The Crucible

Status stands as one of the major determining factors of many aspects of one’s livelihood throughout history, especially in the Puritan society as portrayed in The Crucible. The women in The Crucible clearly have a lesser influence than that of their male counterparts, but consequently; the women of Salem use their varying statuses in order to get their way by taking advantage of certain situations. In terms of the upper class, the women will surely hold the trust of the others in their…

others the truth, knowing the relationship between two people may suffer. In The Crucible written in 1953 by Arthur Miller, characters are prone to lie not just to themselves, but also to their own friends. The Salem Witch Trials prosecuted around eighty people to death for suspecting to be in contact with the Devil. Miller displays the major consequence for lying which results in death at the end. Characters in The Crucible lie in hopes of saving themselves from mass hysteria and the…

The crucible by Arthur Miller was based on a real true story and was inspired on the case of Salem Witch Trials that happened in real life. In Massachusetts 1692 a group of young girls who claimed to be possessed by the devil accused innocent people of witchcraft. The people that play the antagonist in the book are Abigail, Danforth, and Reverend Parris. These three people are the reason why a lot of innocent people were hanged and killed without any good proof. This religion is very strict and…

In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, vengeance coupled with debauchery, plays a prominent role in the actions and fate of various characters. In many ways, this fuels the need for retaliation. Ongoing disputes among neighbors has created extreme animosity and then witch trials brought out the sheer evil in Salem's population. This leads to many deaths of the citizens in Salem by false accusations to the court. The people of Salem were using the court system as a means of "extermination" for…

McKay Yorgason Mrs. Jensen English 10 September 26, 2014 The Crucible is a very accurate depiction of misguided injustice due to all the dishonesty, misinformation, and ulterior motives that brought about the Salem Witch Trials. There were many different causes that could have started it all that include, but are not partial to, corrupted leaders, obvious lies, and heavy theocracy. The Trials were definitely not solely the product of one or two origins. One of these ‘origins’ is the pride and…

Simply, it [the role of Puritanism] was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies. It was forged for a necessary purpose and accomplished that purpose. (Miller 1) Salem’s creation as a religious haven, reliant on the strict following of Puritanism, also…

The Crucible is based on a true story that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in the mid 1600s. This event is known as the Salem witchcraft trials, including multiple individuals who were accused for witchcraft. During this time period the Puritan’s government was labeled as a Theocracy, a government that rules through a combination of religious and state power. The Crucible suggests Miller believes the abuse of governmental power was through the government’s sole interest in sustaining the…

Who Is To Blame? In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams was the cause of the Salem Witch trials. Abigail is an eighteen years old girl who live in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail’s parents were killed by Indians at a young age. After her parents were killed her uncle Reverend Parris brought her to Salem and raised her. She use to work for the Proctors at one point of time. She couldn’t work for the Proctors anymore because she had an affair with Goody Proctor’s husband, John Proctor…

Few characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible do suffer with integrity through the trials, unlike everybody else. A few of these characters include, John and Elizabeth Proctor, and Rebecca Nurse. None of these folks will give up the person they are to confess to a lost cause. First, Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft, even though everybody knows the woman would never lie to anyone. The men come to arrest her, so Elizabeth goes willingly because she knows it is better for her family…

The Crucible is about a small group of teen girls in Salem, Massachusetts. The girls created a potion, with the help of a black slave, Tituba, to catch young men. They are forced to tell lies that the Devil had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. One of the girls was infatuated with a married man and determined to get rid of his innocent wife. During the trials, those who demanded their innocence were executed, those who would not…