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Throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there are several battles between opposites. These opposites drive the plot to it’s peak and then to the complex ending. One such opposite is the differences between the moral compasses within each character. Throughout the play, you are introduced to characters that would kill another to save themselves and those that would sacrifice themselves to not live in disgrace of their God. The differences between these characters are constantly clashing,…

Puritans were people with a strong religious belief they always try to follow their religion and stay away as far as possible from the devil. The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller, it helps people understand things about the puritans in the city of Salem 1692. Like how they lived and some beliefs that they believed in. It talks a lot about witchcraft. Witchcraft is the practice of magic, especially black magic which is practiced by witches. If a witch was caught practicing witchcraft,…

Tonight Maya actually brought in homework to work on! Generally, when she comes in she does not have any, even though she is missing quite a few assignments in her classes. Then, when she brought in her homework once before, I was told after that I could not help her with it. The weeks following, she was not bring in anything else and we would talk. Despite that the homework was not for her biology class—considering she is missing the most assignments from there— I was still glad that she was…

How does McCarthyism relate and effect The Crucible? The Crucible is a famous play produced by Arthur Miller in 1953, which is about a witch hunt that took place in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, but Arthur Miller talks more about McCarthyism and Communism in 1950s in this play by founding many parallels between the House Un-American Activities Committee”s crusade against supposed communist sympathizers and the seventeenth- century witch-hunt in Salem, Massachusetts. So in fact, although The…

Cruelty in Perspective Contrary to popular belief, I would like to argue that John Proctor is the root of all cruelty in the play The Crucible. His actions towards Elizabeth, Abigail, and even himself reflect how cruelty affects not only the victim but also the perpetrator. Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of John Proctor, was subject to cruelty in several emotional ways. John had committed the crime of lechery, a sin of ultimate betrayal. Doing so brought out cold emotion and heartache towards…

Abigail Williams is probably the least complex character in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Once desired but now spurned by John Proctor, the object of her lust, she uses the community’s fear of witchcraft to tear through every obstacle, including Proctor’s wife, in order to get him to love her again. Although Abigail's actions in the play are definitely understandable, as her motive and background are not complex, they are certainly not excusable. Abigail’s motivation for everything that she does…

Imagery, poetic language, and the use of personification and other devices all serve one common purpose; to make the reader truly believe that they are living in what they are reading. Authors attempt to create portal doors in their writing for a sense of escape to an alternate world. Arthur Miller, an American playwright, essayist, and prominent twentieth century figure, devised one of the most infamous philosophical and allegorical “portal door” through the power of words and his direct use of…

Culpability in The Crucible The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, possesses a strong theme of guilt. This leitmotif has the ability to make people act out both against each other and within themselves. This play exemplifies guilt from three main characters: John Proctor, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren. The play also portrays the impact each of these three characters all had on the mass hysteria occurring in Salem, Massachusetts, at the time. The centrality of the play follows John…

What makes a good man? Good men are fair and are hardworking. Good men are also honest, and are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others. They are honorable until death, and do whatever it takes to spread the truth. That being said, John Proctor, of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is without a doubt a good individual. He is a hardworking and truthful man, he sacrifices himself for the sake of others, restoring honor in the family name, and he does whatever it takes to spread the truth…

The representation of the tension between people and the political sphere, and the vulnerability of the individual against societal pressure to conform, is inevitably influenced by the composer’s moral and social agendas. Through the manipulation of emotions composers represent governments and political figures according to their own political and social agenda, thus altering public perceptions. Arthur Miller’s allegorical play The Crucible challenges the communist fears by paralleling Cold War…