Arthur Miller chose a powerful and deep Title for his play The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller wanted to point out the severity and intensity of these trials and how they persecuted innocent people and forced others to turn against each other. This draws a connection to the fear and hysteria created by Communism in America during the 50's, the decade Arthur Miller wrote the play, just as Witchcraft did in Salem. ... But, one may look at this and think, "What does this pertain to the play The Crucible." ... In conclusion, Arthur Miller chose such a suitable and versatile title, one that coul...

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The Crucible Arthur Miller's 1950 play The Crucible uses literary elements to mirror the Mc Carthy Ear. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a "witch hunt" play that takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. ... Miller's 1950 play The Crucible expresses a variety of themes. ... In The Crucible reputation is a fear of guilt by association becomes particularly pernicious. ...

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(Arthur Miller, Act II).  ... And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters''(Abigail, Act I, Arthur Miller"). ... Arthur Miller established the direct parallelism between the world of the Salem witch trials and the Dynamics of the Puritan lifestyle. ... "Sex, sin, and the Devil were early linked" (The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Paragraph 1). ... Surely you'll pray with them"(The Crucible, Arthur Miller, Act 1). ...

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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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Annie Yingling 10/22/03 English 2 The Crucible McCarthyism in America was a time of fear and distrust in fellow Americans. ... Through his subtle connections, Arthur Miller's play The Crucible efficiently shows the tyranny of consensus during the Salem Witch Trials, and during the period of McCarthyism. Although The Crucible debuted in 1953 while, McCarthyism was still at large it was not very effective in providing social commentary and promoting change. Miller wrote about the injustices against the disensus during the Salem Witch Trials. ...

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McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. ... In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, there is evidence of parallels between the Salem of 1692 and America of the 1950's, the American Government of the 1950's and its misuse of power, and the high court depicted in the play, using its power to impose a misguided ju! ... (Miller 111). ... When writting The Crucible, Arthur Miller chose to speak through John Proctor on of the Salem witch trials victims. ... Arthur Miller himself was also pu...

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The Crucible It has been said that history has a tendency to repeat itself. ... The Red Scare unquestionably parallels the events that happened during the witch trials in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. ... Looking at The Crucible today , people are shocked at what happened. ... Arthur Miller's, The Crucible , can help us understand that no one is safe from false accusations, suspicion and their own witch hunts. Miller's play can help show the world that irrational fear is proceeded with irrational measures. ...

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Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a drama based upon the 1960s Massachusetts witchcraft trials. ... In The Crucible, a similar event occurred. ... Arthur Miller almost fell victim to the HUAC and blacklisting after the release of The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller wrote in Are You Now or Were You Ever? ... Quoting Arthur Miller from Are You Now or Were You Ever? ...

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Arthur Miller, who wrote The Crucible, a play depicting the tragic events that occurred in Salem, was "profoundly, angrily concerned with the immediate issues of our society." ... This anger with the events that transpired during the middle of twentieth century was what motivated Miller to write The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller's The Crucible reveals the human tendency to point the finger at others when one feels threatened. ... (Miller, Crucible 876) Her outburst at John is clearly caused by a sinister threat that Abigail utters in Act One. ... (Miller, Crucible 858) Although there is nev...

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Arthur Miller did a very good job depicting what had happened at the Salem witch trials. His book, the crucible, was both entertaining, and a good satire of the communist scare. (his original purpose for writing the book) Nicholas Hytner, the director of The Crucible, did a good job of both creating an entertaining movie, and following the original storyline of the book. ...

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The Crucible: Cause & Effect One of the most awful chapters in human history, is oppression. ... Arthur Millers' The Crucible depicts the Salem witch trials during the end of the seventeenth century. ... The Crucible is a terribly accurate portrayal of the accusations of communism in the United States. ... "The Crucible" is quite clearly a response to the political paranoia of the "Red Scare". Miller used his character introductions to include political commentary. ...

