Have you ever read a book that seemed one way, but had a different meaning to it? Well, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is one of those books. To the untrained eye, this book might appear to be addressing the Salem Witch Trials, and the unfairness of it. To a more trained eye, it could all be a symbol addressing Arthur Miller's ordeal with Communism. Although I am ambiguous as to the motives of the play, I am sure that Miller, when writing this play had a vast array of themes in mind. Of these themes, however, I will only speak on three. These three happen to be Personal Tragedy, Integrity and Ambition.
Picture this; the year is around1696, and you are a Puritan mother. Your job is to breed, and take care of as much children as the Lord would permit you to breed; however, you successfully only give birth to one child. The other seven, or so, die from birth. How would you feel? Would you feel like it's no biggie, that it doesn't really matter; would you consider it a blessing to only have to take care of one child, or would you feel like it's the end of the world. Well, now think about this: that actually happened to a woman named Goody Putnam according to the book. Scenario number 2: You are sitting at a table ready to eat dinner. You are in the middle of saying grace then boom. Ezekiel Cheever bursts in the scene with an arrest warrant for your wife. What would you do?.
How about if it were your husband? How would you be able to survive? These are just some examples of the theme Personal tragedy which occurs through out the play.
"What is left when honor is lost?" This quote by Publilius Syrus to me best describes John Proctor. John Proctor was willing to die for the truth, rather than feed the town lies that he condoned witchcraft. He was not willing to hand over his name to Danforth, because he had what I believe was one of the most important themes displayed in this book: Integrity. Another example of this theme in action was when Mary Warren agreed to testify against Abigail in the court.
"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. ...
