Texts have the ability to determine numerous human experiences, both individually and collective, in order to create unique understanding into human’s radical perspectives. Both ‘The Crucible’, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, and ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’, directed by Mark Herman in 2008, manage to represent the struggles and understanding of individual and collective human experiences. We gain...
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Introduction The analysis of literary works often reveals persistent themes that reflect the socio-political climates of their respective eras. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath are two seminal pieces that address the pervasive issues of social injustice and human suffering. While The Crucible explores the hysteria and persecution of the Salem witch trials as an...
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In the play, 'The Crucible' Arthur Miller writes about a fire and its representation of hysteria and a crucible to depict that in times of hysteria, making assumptions will only create additional chaos and paranoia by leading one further from the truth. The concept of fire through symbolism and a biblical allusion demonstrates that assumptions will only lead one further...
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The Crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. It is the play that preceded Death of a Salesman, his first success as a writer for which he won a Tony award and the Pulitzer Prize. The play is based on the Witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts where 20 women accused of being witches where hanged...
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The Whore-ible Character Memories from the past can either be excellent or awful. In the younger days, recollections like, playing at parks and eating sugar come to mind. Memories that are unpleasant can have an effect on a person by changing their attitude, the way they act, and can even make a person do enough to the point they regret...
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The Salem witch trials were a time of mass fear and hysteria around witches. Hundreds of women and girls were accused of being “witches.” A similar time of mass hysteria and fear also occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. It was called the Red Scare, spurred on by McCarthyism. Named after its leader, Joseph Mccarthy, a Republican Wisconsin...
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In times of fear, people look to a person to help guide and lead them. Because of all the attention, that person's voice becomes a powerful tool that can change the views of many. The play, “The Crucible”, written by Auther Miller, was the story set in Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93 focusing on the Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible’s...
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The world is just as unscrupulous as its people. Looking back, they are made aware of the haunting payoff of deceit that accompanies an attempt to try to “better” the world. The Crucible is one well-written play that develops the concept of flawed humans. In this play, Arthur Miller depicts the Salem Witch Trials and how they were wrongfully conducted...
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Puritanism arose in the late 16th century within the Church of England. Puritans wanted to stay with the Church of England but change the ceremonies to make them more traditional. Their church services were extremely simple, were centered around the bible, and no musical instruments could be played in the church. They believed that faith, not works or deeds, was...
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Human nature causes similar behavior when conflict arises, regardless of what group one may be in. This is illustrated in many different writings over time. For example, the societies from Lord of the Flies and The Crucible, while they have several obvious differences, but they are very similar. Both societies had the potential to be successful, yet ultimately collapsed when...
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“Are you happy?” – Clarisse McClellan When was the last time you asked yourself this question – Are you happy? Although we are told that its ok to have individualism, conformity is still enforced one way or another. We are told that we must go to school. We are told that we must go to university. We are told we...
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Introduction "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller is a dramatic portrayal of the Salem witch trials, which occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. This play serves as a powerful allegory for the socio-political climate of 1950s America, notably the Red Scare and McCarthyism. Central to both the historical and allegorical narratives are the factors of fear, stress, and doubt,...
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Pride carries a broad variety of connotation among differing people. Pride can represent someone’s whole self worth or simply be another set of syllables in the English language. Pride may be someone’s support to get up every morning, and it is the backbone to their entire personality(Compound). Pride can represent whatever you need it depict, but everyone’s perspective is up...
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As centuries, or millenniums I should say, have progressed there has been absolutely no human being who has completed any journey with clean hands. Mistakes are inevitable. It is a conventional individualistic human activity that occurs unknowingly. However there is a difference between acknowledging the fact that you did something wrong vs acknowledging the fact that you did something wrong...
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Napoleon Hill, who was a famous author once stated, “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” To achieve major feats, one must not be self centered which is one of the main conclusions that can be drawn from this quote as well as from the book, Lord of the Flies, and the...
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Artur Miller writes the play, The Crucible, which describes the events of the 1960’s Salem witch hunt. However, he writes theses events as an allegory to the 1950’s ‘witch hunt’ in America against the communist party. The characters in the play portray different types of people during the 1950s. In this play, Salam, the town is under terror from supernatural...
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In the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller In the world, there are two opposite and powerful forces: good and evil. Some people are just all good and others are all evil. The world continues to function because a balance exists between these two powers unless individuals give in to a strong emotional feeling caused and make a seemingly small...
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The majority of people have enough common sense to make the split-second decision in favor of good over evil. However, the friction between good and evil is an immense conflict for those without proper reasoning. In The Crucible and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” two characters, Abigail Williams and Arnold Friend, without thinking of the consequences behind...
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The Scarlet Letter mainly covers the sin of adultery, while The Crucible covers witchcraft. Both have obvious similarities like the setting and the crime, but both have major differences. The author of The Scarlet Letter is Nathenial Hawthorne and the playwright of The Crucible is Arthur Miller. The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne committing adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale and...
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People worry about their reputation all time. People worry that their reputation is in jeopardy. There were so many people that were worrying about their reputation not the act “The Crucible”. There are many examples of this. There was John Proctor when he was accused of being a witch. Then there is Reverend Parris who was so worried about what...
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Often, we are told that human nature tends to display traits of selfishness or embodies the attitude of ‘me first, you later’. Arthur Miller’s most reputed work ‘The Crucible’ explores the consequences and sheds light to the true extent of a human’s selfishness. The court-based drama focuses on the tales of the 1692 Salem Tragedy and tells the story of...
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Introduction to Fear and Power in "The Crucible" and "Stranger Things" Fear is a very potent emotion, an extreme force of nature, in which lies the power to destroy many lives. Arthur Miller’s allegorical play, The Crucible and the sci-fi horror series Stranger Things by the Duffer Brothers enable us to see that those in power often manipulate people’s fear...
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Introduction Arthur Miller's seminal work, The Crucible, serves as a potent allegory for the paranoia and fear that characterized the McCarthy era in America. The play, set during the Salem witch trials of the late 17th century, explores the destructive power of fear of the unknown within a tightly-knit community. In the context of Salem, the unknown manifests as witchcraft,...
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Arthur Miller’s allegorical play, ‘The Crucible, and Geraldine Brooks’s work of historical fiction, ‘Year of Wonders’, explore how religious despotism engenders fear and suppression within communities, as well as the adverse impacts such feelings can incite. As the religious ethos of the seventeenth century transitioned from pagan-inflected control to puritanical theocracy, fear and suppression become much more prevalent in society,...
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You enter the lecture room, and the lecturer states the strict rule about no phones. You swiftly switch on the silent button and slip your phone into your pocket. Soon, you’re listening to the voice of your lecturer, writing notes for your midterm test when suddenly a phone rings, making you flinch. Next minute, you realise the lecturer has picked...
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Memories and experiences have the ability to change a person’s life. Without them, people would never learn and grow. Although Night and The Crucible are different in that they both have completely different contexts, they both reveal the loss of faith in God through the author's diction, which greatly affects the characters. Night by Elie Wiesel is a book about...
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The Crucible is a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller in 1953 and takes place in the Puritan New England town of Salem Massachusetts. This play mainly focuses on and describes the true events of witchcraft during the years of 1692/93. During these years fear, hysteria, and panic defined the way people lived and acted towards one another. If...
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Introduction to Witchcraft and Gender Roles in Salem For my paper, I read The Crucible. I will discuss the trials based on the significance of gender roles and the Puritan culture. I will also discuss the motivations of the producer and the accuracy of the film. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Witchcraft can be defined as the use of sorcery...
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“The Crucible,”(1953) is a play composed by Arthur Miller to allegorically comment on the behaviors seen in society at the time of his writing the play. Miller uses the word ‘crucible’ to depict a test of the most decisive kind or a severe trial however it is normally referred to as a vessel in which substances are heated to high...
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Arthur Miller exposes the substance of relationships through the prism of a theocracy that holds superstitions, represses human instinct, and fails to acknowledge human frailty. Dynamic human experiences are the normal progression in the lives of individuals most evident in the nature of their relationships. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, a shift of power is portrayed through Abigail’s sly manipulation....
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