The Crucible

is a quality that one needs to posses. Some responsibilities may be good, such as being responsible for winning a game. On the other hand, some responsibilities are bad, such as being responsible for losing the game. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller depicts a witchcraft trial in Salem, Massachusetts. The trial was founded on jealousy and the pride of many men in the community. Several characters had a role for being responsible for the trial happening. Characters such as Abigail…

“Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations,” -Swami Sivananda. This quote pretty much means that people’s moral values are worth more than following the laws. Some characters in The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, would choose death over staying truthful to their morality. People were, and still are, too concerned with accepting their morality. In the story, people, instead of lying and saying they participated in…

John Proctor, the protagonist of The Crucible, is responsible for the witch trials that ensued in Salem, because he takes advantage of Abigail Williams, prioritizes his reputation over integrity, and defies the community and God. The humble beginnings of the witch trials stem from Abigail’s desire for John Proctor. Prior to the witch trials, it is revealed that Proctor had an extramarital affair with a young, confused girl, Abigail Williams. Although Proctor ends the affair, Abigail has already…

The Salem witch hunts were a sadistic series of false accusations that had people hanged with no evidence that they were guilty. For example, ” Anyone who suspected that some untoward event or development was the work of a witch, could bring the charge to a local magistrate. The magistrate would have the alleged evil-doer arrested and brought in for public interrogation, where the suspect was urged to confess. Whatever his or her response, if the charge of witchcraft was deemed to be credible,…

Demonstrated In The Crucible And 1950’s America In 1950’s America the war on communism had reached a high point and anti-communist feelings were overwhelmingly common. In response to the anti-communist hysteria occurring around him, Arthur Miller, a well known playwright, wrote The Crucible to demonstrate the hysteria surrounding the American citizens and their government. By analyzing the usage of the causes of hysteria and individual rationalization of actions that are commonplace in The…

thought sexual relations between same-sex people was always wrong”(Sobel). Back then no one liked the idea of homosexuality, and people who were gay couldn't come out because of it. Our modern day society can be connected to the unfair justices in The Crucible. Both the LGBTQ community and the “witches” have been discriminated by their society, society has told them they will end up in hell, and the verbal and physical abuse they both have gotten.…

Carroll English 3 21 November 2014 The Crucible/McCarthyism Allegory The Crucible took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the Spring of 1692. The play The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. In McCarthyism, people feared communism. The Soviet Union was growing in power and the threat of a nuclear holocaust was on the forefront of American minds. So Joseph McCarthy went around accusing anyone that he thought could be a communist. In The Crucible, the girls went around accusing random…

As stated in the above paragraph, the main focus of this paper is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Set in the small Puritan village of Salem, Mass., The Crucible starts with the girls dancing under the moonlight in the woods. When the reverend's daughter, Betty, falls into a coma like state, rumors of witchcraft spread quickly through the town. After Abigail blames the reverend's slave, Tituba, for witchcraft, to which she confesses but says she is not the only witch in Salem, leading to…

Stubbornness is said to be the ugly side of perseverance. By refusing to acknowledge other people’s ability other than one’s own, stubborn people miss out on multiple opportunities to understand and change. The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, follows the story of the town of Salem, Massachusetts, terrorized by the activity of witches. With the people distressed about these so-called witches, they contact Reverend John Hale, a “holy doctor” who is able to help them. First…

Vanessa Kane Ms. Keane English 3 Period 6 31 October 2016 Themes and the Underlying Messages “Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God knows of us” (Paine). In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The Salem Witch Trials are taking place and people are being accused left and right for acts they didn’t commit. Reverend Parris, Judge Danforth, and John Proctor fight to keep a good name in this town while being accused of witchcraft. As they focus on keeping…