Hale is an expert on combating the demonic arts and Parris would have no reason to call upon him unless he suspected witchcraft himself. ... The willingness of the Salemites to accuse each other of witchcraft stemmed from their hidden motives and agendas. ... This new contention is only further fueled by the accusations of witchcraft spilling from the lips of Thomas and Ann Putnam and the girls. ... Furthermore, he and his wife, Ann Putnam, immediately leap to witchcraft as the source of their troubles. ... When Parris tries to deny that there is witchcraft afoot, both the Putnam's cite t...

• Word Count: 2562
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The characters in this drama all play curious roles in this depressing time in our country's history. ... Betty Parris is still ill at the beginning of the film, the girls were still spotted dancing in the woods by Reverend Samuel Parris, and subsequent denial of witchcraft begins. ... Reverend Parris is unlikable due to his autocratic attitude and is quick to point to witchcraft. ... By including the hangings in the play, the viewer is exposed first hand to the true affect of such an allegation as witchcraft. ...

• Word Count: 2560
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• Grade Level: High School

Miller's personal history is demonstrated in his sensitive and passionate writing in Death of a Salesman (Griffin 41). ... Cushing Scott states that, Miller has argued for (the) historical truth (of the play), pointed to its contemporary parallels, and defined its transhistorical subject as a social process that includes, but also transcends, the Salem witchcraft trials a the anticommunist investigations of the 1950's (128). ... Witch-hunting and the evil Salem trials in The Crucible was a work of social dramatic art making a statement of evil intolerance for global history (Watts vi...

• Word Count: 11015
• Approx Pages: 44
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Play Crucible is a fictional re-call of events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. ... Hundreds of other persons faced accusations of witchcraft and dozens more languished in jail without trials. 1984 is about Winston Smith who lived in London which was a part of the country Oceania. ... They destroy the people's history and in time...

• Word Count: 2648
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School