The Crucible Essay

Arthur Miller’s play named The Crucible was one that shows a society turning on itself, accusing one another of false crimes to avoid being suspected of being involved in witchery. The Origin of this mass hysteria was caused by many young girls who were involved with “conjuring spirits” in the woods one night- something banned by the church. The young girls played a powerful part in the play due to the Puritan society where it was known that children were highly susceptible to detecting evil.…

The definition of a ‘crucible’ is a “severe test of patience and belief, or trial”. The title of the play is symbolic to Arthur Miller’s four-act play, The Crucible. In this play, innocent lives are put on trial when Abigail Williams and her friends accuse the men and women of crimes they did not commit. Three characters that experience the greatest change in the play include John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Reverend John Hale. John Proctor is a very-hardworking farmer who is dignified and…

Are lying girls the cause of all your problems? In the play the “Crucible” Abigail Williams were dancing in the woods naked exploiting witchcraft. She were in love with a married man named John Proctor. In order to keep attention away from herself she blamed Proctor's wife for the witchcraft so she could be with John. The three causes of the Salem Witch Trials were lying girls, jealousy, and town division, but lying girls were the main cause. Town division was a weak cause of the witch trials.…

Imagine yourself feeling so much guilt, that you confess to an action you did not commit? Imagine having your voice become shut down because of someone you trusted. Unable to say the truth and have that weight lifted off of your shoulders. This happens more often than you think and occurs because of safety, attention, and those who manifest the thought that they actually committed the crime. The first element, safety, is just simply that. Whether it’s for themselves or for the ones they love,…

The incident that led to the Salem Witch Trials, was known as The Crucible. This was a time of resentment, pain, panic, and vile. In my family’s past, people like my grandma have experienced something similar to that. She was a teen, around 15 years old, and had witnessed the troubles of World War II. Growing up with five siblings, four brothers and one sister, they all enlisted in a different branch of the service. My grandmother was much younger than her siblings and was never in the…

The Crucible Essay Test If any one theme reminds me of the Salem Witch Trials, it has to be “mass hysteria”. The idea of a group of people who are paranoid and accuse others with little to no basis. this almost perfectly describes the state of Russia back when Stalin ruled. This is because stalin was paranoid of enemy spies learning about his plans. Reasons for why Russia is a perfect example of an event similar to the salem witch trials are abundant. When stalin was in power he was…

Reverend Samuel Parris, the famous minister during the Salem witch trials, was not exactly, as he was described in The Crucible. Although most of the information given about Parris in the play is correct, some of his family was omitted and certain events did not happen as stated in the play. Not everything in the play was the same; for example in the play, Parris only had one child named Betty. According to History of Massachusetts, he actually had three children, Betty, Thomas, and Susannah…

A person’s reputation is serious in a town where social standing is fixed to one's ability to take after religious principles. Throughout the play The Crucible, reputation meant a lot to some people. A person’s name is the main way one can get other individuals to work with that them, have respect for, and even believe whether what that individual says is a truth or just a lie. John Proctor is one of the main characters in the play that worries about his name and reputation and wants to be known…

ones who commit the unjust, while others may simply protest. In The Crucible the characters debate whether or not the executions caused by the witch trials are unjust punishments considering how the court was never really adequate in providing evidence for the hangings. Throughout the play, there were several occurrences where the characters were unjustly accused and executed. By the end of the play it is clear that The Crucible portrayed injustice. The sense of power Abigail has is one of the…

“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller has been told through text, film, and live theatre, I have recently seen the latter, performed at Palm Beach State College and directed by David A. Hyland and Rae Randall. “The Crucible” is based on the horrendous deeds done during the 1692 Salem witch trials where, “19 were hanged on Gallows Hill, a 71-year-old man was pressed to death with heavy stones, several people died in jail and nearly 200 people, overall, had been accused of practicing "the Devil 's…