The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible show the hysteria that took place in Salem in 1692. Even though this play is fiction, Miller based the plot of his play on a real historical event which was McCarthyism in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. There’re many connection in The Crucible to be considered as an allegory due to similarities themes and how the characters are being portrayed. Miller does an excellent job of portraying numerals characters used fear for benefit and they showed selfishness and malfeasance. This is also similar to how Joseph McCarthy’s oppressive by using intense fear of the spread of the economic system called communism.

TV shows and Movies with a focus on cliques, either in high school or in the work force, are popular in our society today. For instance the movie Mean Girls is about a teenage girl moving to a new school and being recruited into a high school clique. In this clique, the members exhibit the behaviors of people experiencing the psychological phenomenon, Groupthink. Groupthink is the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility. There are eight symptoms of Groupthink- Invulnerability, Rationale, Morality, Stereotypes, Pressure, Self-Censorship, Unanimity, and Mindguards. Groupthink has also taken place in our history a a country. The play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about a the real-life Salem Witch Trials that happened in 1692 - 1693, in Salem, Massachusetts. Some symptoms of Groupthink found in the Crucible are Rationale, Pressure, and Self-Censorship.

The Crucible was a play written by Arthur Miller during the era of McCarthyism. This time period and person experiences helped influence the outcomes and aspects of the play written to mimic the Salem Witch Trials. Many characters were accused and even tried for witchcraft, while the audience is clear of whom the guilty party is the entire play. Elizabeth Proctor, the wife to John Proctor the wrongly one wrongly accused and executed, had many conflicts in this play as many others did. Elizabeth Proctor was met with conflicts of wrong accusations, adultery, death threats, and eventually, losing her husband. Elizabeth Proctor endured an incredible amount of pain and conflict throughout the play, The Crucible. She was met with many conflicts that involved many the people she loved, or once trusted. Elizabeth Proctor ended one of the only characters that would feel the pain of the trials forever.

In the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the story was based on McCarthyism. This book is based on a real story and real people. John Proctor tore up his confession and goes to his death because he can’t lie about himself and ruin his reputations. He also doesn’t want people to think he is a bad person by confessing a lie just to save his life.

The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, depicts the hysteria that came to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Miller attempts to combine the idea of witchcraft illustrating a similar modern day example, called McCarthyism. In the mid twentieth century, Senator John McCarthy, an advocator of the Red Scare, used similar tactics to hunt communists and send them into exile. These communists then used the same defense mechanisms as citizens in Salem, to clear their names and put the liability on someone else. In the play, a young orphan, named Abigail Williams, felt inclined to attack others in order to dismiss the accusations made against her, and she did so successfully. In order to clear her name, Williams framed many people and victimized herself. As a result of her cruel tactics, Abigail is characterized as a selfish, merciless, and destructive villain. Abigail Williams is the antagonist of the play because she manipulates the other young girls, the court judges, and the life of John Proctor through malicious lies.

Every day as humans we are pushed to our limits, these circumstances test are mental strength and how strong our morals are. In Arthur Miller 's, The Crucible, several characters in Salem, Massachusetts were tested internally by the Witch Trials. In his play he uses examples of how difficult situations can bring out a person 's true self. Using the word crucible has a significance between the characters and title since the definition is a severe trial. In The Crucible John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey are characters who illustrate being tested during the severe Witch Trials. These characters all struggle against facing the deceitful court and their worst enemy, themselves.

Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” was made into a movie by Nicholas Hytner in 1996. Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder and Paul Scofield star in this historical movie. It is described as a drama. The movie takes place in a small town Salem, Massachusetts, where the actual events happened.

In the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the main character Abigail Williams is presented as a mischievous girl who feels superior over many. She is responsible for the court trials, accusations, and deaths of many people in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail is the puppeteer, who pulls the strings to deceive and twist every accusation that is thrown at her. She uses threats and intense behavior to control her friends around her, as many accuse each other for performing witchcraft. Abigail is quite the sinner rather than a saint, as she creates almost all the complications in the town. Along with the help of the girls around her, they lie and name people who they

Our English II class approached Arthur Miller’s The Crucible from a way unique to any previous English assignment. We decided to operate as an unified ensemble to generate a singular and complete project that demonstrated our growth as readers, writers, and thinkers. Originally we were scared at the prospect of this unorthodox assignment; as Jada put it, “[we] thought it was gonna be a hot mess” (Jant). But in the end, I believe it was correct to do it as an ensemble. We were able to work as individual members of a group, each producing our own contribution to the final product. Our class eventually produced a completed project that emerged as a representation of our ability to analyze the play deeper than we could have as individuals.

