Salem, Massachusetts

Residents in Salem are denied to practice any other religion or else it will be considered defiled and corrupted. The irony is that their fathers had been persecuted in England because the theocracy government are not allowing free religion. For residence in Salem, the are doing what the theocracy did to their ancestors. The witch hunt years are considered the time for revenge because it supports spectral evidence that one could accuse others for supernatural reasons without providing evidence.…

defines us as a person through our everyday life, not only our victorious moments but also our difficult times. There are two different people in life, the ones’ who meet change and the ones’ who stay at a standstill. The Crucible is a play involving Salem and victims of witchcraft, who suffers extreme consequences. Parris is a reverend who has high authority in church, however his reputation is put on the line as his daughter, Abigail and niece are caught dancing with slave Tituba in the woods…

In the play “The Crucible”, the author, Arthor Miller tells the story of a vast array of people involved during the 1690’s Salem Witch Trials. Miller takes your through all the confusion of the time. The play tackles the theme of hysteria, neighbors turned on one another. They accuse each other of being involved with witchcraft. The fear the hysteria brings, confusion and overwhelmed all logic and individual thought. The whole community aspect in the town is in ruins, everyone mistrust…

In The Crucible, the townsfolk comply and come to be involved in the discriminate climate not only out of authentic religious devotion but also because it gives them with an opportunity to express repressed sentiments and to act on long-held bitterness under the shield of righteousness. Thomas Putnam is behind the accusations toward many people. After accusing Sarah Good, Osburn, and many others he eventually accuses Rebecca Nurse. 'For murder, she's charged! For the marvelous and supernatural…

story. There are many literal evidences of power and powerlessness that Arthur Miller had provided in the Crucible. The Crucible describes a phenomenon of witchcraft trial happened in Salem, around late 1600’s and early 1700’s. In Salem, many girls began ill and town people believed that there is witchcraft among Salem. The hysteria proves that the power and powerlessness of the people may cause the differences in the future of that story. John Proctor is powerless because he cannot control…

Fear is a classic human emotion, fear is an emotion that can cause people to do irrational things in order to escape the pain, in The Crucible, fear motivates the creation of lies leading the corruption of the highest form of government, causing outrage in the Puritan society. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams says, Now look you. All of you, we danced. And Tituba conjured Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a…

Tragedy is a common concept that many main characters in stories go through. In The Crucible John Proctor experiences a catastrophic event where both his wife, him, and many of the towns people are accused of witchcraft. Before Proctor was accused he had an affair with a girl named Abigail. Proctor’s doesn’t tell anyone until he’s confronted with questioning where he confesses. Proctor’s desire to keep a good name within the community is what ultimately brings upon his downfall. This many seem…

English proves to be a difficult language because numerous words have more than one meaning to them. Some of those include run, call, and even quail. The context of the story or sentence helps the audience figure out which meaning best fits that situation. A title such as The Crucible can give the reader an insight to what the play will be about. Miller gives The Crucible this title because of the parallelism with its meaning to what happens in the story. His title displays this from the…

old daughter and his niece started to obtain strange symptoms. The little girls started to blame people of being witches and that they were the ones who caused them to be sick. But were the people who were blamed actually guilty? The village of Salem mostly grew rye, which is a type of oat. During the time of these witch accusations was when the rye would grow the most. Rye can get a disease called ergot. Ergot is caused by the overwintering stage of rye. One theory states that the girls could…

for those on trial. For it had been my fault, our fault. We accused the innocent of witchcraft, so we could get out of trouble, but did we actually save ourselves? So I now must to confess, I cannot keep in such a lie. We cheated the entire town of Salem. All of the girls and I weren’t forced to dance in the woods by Tituba’s spirit. We did it willingly, and for that matter quite often. When Reverend Parris found us, we were petrified. Abigail came up with the best idea at the time. So we all…