The Crucible Essay

Arthur Miller 's The Crucible is a play loosely based on the American society 's hysteria around communism in the 1950s. The play takes place in 1692, where a group of girls accuse others within the town of Salem Massachusetts of witch craft to keep themselves out of trouble after being caught in the woods casting magic with Tituba, a slave, by Reverend Parris. The ring leader of this group is Abigail Williams, a seventeen year old girl who is the ward of Reverend Parris. The girls slowly but…

Kieran Press-Reynolds AP English Language August 20, 2015 Novel Analysis Assignment The Crucible by Arthur Miller Plot and Conflict The Crucible is a story about the power of theocracy and how hysteria corrupts it. It takes place during the seventeenth century in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. Initially, the young girl Betty Parris, who is acting unusual and bedridden, is rumored to have been bewitched. Her father, Reverend Samuel Parris, does not want his daughter to be called a witch…

Edmund Burke have stipulated that the more power an individual has, the more prone he or she is to exploit it. Exploitation of power is more pronounced in individuals with manipulative personalities. The Crucible presents a clear example of the aforementioned stipulation. The play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Betty Parris, daughter of Reverend Parris, becomes sick after her father discovers her and her friends in the woods. Her sickness brings forth the…

The Crucible is a satire that illustrates the problems that come with a hive mind mentality and the damage that can do to a society. Salem established itself as a religious community that got caught in the midst of evil. The people of Salem considered the forest the domain of evil because of their way of life. Abigail Williams and her group of girls made claims that their were witches loose in Salem. That made the hysteria in Salem begin. Their false claims ruined families and increased the…

hurting them or putting them in a situation where they don’t have the upper hand. That may be something small like cutting in front of someone in traffic or something big like accusing someone else of witchcraft. This happens throughout the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. In the play, people lie to save themselves from death or worse, when Salem, Massachusetts goes into a panic over the potential of hidden witches in the town. Salem is a Puritan theocracy where the teachings and…

In the Puritan society of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, logic and reason are suffocated by the hell-bent agenda of fear and paranoia. Sense is trapped beneath mounds of evidence to which a blind eye has been turned. Religion is the lense through which the governing body orchestrates its business. Innocence is a mask worn by the wicked, so tightly sealed that its removal isn’t a thought in the self-righteous mind of justice. Those that strive to move against the current of the common mindset are…

relationship whether it is between individuals or an individual and the community that person belongs to. In “The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a play that chronicles the events of the Salem Witch Trials, the characters are familiar with sacrificing portions of their life. However, these sacrifices were given more importance due to their connection to the trials. The characters of “The Crucible” made various principle and social based sacrifices; some of the sacrifices made were driven by personal…

Making Connections: The Crucible and A Simple Plan Text to text Text to self Text to world Common theme: Through the development of different characters in both novels the authors reveal how greed eventually results in problems. When I was younger my older sister would always mess with me by telling me that my toys had monsters inside them. When she wanted to take one of my toys she would tell me that it was actually an evil monster which would scare me into not using the toy anymore. She knew…

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller provides a provoking story of how a young orphan by the name of Abigail Williams, uses her skills at manipulation and leadership to control a group of girls into falsely accusing many innocent people of witchcraft. This leads to the arrest and deaths of many people living in the village of Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail especially accuses the wife of John Proctor; a man she prior has a sexual affair with. Out of spite Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft…

Joseph McCarthy ruined over 205 people’s reputations by accusing them of being a communist. Reflecting on the crisis and the hysteria of the population, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to create parallel ties between McCarthyism and the Salem witch trials. In this play, he demonstrates the unsubstantiated accusations during the Salem witch trials. Abigail Williams, a deceiving, selfish girl, kindles the calamity of the people of Salem by accusing many innocent people of witchcraft. Since…