The Crucible

Written in the 1940's, Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible explores the hysteria, persecution, and lack of due process that characterized the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Arguably, the themes explored in this play resonate With many modern and historical events. Arthur Miller himself saw strong connections between the events Salem Witch Trials and events surrounding the Red Scare in the 1950s. When juxtaposed with the events of the Crucible, themes of hysteria, persecution, and lack of due process…

In the story The Crucible, Abigail Williams niece of Reverend Parris, has a plan to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor. Throughout the story Abigail’s plan did work. When Abigail gets help from her uncle’s slave, Tituba, they get caught doing “black magic”. Abigail tried to cast a spell in the woods to make sure Elizabeth would be gone. “Black magic” is not welcomed in Salem. Over all Abigail’s plan did work, but not with the spell. The reason Abigail wants to get rid of Elizabeth was her husband,…

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place during 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts and is heavily based upon the Salem Witch Trials. Miller accuarately depicts the madness and the hysteria that takes over the town as people begin to wildly accuse one another for witchcraft. Throughout the story, Miller introduces the reader to the recurring theme of lies and deceit. Deception is throughly developed in Miller’s story because many of the townspeople were forced to lie in order to save themselves…

All versions of the Salem witch trials have one thing in common; members of the society were on the hunt for witches, and Arthur Miller’s play the Crucible is no different. Reverend John Hale goes out to John Proctor’s farm searching for anyone involved with witchcraft. He accuses John Proctor’s wife Elizabeth, of being a witch. Elizabeth is truly frightened by this accusation, and responds with indignation, “If you think that I am one, then I say there are none, ”(Miller 66). Elizabeth is…

The Truth: In January 1962, Reverend Samuel Parris daughter Elizabeth Parris and niece Abigail Williams started to throw horrible fits, and other girls in the town also began to do the same. Soon after the girls began their fits the local doctor, William griggs, was called and diagnosed all the girls with bewitchment. The Girls on February, 29th claimed that three women in the town had afflicted them one of the women was Parris slave Tituba. All three women were interrogated but Tituba…

In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible show’s and defines the truth and will about someone as well as their integrity. The play bases itself off of witchcraft and the severe punishment if found witchcrafting. It starts of with Mr. Parris, finding Abigail and the girls dancing in the forest. Through Mr. Parris’s eyes it was a dead end for him and the girls being that he was very much involved with the church also the community and it would have a great effect if the community finds out about what…

Research Essay on the Novel the Crucible The novel the crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller following the inspiration from the McCarthy trials that occurred in the 1950’s. In this play, Miller displays the inconsistencies that occurred at Salem following the deeply rooted belief of witchcrafts among the people within that society at that time. This play expounds much on the religious persecutions that were also inherent in most parts of America after the introduction of…

A main character, or protagonist, has been defined as having the most importance to the storyline and also does the most to support it. I think that Elizabeth Proctor in the Crucible is a protagonist. Elizabeth Proctor is a mother of two and husband to John Proctor. She is shown as being a proud, stubborn woman with a vindictive streak - this is shown in her reaction to the affair between her husband and their previous house servant, Abigail. She refuses to forgive John, despite his efforts…

Reverend Parris was greedy toward wealth this is evident when parris preaches for weeks about gold candle sticks until he has them as well as the argument parris gets in over his pay including money for firewood or not Miller uses this argument to allow the audience to have a good understanding of who Parris truly is. Putnam used the witch trials as an excuse to get even with his neighbours and get their land. The characters lack of understanding Judge Danforth’s greed for power this is…

shown is from a fire and the last breath of the sun as it kisses the earth goodnight. There are girls surrounding the fire with gifts in hand to cast a spell on those their heart’s desire. This is only the beginning of Arthur Miller’s 1996 film The Crucible, directed by Nicholas Hytner. While though this part of history is mostly known for the film version, it actually started as a play written by Arthur Miller in the 1950s. The movie is meant as reminder of the horrific 1692 Salem Witch Trials…