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 used to acquire social perfection. ... Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime example of a Puritan. ... Dimmesdale is another character who plays a great role in the description of the incapability of any standard of ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In The Crucible the Puritan Religion was taken to the extreme. Each character had a different relationship with God and if it wasn't profound enough you were accused. ... According to The Crucible, this was taken very seriously. ... The Salem witch trials in the Crucible was held up by the religious backbone of the Puritans.'' ... Surely you'll pray with them"(The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Act 1). ...

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This is the driving force between the actions of the characters. ... This includes the townspeople, and the general aspects of the characters. The general aspects of characters are also similar in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. ... One other similarity between the characters are the similar town figures in each. ... Both have similar conflicts, settings, and characters. ...

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Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, reflects how the Puritan lifestyle should be lead. ... Throughout the play there was always one character that displayed the roll of a superior Puritan. ... In The Crucible, Arthur Miller showed the reality of what life in the 17th century for Puritans was really like. ... 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 Dynamic Ending Film critics everywhere are arguing on whether the ending of The Crucible by Arthur Miller should be left like the original play. ... Aristotle's idea of tragedy was based on serious actions that turn out catastrophic for the main character in the end. ...

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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. ... These selected characters are the protagonist's from their stories. ... John Proctor and Hester Prynne are characters ahead of their time. ... These are the factors that make them suck individual and amazing characters. ...

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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. ... He does this by deepening the characters history and creating them a much richer background for them. ... Another is how he makes the character of judge Danforth into quiet, questioning and curious person from a harsh, single-minded person. ... The tone follows thought out the characters as they are morally vocal and speak a lot about what is right and wrong. ... Also the fact that they know that ...

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• Grade Level: High School