William Miller

Ever been accused of something that you didn't do? During the year 1692 to 1693 The city of Salem helds the witchcraft trials. In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, The people of Salem were falsely accused of witchcraft due to Abigail Williams and many girls who say that they had seen people with the devil.Many of the people were hunted or stoned due to having connections with the devil. So Judge Danforth came to town to cleanse the town. But Judge Danforth just wanted to get out there and whoever…

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915 he grew up in Harlem, New York with his two brothers Augusta and Isidore. “Arthur Miller attended the University of Michigan before moving back East to write dramas for the stage. He earned widespread praise for Death of a Salesman, which opened on Broadway in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize along with multiple Tony's.”(Biography.com). The Pulitzer prize award that is awarded to musical artist, journalist, and authors. Miller…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a complex work consisting of many unique elements, including the prevalent theme of preserving one’s reputation. Almost everyone in this story attempts to protect their reputation to some degree, to protect their dignity or uphold their image. However, the two people most dedicated to protecting their reputation are Abigail Williams and John Proctor, although for completely different reasons. John Proctor attempts to preserve some aspect of his reputation…

Trials during the 1690s, written by Arthur Miller is an allegory to to the McCarthy Trials of the 1950s. An allegory is a story with two levels of meaning - literal and symbolical. In an allegory, the characters, events and instances all relate to real people, events, and instances (“Definition of Allegory” R104). Characters like Abigail Williams, John Proctor and Judge Hathorne represent the historical figures: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, writer Arthur Miller, and FBI Director J. Edgar…

selfish and mindless actions released the devil’s curtain onto the stage of Salem. With jealously and hate in her heart, Abigail created a setting to impose her motivation as well as allowing others to do the same. Based on my evaluation, Abigail Williams must be convicted guilty for lying under the oath of court, manipulation of the people's’ hearts, and the eventual killing of twenty innocent people in Salem. Under god’s eyes, Abigail gave in to her heart’s whispers and lied on multiple…

keep enemies closer. That is a saying that many people know and have heard, but in the play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, they did not keep their enemies closer, instead they got rid of their enemies. In the play many girls were dancing in the woods, and get caught by Reverend Paris. They knew what they were doing was a sin, so the main leader of the girls, Abigail Williams, concocted a plan to make it look like they were under the hand of the devil, and they wanted to be saved. The…

trials. The Crucible is only based on the events of these trials and is in fact not completely accurate. Miller alters the story line slightly to give the whirl of events a motive. The motive Miller chose to use was an affair between Abigail Williams and John Proctor. This affair lead to ABigail obsessing over JOhn and resulting in dangerous tactics to get what she wants. This is why Abigail Williams is the one to mostly blame. Abigail is the one to mostly blame for the events of the Crucible.…

a true trial” (“Accusation Quotes”). This quote relates to all the untrue allegations of the McCarthyism cases and the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. McCarthyism was led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, they were accusations made by him during the 1950s against people that had a chance of being a communist. In the book, The Crucible, Abigail Williams, the main antagonist, was not necessarily looking for witches, but she would make it appear that other people were witches. The Salem Witch Trials…

Puritans were people with a strong religious belief they always try to follow their religion and stay away as far as possible from the devil. The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller, it helps people understand things about the puritans in the city of Salem 1692. Like how they lived and some beliefs that they believed in. It talks a lot about witchcraft. Witchcraft is the practice of magic, especially black magic which is practiced by witches. If a witch was caught practicing witchcraft,…

Crucible when people who had no connection with witches or any association with witchcraft were being falsely accused of preforming it. The book and the history from the 1950’s have many parallels, John Proctor can be seen as a representation of Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible and the Hollywood community feared communism like the people of Salem feared witchcraft. In the book The Crucible, many people were falsely accused of performing witchcraft and put on…