Salem

The Crucible,a play, written by Arthur Miller tells the story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. This calamity started when a group of girls started dancing in the woods. When the town found out about this and made a whole conspiracy that it was witchcraft. Around one hundred accusations later, there were twenty-seven people hanged and many more behind bars. Although there are many characters that are culpable for The Salem Witch Trials, Danforth’s powerful position in the town has made him…

1952. It is based on certain events surrounding the 1692 witch trials of Salem. He wrote the play to show similarities between unfair witch trials in Salem and the second red scare. Communist, like those in the Salem witch trials, were viewed as a danger to the society. Which led to the naming accusations without basic proof. In the Crucible, Miller shows people accusing falsely to save themselves from the high court of Salem. Some refused to lie or help to hold on to their honor. Some of the…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is mainly about the hysteria around the eruption of the witchcraft trials that took place in Salem in 1692. Salem was a peaceful ordinary town until it was destroyed by the chaos resulted from the wrongful allegations of Salem citizens for witchcraft. The crucible demonstrates how individuals driven by their motivations can spread hysteria with the rest of the society to release their repressed resentments. Miller cleverly created a climate of hysteria to show how…

Irrational occurrences lead to chaos, such as when humanity is subjected to its greatest fear such as witchcraft, which results in humanity’s mind slowly corrupting itself by illogical solutions. Arthur Miller's novel, The Crucible, depicts how the town of Salem, Massachusetts crumbles to witchcraft due to grudges held by its inhabitants. Throughout the novel, various characters change significantly due to the consequences of witchcraft. Similar to how humanity changes its actions based on the…

can be said that historical and political trends are more influential than social trends in Salem as well as the McCarthy trials. Social trends as they relate to gender roles are the most influential in the subsequent events that were partaken in Salem, Massachusetts in addition to how the author allegorizes the McCarthy trials of 1953. One example the Crucible showing social trends influencing the salem witch trials during the 1690’s is when Reverend Parris's a puritan priest who strives for…

individual political situations and ideas arising from the democratic Salem community; regarding to the complexity of societal pressure to conform, the power struggle amongst individuals and personal integrity that are influenced by the corrupt social justice system and the community’s moral values through the conformity of theocracy. The ideas delivered from his play challenges the Communist fears by paralleling Cold War paranoia with the Salem witch trials to provoke criticism of Senator…

environment effects Mary Warren in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It is based on the true story of the Salem witch trials. The trials occurred in 1692, playing a major role in American History, as it caused the accusations and deaths of several innocent people as they were accused of witchcraft. Mary Warren played a crucial role in the allegation of the virtuous people in Salem as her lies spread throughout the town convincing the court to accuse many innocents. She also did not stand…

many false trials in Salem, Massachusetts that condemned many innocent beings to death, leading the country to its first severe trial. These trails are performed to drive Satan out of Salem so that Satan could not corrupt more of God’s children . Arthur Miller created this play to show how similar it was to the Red Scare. During the 1950’s the government tried to drive out communist in our country, just like in the play where the higher government tried to rule out the Salem witches. In Arthur…

McCarthy Era and The Salem Witch Trials, mob hysteria was present due to the fear of communism spreading to the United States and sickness occurring in Salem due to what they assumed was witches. In The Crucible by. Arthur Miller, Miller compared The McCarthy Era and The Salem Witch Trials to bring to light the positions those involved were in when they were being investigated. Throughout The trials in both Salem and the U.S.,…

Proctor due to his lack of honesty and integrity in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. He must stop the Salem witch trials but fails to do so. Although, Arthur MIller states Proctor is a tragic hero, John Proctor is a failure because of his inability to bring justice to Salem. For starters, John Proctor is indeed a sinner like all people, but, hides it in such a way that the people of his town, Salem, beleive him to be a good man. “I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not…