Arthur Miller's "The Crucible- is set in the late 17th Century in a puritan settlement called Salem in the State of Massachusetts and is based on a true story of the Salem Witch-hunts. ... The language Miller employs through out the play is so successful due to the fact that it is believable but yet, understandable. ... In act 1 Miller shows Abigail to be manipulative and tyrannical. ... Miller in Act 1 shows Abigail's talents for manipulation within a private setting. ... Miller also has Abigail use is the fact she is beautiful. ...

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Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, reflects how the Puritan lifestyle should be lead. ... In The Crucible, Arthur Miller showed the reality of what life in the 17th century for Puritans was really like. ... Miller's message is that everyone has their flaws even though they were Puritans. ... In the play The Crucible, many examples of good and bad Puritans were seen, Elizabeth Proctor being the idealistic Puritan and Abigail Williams being the total opposite. ...

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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, conflicts the effects of the conjunction of church and state while The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, conflicts the inability to perfect human nature regardless of any assistance given by a created lifestyle such as Puritanism. ... The Crucible shows how the assimilation of church with state government was so dramatic that it became the basis of the Puritan society. ... In The Crucible, the people of the town and court feel that in their quest for social perfection there is no room for one individual who may question the methods that are...

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The Dynamic Ending Film critics everywhere are arguing on whether the ending of The Crucible by Arthur Miller should be left like the original play. ... There are many supportive points backing up the altered ending that Arthur Miller did not display in the play. The tragic ending brings to life the point of injustice Miller was trying to convey. ... Miller wanted to show that people's lives could be ruined by one person "pointing the finger." ... Arthur Miller uses the theme of reputation throughout the play and with the film ending it brings to a close this idea. ...

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Power, justice, and authority are not things one often thinks of in our modern society. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, these three ideas play an important role in the daily lives of the Puritans. The power of false accusations, the judicial system, and consequences of abusive authority had ...

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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that uses both truth and fiction to illustrate the infamous Salem Witch Trials. ... To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God" (Miller 5). ...

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Two works of literature that display both aspects of this society very accurately are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. ... The settings in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are similar in many ways. The Scarlet Letter takes place around the 1640s, as the The Crucible occurs in 1692. ... The general aspects of characters are also similar in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. ... However, more parishoners like Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter than Parris in The Crucible. ...

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John Proctor and Hester Prynne, two characters derived from a seventeenth century, puritan community have interesting views on life. John Proctor is selected from the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. Hester prynne comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. John and Hester ali...

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