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In The Crucible, paranoia also led to suspicion of neighbors and friends for use of witchcraft and accused others for suspicion of witchcraft. Arthur Miller attended a meeting about how people saw communism and their perspective of communism. ... This was like the girls who had danced in the forest in The Crucible because they faked that they had seen those who were accused make a contract with the Devil. ... This was like the court in The Crucible where McCarthy is similar to judge Danforth in which he also wanted to do away with witchcraft within Salem and executed those who denied or did...

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Arthur Miller was one of the people who questioned religion when he wrote his play "The Crucible." "The Crucible" is written about Puritan life in Salem, MA in the late 1500's, which led to the Salem witch trials. ... They were caught by the minister and in the morning when two of he girls fall ill, he mentions what he saw at first to the Doctor but as people are to scream witchcraft he wants to protect his daughter and his good name and from then on withholds that information from the judges (The Crucible). A minister speaks for God, yet in "The Crucible" he lied for his own benefit....

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Crucible Essay " There is no shortage of contemporary Salem's ready to cry witchcraft." ... The characters in Arthur Miller's, "The Crucible", are very similar to the characters in "Guilty By Suspicion". ... Bunny's character resembles that of Giles Corey in "The Crucible". ...

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This can be seen taking place in the highly acclaimed play, The Crucible, which is based on historically accurate events and is written by Arthur Miller. ... " (Miller 84). ... " (Miller 96). ... " (Miller 61). ... " (Miller 110). ...

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The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, which takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, is based on witch trials. ... In The Crucible the character that displays most significant signs of mob mentality would be Abigail, who is Parris's niece. ... (Miller 53) This is displayed by a line where Elizabeth says: Elizabeth: The Deputy Governor promise hangin" if they"ll not confess, John. ... (Miller 52/53) Mob mentality is basically a group or a person leading the pack and gathers followers along for the ride. ... Mob mentality can destroy communities and is in the ...

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Arthur Miller's play " The Crucible" dealt with the witchcraft trials of 1692, which took place in Salem, Massachusetts. ... Even in McCarthy story, Arthur Miller uses similar plot to convey the reader his own inner beliefs against the false accusations. ...

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The Destructive Nature of Reputation in the Crucible An Analysis Reading the events of the Crucible I found to be the most relevant theme to modern society, to be that of reputation. ... In the Crucible there is a clear link between the reputations of the powerful, and the deaths of the innocent. ... Arthur Miller clearly defined the importance of both reputation, and its theocratic vehicle, in the play "The Crucible". ...

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THE CRUCIBLE After reading Arthur Miller's play The Crucible it has become evident that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Tituba, Abigail, and Hathorne. ...

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Power, justice, and authority are not things one often thinks of in our modern society. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, these three ideas play an important role in the daily lives of the Puritans. The power of false accusations, the judicial system, and consequences of abusive authority had ...

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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that uses both truth and fiction to illustrate the infamous Salem Witch Trials. ... To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God" (Miller 5). ...

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Through the character of Rebecca Nurse, Arthur Miller is able to present the role of women in two ways; to be very powerful, yet despite the righteousness of a women, none can be exempt from the accusations. ... This shows Miller's representation of Rebecca as signifying truth, morality and logic. ... Miller presents Rebecca Nurse as very mindful and respectable, leaving people to 'feel resentful of her note of moral superiority' in her absence. ... Not only is Elizabeth a very righteous women, but she is used by Miller to show how women mainly had their priorities decided for ...

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Arthur Miller writes this play to warn us of the effects of mass hysteria and the way people conform to the crowd. Throughout this play we are shown that people will do dangerous and unethical things, I am going to write about who I thought was responsible for the prosecution of innocent peo...

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Witchcraft: The History The subject of witchcraft is something that has fascinated and instilled fear in people for centuries. It is quite well known that people are drawn toward the unknown, and yet that is what most people fear. The same thing holds for witchcraft, it is like a magnet for ma...

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