688, involving the children of John Goodwin. ... Soon after, she was sentenced to death for the practice of witchcraft and working with the devil. Mather firmly believed this was a case of witchcraft and his opinion influenced others. ...

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After Abby's accusations of witchcraft, her uncle, Reverend Parris got nervous. ... At the beginning of the story, this expert on the mystery of witchcraft began investigating the accusations. He was convinced that his duty was to rid Salem of any witchcraft or sign of the devil. He believed that he was invincible and knew most everything about witchcraft. ... Their backgrounds and histories influenced themselves and the other citizens of the Salem, Massachsetts. ...

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So, when the whole idea of witchcraft arose in this little town, people were shocked and amazed, especially because it was the children that were involved. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, he retells history, but modifies a few minor details, and adds in a few from his own imagination along the way. The one main detail that he altered of this terribly unfair period in our nation's history was Abigail Williams's age, one of the main young women involved in the tale. ... If Abby was only the tender age of eleven in Miller's play, he would not be able to make her out as ...

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Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a drama based upon the 1960s Massachusetts witchcraft trials. ... The fact that the girls were practicing witchcraft throws the town into hysteria. ... The appalling part of the play is that girls, who were actually trying to practice witchcraft, were the ones making the accusations. ... This short dialogue shows that anyone that was accused of witchcraft had two choices, both with ill consequences. ... again, "The Crucible straddles two different worlds to make one, but it is not history in the usual sense of the word, but the moral, political and psy...

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"The Crucible," (1953) written by Arthur Miller, is a play that describes a horrible event in American History that resulted in nineteen innocent deaths. This event is known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, a series of accusations of innocent people practicing witchcraft. ... While his wife and reverend Hale tried to convince him in confessing to witchcraft, John couldn't give in. ... Colonists where falsely accused of practicing witchcraft, and if you did not confess to it, you would be jailed or put to death. ...

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She managed to get away with her life without even a question of guilt, and as the hysteria of witchcraft grew in Salem she did not fear anyone. ... Her magic wand's spell was the simple accusation of witchcraft. ... This has been a common way throughout history to get support for individuals and groups. ... She made a tactical error and allowed her sweet John Proctor to get swallowed by the giant, witchcraft. ...

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Because history is bound to repeat itself, characters from Arthur Miller's The Crucible draw parallels to characters in the McCarthy Trials. ... When Proctor is accused of witchcraft by Mary Warren he said, "a fire, a fire is burning! ... Because he goes in search of excuses for why the town would go against him, he is reluctant to blame witchcraft on the towns lost faith, rather than his poor preaching. ... When Mary Warren wished to confess that witchcraft in Salem was pretense, Abigail and the girls quickly turned against her. ... Because history is bound to repeat itself, the pe...

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The Devil Carries Himself Through History Hatred has been prevalent through out the history of our country. ... One character, Abigail Williams, accuses a woman of witchcraft because she loves that woman's husband. ... Another man's greed takes over when he accuses people of witchcraft just to get their land. ... The accusers used the trials to settle past grievances such as the death of a loved one, blaming it on witchcraft. ... Knowing of their innocence, they did not want them to hang for witchcraft. ...

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Hale is an expert on combating the demonic arts and Parris would have no reason to call upon him unless he suspected witchcraft himself. ... The willingness of the Salemites to accuse each other of witchcraft stemmed from their hidden motives and agendas. ... This new contention is only further fueled by the accusations of witchcraft spilling from the lips of Thomas and Ann Putnam and the girls. ... Furthermore, he and his wife, Ann Putnam, immediately leap to witchcraft as the source of their troubles. ... When Parris tries to deny that there is witchcraft afoot, both the Putnam's cite t...

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McCarthyism McCarthyism was a time period throughout the 1940's and 1950's where America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism growing in Eastern Europe and China. Emphasizing on those concerns, a young Senator named Joseph McCarthy publicly accused more than two hun...

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Like the room, the only window is small and barred, symbolising no escape from the future events, and adding to the over crowded, claustrophobic feeling, of a room filled with hysterical characters accusing each other of witchcraft. ... All of the accusations of witchcraft in the play are made in the hysteria of the moment, and the underlying factors contributing to this hysteria are often caused from the characters secret fears and motives. ... History however has seen countless leaders, whose wrongful use o...

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When this suspicion surfaces with everyone in the room, Abigail proclaims that it is Tituba, who was practicing witchcraft, and made her perform the actions, and drink the blood. ... The lying about witchcraft became a vicious cycle in which most of the citizens of Salem became involved. ... Adulterous history flows between them. ... It is greed and desire for this land that causes Ann Putnam to mention Rebecca Nurse and accuse her of witchcraft. ...

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A long disbuted action that has happened multiple times in American history is the act of genocide based on something that cannot be proved or charged. ... The plot goes from the first outcry of witchcraft to the execution of one of the main characters John Proctor. ... These 2 accounts were both very similar and it just proves that people dont learn from history. ... And the main reason these works are so alike is because they were both about a time when many people's lives were ended or damaged due to the fact t...

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Crucible Essay " There is no shortage of contemporary Salem's ready to cry witchcraft." ... Both the McCarthy trials and the Salem witch trials are black marks in the history of the United States. ...

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The Crucible Essay The story The Crucible takes place during the times of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. This was a time of much hypocrisy in the people of the town of Salem. Many people believed anything they heard or saw. Although The Crucible is fictitious, the story depicts the histori...

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Throughout history people all over the world have admired, and looked up to people they refer to as heroes. ... When the accusations of witchcraft began to be thrown around the town, many people began to believe in it all. ...

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The Salem Witch Trials are an important part of history and should be studied by people throughout the world. ... Putman, Abigail and the girls involved in the witchcraft, Abigail and Reverend Paris, John Proctor and Paris, John Proctor and Elizabeth, and John Proctor and Hale. ... We include this play in the study history for many reasons. ...

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Does history repeat itself? Lots of people think that the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s are a repeat of history from the Salem witch-hunts of 1692. ... To get themselves off the hook, the girls pointed their fingers at other women in the town of practicing witchcraft. ... In conclusion, history does not always repeat itself, however, it did in this case. The Salem witch trials and the McCarthy hearings are very similar and from very different times in history. ...

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The characters in this drama all play curious roles in this depressing time in our country's history. ... Betty Parris is still ill at the beginning of the film, the girls were still spotted dancing in the woods by Reverend Samuel Parris, and subsequent denial of witchcraft begins. ... Reverend Parris is unlikable due to his autocratic attitude and is quick to point to witchcraft. ... By including the hangings in the play, the viewer is exposed first hand to the true affect of such an allegation as witchcraft. ...

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Within the drama The Crucible by Arthur Miller, several characters are pinned as the possessors of the ability to alter their community, and American history, forever. ... Before the trials of witchcraft even began, she held a certain air of intimidation among others. ... Arthur Miller intended to tell more than just the story of a few tragic deaths; he intended to show how individuals can change history. ... In Salem Massachusetts, 1692 the amount of power held by these and other individuals, paved the way for a blemish on the history of the United States. ...

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• Grade Level: High School