first reaction may be “why am I on trial for a dumb reason like that?” Well, in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, this is the entire plot of the story. Some girls are caught out in the woods dancing and chanting, so immediately the town believes people are turning to witchcraft. Today, we witness many forms of “crucibles” in our lives. A crucible is a situation of severe trial, and the trials in The Crucible can be compared to situations that occur in our world today. As we look at our world we
In the crucible several characters had to face the tough decision to protect their integrity or their reputation. "Abby, we’ve got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin', and the other things!" (I.144-147) Marry Warren was explaining to Abigail that they had to confess because either way they were in the wrong. They would either be hung or whipped. This quote shows that people
colony. Arthur Miller, the great author he was, wrote the story of the inhumane events that took place in Salem, also known as The Crucible. Ranging from many dynamic characters introduced like, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris, Reverend Hale, John Proctor, and Elizabeth Proctor, showing the good and the bad of Salem, Massachusetts through these twisted characters. The Crucible by Arthur Miller tell the story of Abigail Williams and other young girls dancing in the forest with slave Tituba. The girls
Crucible and Puritanism Essay Prompt #6 Just like any author, Arthur Miller has his own style and rhetoric use of diction in order to convey a message relating the Salem witch trials of 1692 and the communist trials during the Red Scare in the 1950’s. Miller uses multiple quotes from his play, The Crucible, and his own experience with dealing with communism to portray how he finds the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare are related. First of all, Miller uses the ideology for The Crucible to convey
colonies were created during the Salem Witch Trials, explained through the story The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. Other time periods, such as in the late 1950’s during the Second Red Scare, when people worried about the spread of communism through America, and between 1933-1945 during The Holocaust, when concentration camps were made to contain Jewish people. Miller’s message in the story The Crucible is saying that if we do not address
Many characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible have very opinionated beliefs about law and order, as well as the authority required to carry out the law. They also have different beliefs about the ethics and conduct of the witch trials. The three characters most opinioned in the witch trials are John Proctor, Thomas Danforth, and John Hale. The contrasting beliefs of these characters reinforces Miller’s implied message on law and order in the play. Miller’s message through these characters is this:
Albert Einstein once said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe” ("Quote Investigator"). Life is an endless journey with new experiences everyday. However, whether these experiences create progress is made is debatable. In the past few centuries, we have made numerous advances in science, such as the discovery of dark matters and the invention of rockets. Unfortunately, we are still at the same place for copious social issues. Gender inequality
“Death sits on my shoulder like a crow... like a judge… like a dark angel…”. This quote from “Half-Hanged Mary” is a symbol of what people felt about themselves and their verdict they had at this point and time in their life. In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, “Half-Hanged Mary” by Margaret Atwood, and in the cartoon “It’s okay… we’re hunting Communist” by Herb Block all show that a society under stress will always have a scapegoat. The people in these pieces of literature are a perfect representation
Humans have always had an instinct to react with fear to certain situation and in certain ways. This is a primal emotion exists to keep us alive and avoid danger. In the play, "The Crucible," by Arthur Miller we see this emotion come up in many different characters throughout the play-in some more than others and have a great impact on the thoughts and actions of each character. Through these said character, the play emits the notion that fear causes people to react differently in situations, act
Abigail, the manipulator in the play, "The Crucible" manipulates others by having a determination to do wrong to others and to get what she wants. Abigail wants many things during the play, and she is determined to get what she wants. Abigail wants John Proctor back. Towards the end of the story, Abigail is revengeful and finds a way to ultimately get what she wanted. In the play, Abigail used whoever she wanted to get the job done for herself. At high stakes and at any cost, Abigail proved