Daniel Day-Lewis

justify the hysteria through the fear and conformity among themselves and for their neighbors. For instance, Abigail reminds Salem of the mistrust, " I have been hurt, Mr. Danforth; I have seen my blood runnin’ out! I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people - and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied, questioned like a .."(46) Abigail William's accusations and convincing plea for accusing the Puritan's neighbor and families fuel a fear…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is based on the tragic Salem witch trials of 1692. Salem was a Puritan village, where children worked all day and were never allowed to play, and everyone was expected to make an appearance at the church service on Sundays. The Salem witch trials followed the witch hunts which spread across Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where thousands of people were executed. Many of those who were executed were practicing folk customs, as Tituba was…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, was a tragic event During 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts a 17-year-old girl whose name was Abigail Williams, caused several tragic deaths to protect herself from punishment. Throughout The Crucible she accused innocent people of being witches, and if they didn’t admit that they had been involved in witchcraft, they were hung. For being silent and not lying, a sin in the highly Christian society, people were hanged. Abigail is the most to blame because she knows that…

Throughout the play and the movie The Crucible, there are several noticeable differences that can change the dynamics of what is being portrayed. There are minor changes such as setting from the courtroom to the lake to major changes such as Abigail and John’s relationship being much different between the two formats of text. The relationship between the 17-year-old Abigail Williams and the thirty-something-year-old John Proctor morphed into a more intimate affair in the movie than how it was…

How far are you willing to go to ensure your reputation is safe? To many people, their reputation is a important thing that they will go great lengths to protect. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Judge Danforth, Reverend Parris, and John Proctor all valued their reputation and were willing to do whatever possible to preserve it. A central focus throughout the play was protection of one’s reputation. Judge Danforth is also one who puts the glory of his reputation over what is actually right in…

Would you rather live a life of shame or die with a ride? This is how it was for John Proctor in the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller. John didn't want to live a name of shame, the lite of a liar, and John didn't want his kids to think of their father as a man associated with the devil. First of all, John Proctor ripped up the confession so he wouldn't have to live with a name of shame. For example, John told Danforth "Tell them I confessed myself; say proctor broke his knees and wept like a…

Truth is oftentimes glazed over or obscured by the sweet words of the manipulator, and the journey to discover it is painful when it challenges one’s mindset or morals. To those who have faith in truth, however, new information can be a savior shining a light onto the path of righteousness. In the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the eloquent lies of a single girl by the name of Abigail leads to full-blown witch trials where Reverend Hale is brought in to examine the markings of…

Breaking of Charity Many times in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible there were instances where characters would break charity with one another. Although this play is mainly about McCarthyism in the 1950’s and how that is seen during the Puritan times. However, Arthur Miller also shows the idea of how individuals of Salem simply broke charities among each other. Through his characters, Arthur Miller shows how breaking charity can destroy the village of Salem. Before the start of The Crucible…

In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, Miller shows two major topics such as fear and karma ; the author's message is that by being scared not telling the truth and blaming others for your actions can come back to haunt you at the end. Fear and Karma begin soon as Abigail the Reverends niece is confronted by the girls seeing her in the woods but the situation starts to build up when she threatens all the girls not to say anything. As the girls discuss the truth of what really happened in…

Two Sides of the Coin Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible written in 1953 shows the mass hysteria in the small of Salem during the witch trials in 1692. Within the mass hysteria and accusations being made by a group of girls, the characteristics of self-interest and loyalty are presented by almost everyone in the town. While some see loyalty as being faithful to a good person or a good cause, loyalty can also be to a bad person or cause. The same can be said for self-interest. If loyalty…