Arthur Miller chose a powerful and deep Title for his play The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller wanted to point out the severity and intensity of these trials and how they persecuted innocent people and forced others to turn against each other. This draws a connection to the fear and hysteria created by Communism in America during the 50's, the decade Arthur Miller wrote the play, just as Witchcraft did in Salem. ... In conclusion, Arthur Miller chose such a suitable and versatile title, one that could be viewed and related to the Play in more then one way. ...

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The Crucible Arthur Miller's 1950 play The Crucible uses literary elements to mirror the Mc Carthy Ear. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a "witch hunt" play that takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. ... Miller's 1950 play The Crucible expresses a variety of themes. ...

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(Arthur Miller, Act II).  ... And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters''(Abigail, Act I, Arthur Miller"). ... Arthur Miller established the direct parallelism between the world of the Salem witch trials and the Dynamics of the Puritan lifestyle. ... "Sex, sin, and the Devil were early linked" (The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Paragraph 1). ... Surely you'll pray with them"(The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Act 1). ...

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Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a drama based upon the 1960s Massachusetts witchcraft trials. ... Arthur Miller almost fell victim to the HUAC and blacklisting after the release of The Crucible. ... This may be the reason Miller made Proctor the center character of stability in the play. ... Arthur Miller wrote in Are You Now or Were You Ever? ... Quoting Arthur Miller from Are You Now or Were You Ever? ...

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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. ... (Miller 111). ... When writting The Crucible, Arthur Miller chose to speak through John Proctor on of the Salem witch trials victims. ... Arthur Miller himself was also put on trial by the House Committee so that he might testify on Un-American activities. ... (Miller 110). ...

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Through his subtle connections, Arthur Miller's play The Crucible efficiently shows the tyranny of consensus during the Salem Witch Trials, and during the period of McCarthyism. ... Miller wrote about the injustices against the disensus during the Salem Witch Trials. ...

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Religion: Fear, Hypocrisy Good and Evil Is there really a God? Most people question it at some point in their lives. Religion is all in belief; there are no facts or evidence, only faith. This faith in something non-substantial is created out of fear of the unknown. Religion, which supposedly i...

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The Red Scare unquestionably parallels the events that happened during the witch trials in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller's, The Crucible , can help us understand that no one is safe from false accusations, suspicion and their own witch hunts. Miller's play can help show the world that irrational fear is proceeded with irrational measures. ...

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The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, which takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, is based on witch trials. ... (Miller 53) This is displayed by a line where Elizabeth says: Elizabeth: The Deputy Governor promise hangin" if they"ll not confess, John. ... (Miller 52/53) Mob mentality is basically a group or a person leading the pack and gathers followers along for the ride. ...

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This can be seen taking place in the highly acclaimed play, The Crucible, which is based on historically accurate events and is written by Arthur Miller. ... " (Miller 84). ... " (Miller 96). ... " (Miller 61). ... " (Miller 110). ...

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I believe Arthur Miller drew these two parallels to show that our civilization has not come very far since the late 1600's. ... Arthur Miller, in my opinion, wrote this book to remind people our mistakes in history and in hopes that we could eventually learn from them....

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Arthur Miller did a very good job depicting what had happened at the Salem witch trials. His book, the crucible, was both entertaining, and a good satire of the communist scare. (his original purpose for writing the book) Nicholas Hytner, the director of The Crucible, did a good job of both creatin...

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The Crucible: Cause & Effect One of the most awful chapters in human history, is oppression. Parallels between The Crucible, and more modern examples of oppression such as the McCarthy hearings of the 1950's, are appalling. Each in the midst of an emotional time, societies often trying to suppress ...

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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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Crucible Essay " There is no shortage of contemporary Salem's ready to cry witchcraft." The parallels between the McCarthy trials in the 1950's and the Salem witch trials seem to be endless. The plot is very much the same, since they both deal with accused victims forced to "name names" or face p...

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THE CRUCIBLE After reading Arthur Miller's play The Crucible it has become evident that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Tituba, Abigail, and Hathorne. ...

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Witchcraft: The History The subject of witchcraft is something that has fascinated and instilled fear in people for centuries. It is quite well known that people are drawn toward the unknown, and yet that is what most people fear. The same thing holds for witchcraft, it is like a magnet for ma...

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