I have chosen to write about the play "The Crucible" written by Arthur miller. In this play Arthur miller shows that peoples pride can be more important than any thing else. In the play the Crucible many people are hanged. They will not say that they are witches to save there lives. Many of these people were well respected in the community and or had lots of land. Some of these people were called witches because they had a higher rank in the community. There were poor people who were called witches to because some people did not like them or there way of life. .
Many people in the crucible were condemned as witches because they would not say they are a witch so they could not be saved. So they would be hanged, Goody Osburn was one of the first accused for witchery and one of the first to be hanged for it. She said she was innocent but no one believed her. Just like Martha Corey she say she is not a witch then judge Hathorne says "how do you know, then, that you are not a witch" (miller 84). Then Martha replies "if I were, I would know it"(miller 84)it goes on like this and Martha is condemned as a witch. In the end of the play john proctor say that he will confess in witch craft. he then changes his mind when they ask for a signature they tell him he will hang his response is "I can. And there's your first marvel, that I can. You made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs. Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!" (Miller 144). He basically says I will not stoop down to there level so I will not tell a lie and hang.
The people of Salem that were hanged had so much pride in them selves they would not lie to save there own life. Goody Osburn would not confess so she was hanged like Martha Corey. John Proctor was going to lie and say he did commit something he did not but he changed his mind when they wanted him to sign it.
"The Crucible" The movie "The Crucible" portrayed the Puritan lifestyle in many ways. It showed the beliefs of people, and how they easily gave into a lie if it was related to their religion. It's astonishing what people would give into believing back then. It's also amazing what one girl would ...
Film Review of The Crucible Salem was a town in which, perhaps like many others, various people held grievances or grudges against one another. ... While there are some obvious differences between the stage play and the film adaptation of The Crucible, the latter stays quite true to its original form. ... The movie version of The Crucible, having the advantages of film, conveys the story better than the stage play does. Because motion picture opens up the possibilities and mediums in which to get a message across, it has the potential to do so, and it does so quite well in The Crucible. ...
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...
Introduction Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible,"" was first published in 1953 during the politically tumultuous time of McCarthyist America. ... Throughout "The Crucible," John Proctor is not the same type of in his own eyes as others perceive him. ...
He wrote The Crucible in an attempt to enlighten the public about the unjust persecution of "Communists" during the 1950s. ... It is clear that Miller's The Crucible parallels his life and times. ... There are some difficulties in interpreting The Crucible as a strict allegorical treatment of 1950s McCarthyism. ... As a result, writing The Crucible was his way of making a stand on the issue without being unjustly persecuted. After writing The Crucible, interviews with Miller revealed that the play was his answer to politics. ...
In the article, "Why I Wrote The Crucible,- originally published in The New Yorker, Miller explained how he came to write the drama: "The Crucible- was an act of desperation. ... Miller basically used information on the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy trials, in order to write The Crucible. ... There are many parallels to these two trials in The Crucible. ... Although most of Miller's thoughts in The Crucible are factual, some of them never actually took place in real life. All of the characters in The Crucible have distinct personalities, which truly bring this drama to ...
The Crucible In literal terms, a crucible is a little metal bowl used to heat metals to break them down into their original elements. In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, the title plays a very important role in symbolizing what the characters themselves go through. ... Miller easily shows the crucible experience in 3 main characters. ... Once these characters were put through the crucible experience, their motivations changed in one way or another. ... All the changes made in these characters can easily be traced back to their crucible experience. ...
The title of the play being The Crucible, the term "crucible" is never actually mentioned. The word crucible, in simplest terms, means "a trial." ... Many of the characters in The Crucible face difficult decisions, or crucibles, piecing together the story. ... John Proctor has yet another crucible to overcome. ... He has conquered his final crucible. ...
The Crucible is a play that reveals the story of the famous witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. ... The settings in both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible are similar in many ways. The Scarlet Letter takes place around the 1640s, as The Crucible occurs in 1692. ... The towns desire to seek out and personally condemn sinners is also the source of conflict in The Crucible. In The Crucible, the townspeople hunt out the witches in the community as an attempt to rid the town of evil. ...
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. ...
