Salem, Massachusetts

philosophy, and the Supernatural. The history of Salem in 16th Century America is one of the most essential in creating the Story of the Crucible. Religion back then was important during the colonization of the New World and with that its only obvious…

people were executed. Although Salem was a smaller town, the characteristics of both events can relate to one another. The Holocaust was an act of genocide performed by a group called the Nazis in the 1930s/40s. This group was led by the notorious dictator, Adolf Hitler. The Nazis and Hitler took over Germany, killing many Jews. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller, during the uprise of McCarthyism in the 1950’s. The setting took place in Salem, Massachusetts. People who were caught doing…

Community and neighborhood tensions: The Salem witch crisis had a complex underlying story that was a result of pre-existing rivalries and disputes spreading throughout the growing port town of Massachusetts: between agrarian and urban residents. Boyer and Nissenbaum argue that the complication arises due to social and economic tensions between the eastern and western factions of the village; The eastern faction supporting Salem Town's governance of the village's affairs whereas the…

performed one of his works. One of the plays was The Crucible. It was composed in 1953. It is a sensationalized and mostly fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that occurred in the Province of Massachusetts. The unbelievable ailment impelled fears of witchcraft, it comprised of young ladies including a slave, and numerous different inhabitants of Salem started to blame different villagers for partnering with fiends and throwing spells. Moreover, his focal plot was to talk about the…

lives. If that is so then how did twenty innocent people die? How did the hunting of witches come about? Within the years 1692-1693; the Puritans beliefs allotted the immoral and unjust deaths of twenty men and women during the Salem Witch Trials. In Salem Massachusetts, during the years 1692-1693…

The Crucible; John Proctor “The Crucible” by Artur Miller is a play based in Salem Massachusetts. John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverned Hale, and Abigail are the main characters. The play is based on witchcraft. John Proctor’s wife is accussed of witchcraft. Proctor shows how heroic he is because of Elizabeth and Abigail’s actions. Proctor is a loyal man to his friends, and espically to his wife. “i will cut off my hand before i will ever reach for you again.” In this scene Proctor has a…

The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. It is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. This play is about the witch trials that took place in Salem during this time period. At the beginning of the play Abigail Williams is in the woods with Betty Parris, Tituba, and some other girls from the town doing witchcraft. Rev. Parris discovers the girls in the woods and suspects witchcraft. Later, Betty Parris won’t wake up so Rev. Parris asks Abigail, who is Rev. Parris’ niece, what they were…

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is one of the most compelling modern texts that discusses fear and how it affects society as a whole, as well as the individual. It is no coincidence that this play was written during the contemporary witch hunt called the Red Scare. Miller was clearly using the many similarities between the early colonial setting of his writing and the bleak truths of his time period to draw attention to patterns that repeat throughout history and will continue to repeat as long as…

October 2015 Two Puritan Women and One Goal: Win the heart of a Man Within the Puritan community, there have been young girls who have been “victims” of witchcraft that has been going on in the village. This has brought chaos into the village, and the Salem Witch Trials began to take shape within the village. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Puritans are driven by fear and they would turn against one another within a couple of seconds when they are accused of witchcraft. Fear and revenge…

Have you ever wondered what factors play a role in leading a person down the wrong path? When Abigail Williams was 17 years old in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s, she was at the center of the Salem Witch Trials. When she, along with many of her friends, were caught dancing in the woods by her uncle, Reverend Parris, she decided to start making others her scapegoat for what she had caused. To the Puritans, dancing was seen as a sign of witchcraft and could be punishable by death. As the…