Similarities Between Macbeth And The Crucible

The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are both set at Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible is about the Salem witch trials and The Scarlet Letter is about a woman called Hester Prynne and how she is excluded from the community because she committed a sin, adultery. Both of these works have many similarities; their themes: revenge, adultery, the setting. A difference is how people deal with the situations. When a person hurts you normally your natural instincts is to get revenge. In The Crucible Abigail wants to get rid of John’s wife, Elizabeth so she can have John. In The Scarlet Letter Hester’s husband, Chillingworth wants revenge on Dimmesdale because of what happened between him and Hester.

Judge Danforth is also responsible for the Salem witch trials because his rulings to kill people came with no concrete evidence against them, only unreliable witnesses. Judge Danforth has a very cutthroat way for his rulings. One is either guilty or innocent, no opportunity for a second trial or a review of the case. He openly lets the court know this by saying "If you are not with the court, you are against it"(72). This almost proves that Judge Danforth is ignorant to hard evidence, only wanting people to admit that they are with or against him. Neither option is a just opinion, adding to the hysteria, lie so you can live and others die or tell your truth and die while others live. The people of Salem do not want to make this decision, thus leading to more innocent deaths of the people of Salem. If there had been a different judge in the Salem with trials they would have been over without a death and Abigail's deception would have been brought to light. Judge Danforth decides that many people are guilty, when in reality he should have said he was guilty.

Few people are willing to stand up to the overwhelming power of authority, especially during a time like the Red scare. Hardly any authors are able to recognize meaningful similarities between the present times and an event that happened many years ago—and write about it effectively. Only one has had the courage and intelligence to do both. Arthur Miller was an American author who wrote plays, essays, and stories and has published works dating from to 1936 through 2004. The Crucible, one of his most famous plays, premiered in New York on January 22, 1953 (InfoTrac). It is a historical-fiction story set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The witch hunt described in this play is similar to the Red Scare, an anti-communist movement led by

Towards the end of the book, when John Proctor calls Abigail a whore in act three, it causes the people in the court to see her as an untrustworthy liar. Throughout the book Abigail uses her wit and mischievous ways to get her out of things. For example, when she was accused of having an affair with Elizabeth, she convinced the town Elizabeth was witched. She moved the blame off her shoulders onto someone else to seem innocent. But, her past caught up to her and an affair with John Proctor came back to haunt her. And then, finally, in court he stood up in anger and called her a whore. The minute she was called a whore she was affected and shut down. The court then questioned her motives and her morals. Miller says, “Danforth seems unsteady” (Miller 111). In this

Explanation 2: Danforth allows himself to be so easily persuaded and tricked by Abigail and the other children. He lets his guard down when listening to Abigail because he believes her to be trustworthy: “Danforth, weakening: ‘Child, I do not mistrust you-’ ” (Miller 108). Part of this trust comes from Abigail having tricked the town into believing that she has been saved and it is her duty to point out the Devil’s people, but as a judge, it is Danforth’s duty to be impartial in the

The antagonists of a story are usually not the ones critically acclaimed. Due to our human inclination it’s fairly relevant that, as readers, more of an emotional attachment is built with the protagonists. However, in spite of that, villains still deserve our attention. From taking a close look at a few villains and the methods in which they manipulate, parallels in strategy are prevalent. A few examples of antagonists that particularly stand out are: Iago from the tragedy Othello written by William Shakespeare, Roger Chillingworth from the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Abigail Williams from Arthur Miller’s novel The Crucible, these characters all use isolation to manipulate others throughout the stories.

Proof of Danforth’s guilt is shown when Danforth believes Abigail and the girls are incapable of lying during the trials. He dominates everyone in the witch trials, except for Abigail and is easily persuaded when it comes to Abigail’s stories. For example, as the girls walk into the court, Governor Danforth asks Abigail if there is any truth to the story. Abigail rises and says there is no truth. From the very beginning of the trials, Danforth shows favoritism towards Abigail's words. Danforth believes she is always stating accurate information. He later asks Abigail about the poppet that was sewn in front of her in the court trial. Abigail saw Mary Warren make the poppet, but she denied it and said it is a lie. The men in the court say she is lying (1201). Danforth is too trusting to accuse Abigail of doing something wrong because she is a child. Danforth is convinced since Abigail is a young girl, she is innocent and always

What do your neighbors, your coworkers, your family all have in common? A powerful evil that lays deep within all humans, only to be released under the most heinous circumstances. This fact is clearly articulated in the works of world renowned authors Shakespeare and William Golding in their novels Macbeth and Lord of the Flies. Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth and Golding's Jack share many similar qualities in their path to success proving that if good people who begin with positive intentions become provoked by the lust for power, then ambition can get in the way of their moral compass and capability for making good decisions because of the evil which lays inside all mankind.

	Arthur Miller 's play, The Crucible, and the movie with the same name have many differences and similarities, all of which contribute to the individual effectiveness of each in conveying their central message.

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller both used their writings to comment on the state of the world at their current times. Miller’s Play The Crucible and Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter both share several similar concepts, despite the fact that they were written just over one hundred years apart. The Scarlet Letter is about a Puritan woman by the name of Hester Prynne, who has an illegitimate child (called Pearl) with the religious leader of the town, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The Crucible is a play featuring the Puritan town of Salem, which is suffering through a hysterical, supernatural paranoia started by a vengeful adulteress named Abigail Williams. The similarities between these two texts have been compared and explored by many before, and three such explorations are investigated over the course of this paper.

Rough draft Being accused of something you didn’t do isn’t fun right? That is what happened to people during the red scare on the 1950s and the salem witch trials. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the red scare in the MCcarthy era because of lying, the trials, and execution of people based on the word of others The red scare in the 1950s and the salem witch trials are very similar in multiple ways. “Critics of MCcarthy’s anticommunist crusade…”

Judge Danforth has sentenced many people to death for witchcraft. If it came to light that there really was no witchcraft and Danforth was just tricked by the girls, he would lose all of the respect that he values so much. Abigail also still hold the power to accuse people of witchcraft. If Danforth were to suddenly stop believing in Abigail’s story, there is nothing to prevent Abigail from saying that the devil has taken over Danforth. John Proctor had the power to defame Abigail with the fact that they had had an affair.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Scarlet Letter, and Arthur Miller, in The Crucible, use the Puritan era in their works to meet their respective goals. Hawthorne creates a piece of romantic literature, while Miller writes a play that uses the aforementioned period in order to discuss the Red Scare and McCarthyism. In choosing the Puritan era, ministers play a key role in the works of both authors. Hawthorne effectively uses Puritan ministers in creating his romantic work, while Miller forfeits accuracy in order to achieve his goal of analyzing the Red Scare and McCarthyism.

The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, introduces the effects of adultery on the main characters Hester Prynne and John Proctor, respectively. Hester and John have committed adultery and must face the consequences of their mistakes. Throughout the novel and play, both characters deal with confrontations and dilemmas. While they both have committed wrongdoings and protected the ones that have wronged them, they differ with their personas and how they cope in the aftermath.

The strive of ambition for power can seem to be true perfection, but one should be careful what they wish for, because that power might be exactly what caused their downfall. This is true in William Shakespeare's story of a man named Macbeth. And C.J. Lewis’s novel about a White Witch, Jadis. Merciless, cruel, and power-hungry, both Macbeth and the White Witch portray an image of pure evil.