The Crucible

integrity. Our reputations reflect on how others view us by our everyday actions, then they can assume on what type of character we display. A person is born with one’s own reputation and must build from there. In Arthur Miller’s well-known play, the Crucible, the theme of reputation is most visible throughout Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and John Proctor’s actions. Reverend Parris is one character who upholds a certain reputation in the town of Salem. Parris was perceived as a…

The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller. It is a story based on the Salem Witch Trials. There were some changes to get a message out of the play but still it was said it was very accurate. There were many conflicts in the story, which made this boring play a bit more interesting and created a bunch of drama. It is always important to be honest, because lying stays inside for your whole life, and being true to yourself keeps your dignity. In the play when Abigail tells them that Elizabeth is a…

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, chaos is a recurring theme in the play. The community of Salem was vulnerable and Abigail Williams took advantage of their fears to benefit herself. In doing so she caused a state of disarray. My artwork, “Reflection” compares a dirty mirror to the chaos created by Abigail Williams in the Salem Witch Trials as shown by the literary devices irony and character. In my artwork I chose a mirror to be my median instead of a piece of paper because a mirror shows what…

for the purpose of implicitly mentioning a real world event by portraying a real world event as something that occurs in the plot. Even though some of the plot is changed, the reader is able to interpret the story as the real world event. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Miller portrays the society of Salem, a small town located in Massachusetts during the witchcraft period as the idea of McCarthyism. Miller also portrayed the play as the several types of bullying as well as the location that…

Arthur Miller has become a popular dramatist because of her beautiful work, The Crucible. Before writing this play, he attended the University of Michigan to study journalism and playwriting. In the book The Crucible, which was written by Arthur Miller, there is a great fear and hysteria in Salem. The fear in Salem has everything to do with witchcraft. Women are frightful that they will be accused of witchcraft and men are afraid that their wives will be charged with witchcraft. The puritans…

portrays the heating tension in the town of Salem. While there is tension in the air in the town of Salem, a girl by the name of Abigail Williams cries witchcraft. Everyone in the town is deluded by Abigail except the people who know the truth. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the Salem Witch Trials is depicted to show the heating tension within the town. John Proctor is unlike any other character in the play and he is constantly tormented. In particular, when John is first believed to be…

BB In The Crucible, the author, Arthur Miller, explains the relationship between faith and truth. To all of the characters in The Crucible, faith is a personal subject. It’s personal, but if you don’t believe in the same things as everyone else you’re considered wrong. “The truth will set you free”, so why do the people lie about witchcraft? Witchcraft will contradict what other people believe, and then you will be hanged. John Proctor is given the choice to tell the truth and be hanged, or lie…

The Crucible is about the Salem witch trials, which was the accusations of several people involved with witch craft in Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. The story revolves around several Salem residents, particularly two named John Proctor and Abigail Williams. It all begins when the town minister Reverend Parris finds several girls participating in what seems to be a ritual in the forest. One of those girls is Abigail, Reverend Parris’ niece. Abigail’s accusations of people doing witch…

viewpoint. Religion teaches already gullible followers to believe that integrity is absolute and constant. If paired with individuals that seek to take advantage of this fact, calamitous disasters would undoubtedly pursue. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the Puritan religion led to the destruction of Salem due to the restrictions and regulations set by the beliefs. The religion damned those who lied, as it was against the commandment “thou shall not bear false witness to your neighbor” and the…

Fanaticism played a significant role in The Crucible, and multiple characters showed the obsessive trait throughout the course of the play. It appeared in a variety of different forms, especially in the characters Reverend John Hale and Reverend Parris. Their fanatical actions resulted in the deaths of others, and created chaos throughout the town of Salem. If these characters had not jumped to conclusions abruptly, the Salem Witch Trials would have not occurred. Parris and Hale immediately…