A "crucible" is defined as a metal container used for melting and purifying substances at high temperature or a place or occasion of severe test or trial. The definitions of the word refer to the critical themes of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. ... Also, Judge Danforth and Hathorne want Proctor to sign a written confession to corroborate the court's integrity and the justification of their actions. ... When Proctor decides to confess, Judge Danforth and Hathorne's astonishment and eagerness expose their intentions to make the administrators' blindness seem like wisdom....

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In the play The Crucible a lot of people lost their lives because they had pride. ... Not to mention she had Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorne going with the poppet story. ... In conclusion the people who were hanged in The Crucible that I have named in this paper could have prevented their own death if it were not for their pride. ...

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The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, is about a witch hunt in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in the spring of the year of 1692. ... Proctor brought it before Judge Hathorne as evidence. ... He showed that integrity to the village of Salem, Massachusetts, and to the world in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. ...

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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. ... Another is how he makes the character of judge Danforth into quiet, questioning and curious person from a harsh, single-minded person. ... However in act three her manipulation success in the public area of the court, manipulating the judge, lawyers and other members of the community still using fear but on a greater scale, changing from domestic to a public place shows her brilliance. ... A wind, ...

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Crucible also means a harsh trial or examination. ... Miller mpared McCarthy to the Salem judges in a broad sense (Cliffnotes 52). In 1953 The Crucible was attacked as a comparison to the current Senate witch hunts. ... The Crucible was included in schools as a modern classic. ... To avoid being hanged many people in The Crucible confessed to sins they did not commit. ...

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