The Crucible as a timeless play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a text that can definitively be defined as timeless, and therefore relevant to any audience in any society it is being read. ... In a sense, Miller is asking the reader whether evil naturally exists in human nature. ... Another motivating factor for Miller's writing of The Crucible was "man's inhumanity to man". ... Indeed, comparisons can be drawn between Proctor's and Miller's motivations for the truth. ... The Trials themselves are also condemned by Miller and his portrayal of them. ...

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In Arthur Miller's The Crucible a small lustful unacceptable love story between John Procter and Abigail Williams transforms into a sinful plot that implicitly illustrates that in a theocratic society, heavy influence of religion constitutes corrupt power and authority that gains sufficient dominance and corruption to transform a miniscule injustice into a serious injustice affecting all of Salem. ... In The Crucible by Arthur Miller one inconsequential injustice developed into a significant injustice that caused the death of many, but was created through a small lie that was silenced and...

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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller portray characters committing sins throughout the novel. ... John Proctor, a farmer in The Crucible, and Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister in The Scarlet Letter, both have similar experiences with adultery, but Proctor seems to approach his sin in a more honorable manner than Dimmesdale. ... He says, "God is dead" (Miller 119). ... Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister and adulterer, demonstrates his weakness of character and fear he has of the consequences he may have to face if he admits to engaging in adultery with Hest...

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Analysis of The Crucible The language used in The Crucible is Arthur Miller's adapted version of the language spoken at the times found in the actual court records of the trials. The language in general is archaic, giving you the feeling that it is a very different society being portrayed, f...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate