The ideal of children is their ability to have a strong faith, virtue, and moral among their surroundings. The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, displays a contagious realm spreading throughout Beverly Hills, which leads to an inconsequential phase of gullibleness about witchcraft. The primary accusers include Abigail Williams, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren that is responsible for the deaths of countless people. This gives us a strong insight into what children do and how their words can attract others to follow them. However, it also presents to us an underlying message/symbolism of why children are the main accusers and how it relates to an event in the present or the past. Miller uses children as a truth hidden behind a lie as
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Instead of being accused of witchcraft, he was accused of being a Communist. “Known as McCarthyism, the paranoid hunt for infiltrators was notoriously difficult on writers and entertainers, many of whom were labeled communist sympathizers and were unable to continue working. Some had their passports taken away, while others were jailed for refusing to give the names of other communists” (“McCarthyism”). Anyone who is in the blacklist will have disadvantages regarding their role in society; therefore, Miller created the play called The Crucible, which is primarily based on his life. In spite of that, McCarthyism was what Miller had faced and it is believed to be one of the reasons why Miller came under the committee 's inspection. “Did you see anyone with the Devil” as it is similar to “Are you now or were you ever a member of the Communist party?” He remembered what had happened and wrote about his incident to convey that he is not the suspect, but a victim. Similarly, the life of Miller and the children relate to each other greatly and causes the children to be the main accusers as they resemble the people who accuse him. The vivid imagery of Abigail pretending to see the Devil or various superficial things displays an image of what Miller underwent. Abigail looks at the ceiling and said, “I - I know not. A wind, a cold wind, has come.” This sets a frightening mood where her actions set off an eerie …show more content…
As previously said, the author includes children in order to reveal the underlying theme of hysteria, reputation, which extensively displays the author’s tone and attitude. Also, it teaches an overall lesson of whom children are and mostly gives us a better comprehension of what Miller went through when being blamed of Communism during the year of 1953. Not only does it display the cause and effect of the children, but it reveals the literary devices necessary to show a more precise view of the story. In addition, by using children as a representation of past events, it further alludes us about why Miller decided to comprise this
Instead of being accused of witchcraft, he was accused of being a Communist. “Known as McCarthyism, the paranoid hunt for infiltrators was notoriously difficult on writers and entertainers, many of whom were labeled communist sympathizers and were unable to continue working. Some had their passports taken away, while others were jailed for refusing to give the names of other communists” (“McCarthyism”). Anyone who is in the blacklist will have disadvantages regarding their role in society; therefore, Miller created the play called The Crucible, which is primarily based on his life. In spite of that, McCarthyism was what Miller had faced and it is believed to be one of the reasons why Miller came under the committee 's inspection. “Did you see anyone with the Devil” as it is similar to “Are you now or were you ever a member of the Communist party?” He remembered what had happened and wrote about his incident to convey that he is not the suspect, but a victim. Similarly, the life of Miller and the children relate to each other greatly and causes the children to be the main accusers as they resemble the people who accuse him. The vivid imagery of Abigail pretending to see the Devil or various superficial things displays an image of what Miller underwent. Abigail looks at the ceiling and said, “I - I know not. A wind, a cold wind, has come.” This sets a frightening mood where her actions set off an eerie …show more content…
As previously said, the author includes children in order to reveal the underlying theme of hysteria, reputation, which extensively displays the author’s tone and attitude. Also, it teaches an overall lesson of whom children are and mostly gives us a better comprehension of what Miller went through when being blamed of Communism during the year of 1953. Not only does it display the cause and effect of the children, but it reveals the literary devices necessary to show a more precise view of the story. In addition, by using children as a representation of past events, it further alludes us about why Miller decided to comprise this