McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. ... The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. ... The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the spring of 1692 in a village shrouded with chaos. ... When writting The Crucible, Arthur Miller chose to speak through John Proctor on of the Salem witch trials victims. ... Abigail is a devious girl which critic William Bly explains in his quote: Abigail lies without shame, threatens without fear, and t...

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SUPPLEMENTARY READING: BOOK ANALYSIS In "The Crucible", a play about the Salem witch trials of 1692, by Arthur Miller, the author showed how a reverend, Rev. ... How, if they are not witches, did they explain the contortions seemingly caused by their presence? ... In that quote, he throws in the part about Betty at the end like it has no importance compared to the fact that his "ministry's at stake." ... In The Crucible, a lovelorn teenager is spurned by the married man she loves, and in her revenge, she fans a whole community into blood-lust frenzy. ...

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In Arthur Miller' play, "The Crucible," characters John Proctor and John Hale exemplify the quote written by Friedrich Nietzsche, "Few serve truth in truth because only few have the pure will to be just, and of those again very few have the strength to be just.... Hale tries to explain this to Danforth, but he is already blinded by the "truth" he believes to be true. ...

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