The author, Arthur Miller, wrote The Crucible to show people McCarthyism was going far, to show the similarities in the time periods, and to help our nation use facts instead of fear. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to show people McCarthyism was getting taken too far. ... Miller wrote The Crucible to show the similarities in the time periods. Miller purposely made The Crucible to clearly illustrate similarities of the 1950s. ... Miller wrote The Crucible to help our nation use fact instead of fear when judging Communism in America. ...

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The Crucible is a wonderfully written book by Arthur Miller in the 1950's. ... Even though The Crucible was not the most successful book that Miller wrote, it was popular and still is popular in many places around the world. ... Arthur Miller wrote this book to bring back the past of the Salem Witch Trials so that people could see what it was like, or at least read what it was like during that time. ... These themes are only a few of the many in the book The Crucible. ... Miller's use of describing people and places was high-quality along with his thought of the word choice. ...

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Towns from New York to Savannah participate in this outrageous behavior, and when it comes to films depicting such grand dissipation, one of the best is Nicholas Hytner's "The Crucible." Based on Arthur Miller's play of the same name, "The Crucible" is set in the small settler town of Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1690's, a town with many young ladies looking for love. ... Many of the people targeted in McCarthy's hunt were celebrities based solely on the reason that they spend a lot of time outside the country; Miller topped this exclusive list and in response he wrote...

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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 "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. ... The language Miller employs through out the play is so successful due to the fact that it is believable but yet, understandable. ... In act 1 Miller shows Abigail to be manipulative and tyrannical. ... Miller in Act 1 shows Abigail's talents for manipulation within a private setting. ... Miller also has Abigail use is the fact she is beautiful. ...

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In Arthur Millers >The Crucible=, Miller clearly feels that fear and suspicion lead to a mass hysteria that causes innocent deaths. ... In the Salem Witchcraft Trial and in >the Crucible=, by Arthur Miller, the accusers were given power and put somewhat on a pedestal. ...

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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 premise, it sure reminds me of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, where a small town in Massachusetts goes stark crazy over what seems to be a huge witch hunt but in this case, it's not the 1600's anymore and it's hard to believe this was the United States in 1954 under the iron-mouthed Senator John McCarthy. ... McCarthy was then seen as brash and temperamental, with little evidence to back up any of his claims, and then his following had died like the hysteria that he had brought with him; this had thus set the stage for Miller's play The Crucible. Arthur Miller had...

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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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Although Arthur Miller's theatrical drama, "The Crucible," is a fascinating look at the chaos and tumultuousness of the Salem witch trials, it's a broad fictionalization of historical accuracy. There are many differences between the plot and characters in the play and what actually occurred during the pandemonium of this many of which can be attributed to the poetic license taken by the author, Arthur Miller. ... The first of several major differences to explore between "The Crucible" and the actual events that occurred in Salem is the great variance of Reverend Samuel Parris' ...

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In the novel, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, integrity is such a difficult thing to maintain. ... Miller clearly has certain characters keep their integrity intact, but also while doing so, allowed so many to lose it. ... Miller makes a point of integrity involving love in a profound way. ... Miller writes this book, and as doing so emphasizes integrity as the book is written around it. ...

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In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a play about the odd series of events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials, several dynamic characters become apparent. ... John Proctor, the hot-tempered, strong-bodied farmer, first enters Miller's play as the sinner, weakened by his past desire for Abigail Williams. ... Throughout The Crucible many trying events took place that ultimately shaped and transformed John Proctor. ... Proctor, prevailing throughout The Crucible, proved to be an essential element, serving not only as a dynamic character but as the play's hero, as well. ...

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The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials in which the author, Arthur Miller, relates himself to the protagonist, John Proctor. ... The Crucible is a play that accentuates the consequences caused by jealousy. ... Putnam also shows jealousy in The Crucible. ... Many other characters showed signs of jealousy in The Crucible. ... Within The Crucible, the judgment of many people was clouded by jealousy. ...

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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. ... Since priest are generally considered good, honest people, Arthur Miller shows how Rev. ... Not only that, but some of the information that Arthur Miller mentions is not true. ... 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 the case of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Salem was a small town filled with do-gooder church folk. ... In The Crucible, the scapegoat is witchcraft, and the victim can be anyone the accuser wants to be, which is what makes it so scary. ... They did not celebrate Christmas, and a holiday from work meant only that they must concentrate even more upon prayer"(Miller, 4). ...

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In Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," Hale begins as a witchcraft aficionado, with full belief in the court, and unwavering adherence to its strict laws; however, he soon realizes the fallacy of the courts accusations and makes a dramatic, advantageous shift away from the theocratic laws and develops his own more secular beliefs. Miller introduces Hale as a firm believer of the existence of witchcraft and a strict disciple of the Puritan way of life. ... For instance, when he first arrives in Salem, and enters Parriss house to diagnose Abigail, he carried many heavy books that were weighted...

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The Crucible was written by a written by Arthur Miller. This book is about the Salem Witch trials in the 1600's. There was an emphasis on braking the Ten Commandments with in the characters of this book The Crucible. Three characters that broke the Ten Commandments that were emphasized in the book w...

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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.... Although they are unsuccessful in revealing the truth behind the witch trials, Arthur Miller is successful in portraying how easily we can be blind by the corruption we call the truth. ...

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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. ... In Act IV of the play, Arthur Miller reveals the absurdness of conformity and value of self-worth when John Proctor, the protagonist of the play, abandons his obsession with maintaining his reputation and believes in his integrity. ... Arthur Miller uses imagery to depict the church official's excitement and amazement at Proctor'...

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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 Salem witch trials caught the interest of playwright Arthur Miller; he saw relevance in the themes and was inspired to write The Crucible. ... Hysteria in The Crucible is akin to a plague: deadly and contagious. ... Miller points out that in his modern crisis "Nobody but a fanatic, it seemed, could really say all that he believed." Miller may not have said explicitly that he didn't agree, but his silent dissent against the FBI's insistence upon changing his screenplays to be "Pro-American" is enough for him, just as Elizabeth doesn't speak out against the...

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"The Crucible" Arthur Miller's use of passionate, human emotions-greed, jealousy, and vengeance-helps the audience better understand the characters' personality and motivations. The audience can associate with the characters because these are emotions that everyone in the audience has experience...

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