Six-Day War

In the “Crucible”by Arthur Miller, the setting of the play is Salem Massachusetts in 1692.Reverend Parris is a very ambitious man that only cares about himself.The most important thing to him is his reputation.According to the text “We cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house."This proves that Reverend Parris only cares about his reputation and job” He uses his daughter to accuse people whose property he covets.Reverend Parris wants to be a very…

Thesis: The director’s intentions of The Crucible, were to present a slight unrealistic explanation of the Puritan society and culture mainly to attract his audience. This statement can be proven through the plot, characters, and soundtrack. Through the plot of The Crucible, it shows a main idea of fear, a fear of one’s reputation that corrupts the characters to act in a selfish way. In the beginning of the film, it starts off with a young girl, Betty, lying in her bed unable to move.…

As each year approaches the transition between January and February, the holiday season seems to die down in America, with New Year parties following Thanksgiving and Christmas to complete the holiday trifecta. However, as some people clean up the confetti from the New Year countdown, Chinese and Vietnamese American families anxiously prepare for one of the most important cultural festivals from their homeland – Lunar New Year. From preparing auspicious New Year foods, to buying red envelopes…

This has been another good week. I have and will continue to attend the Interdisciplinary Treatment Plan Meetings each morning on the High Intensive Psychiatry Unit (HIPU). I have completed Suicide Safety Plans (SSP) on clients and have meet with them to discuss their suicidality. I have continued to make welfare check calls to clients who have been flagged as high risk for suicide and document any interactions with clients in the VA’s tracking system (CPRS). I have observed the Recreational…

In his play, The Crucible, published in 1953 writer Arthur Miller used the time period of the Salem Witch trials to illustrate the conflict during the Red Scare, led by Joseph McCarthy. In his modern-day parable, Miller emphasized the theme of Jealousy and resentment through is dramatization of various conflicts within the Salem community, miller opened twentieth century eyes to the witch hunt conducted by senator Joe McCarthy. Using the motifs of power struggles accusations, and confessions,…

Edgar Allan Poe once said, “The noose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led”. The Crucible by Arthur Miller adequately reinforces this statement. A mob knows no justice and the townspeople of Salem had an agenda of vengeance. Throughout the play characters such as Elizabeth and Rebecca Nurse were wrongly accused of witchcraft without the proper evidence. In the midst of chaos, it was clear that power had no official title and anyone could be a victim of its…

“The Crucible”; written by Arthur Miller, represents a basic tragedy in literature. A tragedy is a type of structure the author uses that moves the reader with a character that obtains a fatal flaw. Tragic heros’ go through many predicaments throughout the play. One of the main characters in “The Crucible”, John Proctor; symbolizes the tragic hero of this book. Mr. Proctor relates to a tragic hero because of his tragic flaw, his character makes a choice between life and death, and…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller provides a historical fiction account of the Salem witch trials. The play, written in the 1950’s, has many similarities to the McCarthyism that swept across the United States at the time. Arthur Miller uses many different literary elements to tell the story of the trials including Irony, Allusions and Archetypes. One element used in The Crucible is Irony. “Irony is a literary technique that involves a difference between appearance and reality, expectations and…

Many groups or beliefs were causing trouble with people a tremendous amount of trouble that Miller explained the importance and fear. A movement called the communist rage was one event that caused tensions starting what people called an “ideological war” where it is a battle of ideas and according to Miller “since the enemy is an idea whose proponents are not in uniform but are disguised as ordinary citizens, a situation that can scare a lot of people to death” fueling the hysteria in the time…

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Johnathan Edwards and Arthur Millers, The Crucible explore the consequences of individual behavior in the broader society. The Crucible focuses on the individual decisions and behaviors that lead to a society of moral weakness. Johnathan Edwards emphasizes that a morally weak society encourages poor decisions and angers God. Whether through singular choices, intimidation or by the pull of the majority, both authors caution on the effect on the broader…