The Crucible

Crucible Essay In today’s society, people who don’t learn from their mistakes are bound to repeat that same mistake again. This is clearly evident in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, as well as the Red Scare era. Fear itself can lead to illogical thinking, paranoia, and irrational decisions that result in dire consequences because people are driven to do everything they can to feel the sense of safety. Arthur Miller and so many others had to endure many struggles that were brought upon…

Throughout the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, hysteria fueled by the fear of witchcraft spreads like wildfire through the damaged and subdued Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible illustrates that it only takes one person to make an entire society become unhinged, especially violently. Abbigail Parris’ motivation for fueling the hysteria was the power and respect that she receives as a result of it, and she, as a character, demonstrates that in the right conditions,…

It has been said by singer Sonya Teclai "It's always the ones with dirty hand pointing the fingers." For Abigail from the play The Crucible this statement could not be more true. Abigail was the one accusing the women of being witches after she had already slept with Proctor. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller was set in the small town of Salem Massachusetts Abigail the niece of the minister of the church has been the one accusing women of being witches to not get in trouble because of the…

“It is my name how can I live without my name.” This quote was said by John Proctor, a character from The Crucible, while he was on his way to hang with Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey for witchcraft. John Proctor is a middle aged farmer that has 3 sons. John was accused of adultery by Abigail Williams. While in jail, john was accused of witchcraft during the salem witch trials and will hang. John Proctor and I have very similar personality traits in that we are outcast, determined and hard…

The Crucible Analytical Essay One of the major conflicts or major theme throughout the book is jealousy. The conflicts in the book can be seen stemming from this theme of jealousy through many occasions. The significance of the theme is that it causes people to do acts of prejudice towards people in their own town. This is done by using the witch frenzy or panic in the town caused by the girls to take out people’s dissatisfaction and conflicts with each other. Throughout the book the theme of…

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is revered for accurately telling the story about the events which unfolded in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692. Demirkaya says that The Crucible “… opened at a time when the term witch-hunt was nearly synonymous in the public mind…” (125). The play was published in 1953 during the Red Scare, and as Susan C.W. Abbotson says in her book, Student Companion to Arthur Miller, “It tells the story behind the Salem witch trials of 1692, centering our attention on the effect…

In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, he explains to his readers about the seventeenth century and how people were convicted for witchcraft, which led to the hanging of many women and few men. This play takes place in a small village in eastern Massachusetts. Many young girls were discovered dancing and playing of “magic” in the forest with a West Indian Slave, Tituba. During the seventeenth century, many people were convicted for so many different things and they were penalized to death or…

Crucible Themes The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1953 about the Salem witch trials of 1692 and is still read today. While the play has many different themes, this essay will focus on three: women, religion and scapegoating. Even though it was set in an old time period, the themes of the play were germane when it was published and maintain their relevance today. Women: Women are often undervalued and viewed as weak or lesser in society. They are expected to fit into certain strict…

In life we all value different things. Those values act as a personal guide, a way for us to decide, or follow different aspects of our lives. Peoples values with vary, based on different aspects of their lives. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in 1953 is an American play, based on the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693. Over the course of the play the values of different characters are shown. The reaction to witchcraft throughout the play is based on each characters personal values. When I…

The novels The Awakening by Kate Chopin and The Crucible by Arthur Miller can be connected by two major ways. One of those ways are by how the character's choices lead them both to death. In The Awakening, the main character Edna Pontellier wants to free herself from what society thinks about her. She makes life changing choices that has some major consequences that come along with her. Edna believes that if she can make some life changing choices then she would be happier and what people think…