Arthur Miller

ever changing lists of alleged communists within the state of department. Egged on by other politicians, he continued to make outrageous accusations while distorting or fabricating evidence.” This relates to the main antagonist Abigail Williams from Arthur Miller's play The Crucible because on Abigail’s quest to gain the love of John Proctor, she and her friends started the Salem witch hunt. The girls ran around accusing many people; the people they disliked and those who got in their way.…

Hunting Witch Hunters In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, the author implies that there are multiple reasons that Danforth, Hathorne, and the other authorities choose to believe Abigail and the other girls, Rather than choosing to believe more respectable townspeople like Proctor and Giles. The Crucible is a story of mass hysteria in the town of Salem Massachusetts in the 1690s, where many people are accused of being witches, and many were even hanged for the accusations. The reason for Danforth…

Arthur Miller is a twentieth century play, write who wrote many classics. One of his classics was 1949 Death of a Salesman which appeared on Broadway that year. The year 1949 is a the death of an old decade and the birth of a new one. The 1950s, was a decade of unprecedented consumerism and technical advances in America. In the 1950’s many new innovations were made for the home such as the Tv was now affordable to most people and so tv programs grew as the audience grew as well. The washing…

Success can be measured in many ways, however, many people measure success in their monetary value. Not only do parents want to be successful but they want their children to be successful as well. In the play, Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller writes about character named Willy who is having trouble at work. Willy is a salesman who does not preform very well at work. But being successful is very important to him, and he wants his kids to be successful as well. While his oldest son is home…

BB In The Crucible, the author, Arthur Miller, explains the relationship between faith and truth. To all of the characters in The Crucible, faith is a personal subject. It’s personal, but if you don’t believe in the same things as everyone else you’re considered wrong. “The truth will set you free”, so why do the people lie about witchcraft? Witchcraft will contradict what other people believe, and then you will be hanged. John Proctor is given the choice to tell the truth and be hanged, or lie…

In his article “Why I Wrote The Crucible: An Artist’s Answer to Politics”, Arthur Miller not only explains his reasoning for writing The Crucible, but also draws parallels between the play and the Second Red Scare. During the time of its release, America was in the midst of the McCarthyism and Communist paranoia ran unchecked throughout the country. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller formulates a near perfect analogy for the Second Red Scare through the Salem Witch Trials. His depiction of the…

success and prosperity. Like Willy, Heidi’s mother expected a lot from her children's, to provide and help her because she has given her the opportunity of a better life, and yet, both their kids forsake them and ran away from their responsibility. Arthur Miller depicted society from a dream of freedom and opportunity into nothing but being like and having good look, a misguided path represented through the characteristic of Willy Loman. Initially, the American Dream for most is a sure way…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is one of the most famous American plays in the last hundred years. It was written in the 1950s when the idea of Communists during the Cold War were being compared to witches during the Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller wrote the play to warn the people of America of the misinformation they were being fed by the government. He used the Salem Witch Trials as a comparison to what was happening, and people understood. Since the creation of this work, there have been…

Who is to Blame Game Arthur Miller, the writer and creator of the 1950’s play The Crucible, based off the battle between communism in the government during that time. In The Crucible, there are trials of who is a witch and who is not. The question is though: who is the most to blame for these trials? Abigail Williams, a selfish, deceitful, and known as a whore, is the most to blame for the events in The Crucible. The rope awaits her for the agony she has caused. Miss Abigail Williams and…

Joseph McCarthy accused many people of being communists and spies in the American government, and spread fear throughout the nation. These claims ruined the lives and careers of people who were never actually guilty of anything. The characters in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible face intense, life changing circumstances as well. Witch hunts are among them and individuals pray for the lives of their friends and neighbors. The tragic events in Salem cause Reverend Hale, a main character in The…