Crucible By Arthur Miller Through the dramatic play, the Crucible, Arthur Miller presents the audience with many themes. ... One of Millers universal messages in the Crucible, is the impact of hysteria. ... Miller effectively communicates this theme through the characters in the Crucible. ... Each of the four acts in the Crucible start with a degree of tension and end with climax. ... The clashes among the characters and enormity at what is happening to the dignity, and personal rights of human beings, are what ...

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The Crucible Although the truth on a topic is sometimes looked at in a different point of view depending on the person, the truth its self has no meaning when one believes only what he or she wants to believe. For example; in the play The Crucible, by Author Miller the town of Salem wanted to believe that there were witches with out being substantiated. ... Further Miller's play The Crucible, and the people in Salem prove this. ...

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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. ... Arthur Millers' The Crucible depicts the Salem witch trials during the end of the seventeenth century. ... The Crucible is a terribly accurate portrayal of the accusations of communism in the United States. ... "The Crucible" is quite clearly a response to the political paranoia of the "Red Scare". ...

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The Crucible The story was about a girl named Abigail who accuses many people of witchcraft. ... A good theme in the crucible is the hunger for power because it shows you can get actual power in the town of Salem. ...

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In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, many characters make selfish choices that hurt others, even to the extent of their deaths. ... Ultimately, Danforth is the greatest villain of The Crucible. ... No one is more responsible for the tragedy that is depicted in The Crucible....

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The drama, The Crucible, is based on a historical event, the Salem witchcraft trial, which took place in Massachusetts during seventeenth century. ... (Crucible, Act 4, 132) He realizes that he should be confessing to God, not to the court he abominates. ... (Crucible, Introduction, 5) Proctor confesses to black magic yet refuses to incriminate others. ... (Crucible, Act 4, 132) Proctor shouts out loud to the Judge Danforth desperately with anger and tear. ...

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There are a few main characters in "The Crucible" that undergo changes. ... Danforth is the most consistent character in "The Crucible," besides for his anger at the very end of the play with Proctor. ...

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Giles Corey may be the most courageous man in the "The Crucible". Yet his foolishness, possibly from old age(83) alone, and his over-pridefulness make him a weak man as well. Giles showed numerous examples of Courage throughout the book. One example is when he defended his wife, who was being ...

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Throughout The Crucible, erroneous statements about God, his will, and what he does to those who are not perfect Christians, are made. ... In The Crucible, it seems as though God is nonexistent because of all the unnecessary death that occurs throughout the story; death he is supposed to provide protection from. ... Abigail is the dirtiest and most sinful person in The Crucible without a doubt. ... God's existence in The Crucible seems like more of an idea than a reality. ... Throughout The Crucible, God's role is played in the minds of the characters: he only exists in those wh...

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Reverend John Hale is a respected religious scholar who arrives in Salem to give advice on the witchcraft problem. He means well, but is proved to be weak. He turns against the court but is unable to halt the executions. The lengthy stage directions before Hale's first entry, is one way that Miller...

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How does a one repent in a society where there is only sin? John Proctor was a well respected man in Salem, Massachusetts. Despite his outstanding reputation, Proctor had committed the sin of adultery and, when the Salem Witch Trials began, it had been almost eight months since he saw his mistress, ...

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