The Crucible It has been said that history has a tendency to repeat itself. The Crucible can be used to relate to historical and future events in the world. The Red Scare unquestionably parallels the events that happened during the witch trials in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. ... False accusations in The Crucible led to the deaths of many innocent people. ... Looking at The Crucible today , people are shocked at what happened. ...

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The Crucible The word crucible in the dictionary means a container of metal used to heat things to high temperatures or a severe searching test or trial. ... The witch trials eliminated undesirable persons from the society just as a crucible eliminates unwanted metals from the mixture. In the Crucible there are many characters that undergo changes and some that do not. ...

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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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In Arthur Millers >The Crucible=, Miller clearly feels that fear and suspicion lead to a mass hysteria that causes innocent deaths. ... In the Salem Witchcraft Trial and in >the Crucible=, by Arthur Miller, the accusers were given power and put somewhat on a pedestal. ...

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Although "The Crucible" and the "The Front" had the same basic message in mind when they were written they were based in different times so they had very differing plots. "The Crucible" by Authur Miller was about the original witch hunt. ... In "The Front" the main character is reminisant to John Proctor in "The Crucible" because of the fact that they both thought the situation they were in was dumb and they tried to the best of their ability to help their friends. And also the main author in "The Front" was named Aurthur and Aurthur Miller was the...

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The word crucible means a serve test. ... He faced a lot of crucible as soon as he came into power until the play was completely over. ... Keeping his promise to his friend and getting over the biggest crucible ever, most likely more than half of the world will never been through what he went through, to me he is the most honest and trustworthy man more honest than any human man alive today. ...

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Sometimes, people discover a fact that changes their entire position on something they have been defending all along. However, most of the time, whenever this occurs, it is too late to change anyone else's mind. In The Crucible, Reverend Hale discovers that Abigail is lying. Unfortunately, it is ...

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Based on this historical event, Arthur Miller wrote in 1860 his drama called "The Crucible ". ... Arthur Miller illustrates how fear can drive people away from heir responsibilities in his play The Crucible. 1.2.2 Holocaust Next historical example of an outbreak of mass hysteria was Holocaust. ...

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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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English How effective is act 1 as an introduction to the characters and society of Salem and the themes of the play; witch craft, persecution, hysteria and social restrictions? Act 1 is particularly good at portraying the hysteria. The whole act is performed in a small room with a sick child on the bed the claustrophobic setting exaggerates the mood and people are more self-conscious. Throughout the scene all characters show a false face in public we see changes with everyone's body language and the way they speak depending on who they are with. The first we see of Reverend Pari...

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