What is a reputation? Is it something you earn or is it something you are just handed? The dictionary describes it as a favorable repute; good name. One could conclude that one is given a reputation based on certain actions or characteristics. Also valid for argument is the importance of having a good or bad reputation. Having a good reputation can be for the sake of having others view you as a good person and someone that they can rely on. On the other hand, a person with a bad reputation would be treated with little respect and not taken very seriously. All of these factors based on what society chooses to name you as, a person with a good reputation or someone with a bad reputation. The birth of a reputation is created by society and it alone. If having a reputation were all up to one’s self we would all have superb reputations. The Crucible by Arthur Miller focuses on upkeeping a good reputation and showing the importance of having a good clean name.

The human mind can be a dangerous weapon; how it is used is a grave responsibility, one that, not everyone can control. Some see the mind as a commodity, a plaything to warp reality and torture others with, and while that might work for now, it will always turn on them. This perception is often mirrored in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible takes on the advantageous backdrop of Salem, Massachusetts during one of the darkest times in American history, the Salem Witch Trials. With swiftly changing times, the townspeople of Salem must prepare to defend themselves against Abigail Williams and the girls of Salem, for they are on a quest for revenge. With accusations being thrown at anyone with an opinion, one wrong move will most certainly mean death. Abigail Williams takes on the role of lustful greed that becomes her eventual ruin. This transformation is catalyzed through her ability to manipulate perception, her apparent control over Salem, and her narcissistic personality.

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, reveals how general members of society will do anything to attain or maintain a position of power and status amongst the bourgeoisie while a few will go through great lengths to remain true to their faith; ultimately revealing that the act of trying to achieve a higher position in life, at the cost of others, is a choice. Throughout the story you see characters change their views, opinions, and actions on certain items just to remain in the position that they have achieved. They also do these things to get to a higher position in society. Keeping your position and working for a new one means absolutely everything to this society. They will do anything to get what they want, they do not care what they do or if they hurt anyone. If they want something they will do everything in their power to get there.

“Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution.” (Emerson).

A twisted part of American history is well explained throughout the play. The Crucible by Arthur Miller. After a group of young girls got caught dancing around naked in the forest by Rev. Parris all kinds of crazy let loose. In turn of the girls being caught, Rev. Parris wants to protect his family name by covering it up and accusing others of witchcraft.The girls go on and on listing people who were ‘involved’ in the act of witchery. Abigail Williams, the heart of most of the problems that came about in Salem. Her wanting of Proctor leads to vengeance towards Elizabeth. Rev. Parris calls for Rev. Hale of Beverly to come and help remove witchery from the town of Salem. Once time to do the trials judge Danforth immediately starts the hanging for punishment. Mary Warren and John Proctor try to go to the court and tell them that it is all a lie and that the girls were just accusing others so that they wouldn’t be hanged. There are four main keys in this play that bring out different sides to all the characters. Hysteria being Abigail Williams, reputation being Rev. Parris, intolerance being Elizabeth not letting John lie to her, and lastly empowerment being John in Act III. The events in the play show the true colors of some who try to keep their name as clean as it was before the witchery came into the town of Salem.

In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller the line between faith and truth becomes quite blurred during the development of the drama. Even though the line is blurred by the events in the drama, Arthur Miller is making very clear statements about the line dividing faith and truth. Miller’s The Crucible is an allegory meant to be understood through various mediums as criticism of the 1950’s era of McCarthyism. The language and tone of characters in The Crucible through several settings and situations make it very clear what Arthur Miller 's feelings are regarding truth and faith throughout the progression of the play. Miller uses specific language when trying to get across his feelings. Furthermore, faith and truth are prominent themes that deal with McCarthyism, which is what the play itself alludes to.