The Crucible Reflection Paper

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller there are many power hungry character. Even Though The Crucible is loosely based from historical event in 1692 the Salem Witch Trials Arthur Miller used the real McCarthyism trials to show and represents how people became so power hungry. In The Crucible the message given about power hungry people is that no matter what walk of life you come from there always a part of you that will crave power like with Putnam, Parris, and Mary.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a one of a kind, outstanding play that remains relevant from the 1950’s through today. The Crucible depicts life in the 1600s during the Salem witch trials. Arthur Miller crafts an intricately layered story with many points of view from a variety of characters. Although the story takes place in 1692 the lessons and values taught have importance in our society today. One of the lessons highlighted in The Crucible is how ignorance can affect communities and even have catastrophic results that may last many years or completely change the dynamic of an era.

The play The Crucible is a very intense book to read with many scenes that would make a person jump and feel anger towards many characters in the book. The mood or the mind set in the play progresses throughout the play from something as simple as girls playing and dancing in the woods to people being accused and getting hanged for things they never did. Why would a person charge someone else with something they never did a person would ask? People were scared for their own lives. People wanted to live and others knew if they didn’t confess they would hang for what they never did.

When you think of children, what was the first thing that comes to mind? Reckless? Young? Naïve? Gullible? Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, is a book written about an extraordinary but childlike man who set out on a quest, looking for an adventure of being surrounded by nature. Chris McCandless, who the book is based off of, was a man of wonder. No one was ever certain about what he thought, how he felt, or why he went on this suicide journey. Was it because of his childlike recklessness? Or was it something deeper? Chris McCandless was reckless and along with that came passion, loneliness, and despair. So, can we really judge him when he made the decision to live in the most wild parts of the Alaskan state?

The point of “The Crucible by Arthur Miller in 1952” is to point out how humans go through the thought and struggles that happen when they get scared, or when something happens and someone shows up and they take the blame. They force it onto someone to help relieve their fear of what's going on, in this case witches they force people into admitting to being witches otherwise they hang. The crucible is stating to the audience that humans react terribly when one person brings a claim that makes sense to people who are scared of things going on so they overreact to what happened.

I have had many situations that happened in my life that made me look at things differently and force me change. The most important crucible that I had been through is graduating middle school going into highschool. In middle school if I was acting foolish in class or talking loudly the teachers will just tell me to chill down. They would never get upset to the point they would send me or other students to the office. Often the teachers would always be chill in the classroom and would let the students fool around during class work. Since the teachers never said anything while me and my peers were acting a bit childish we just kept on being ourselves day by day. I always knew not to go to the extreme by disrespecting my teachers but sometimes I would make jokes in the middle of my teacher talking.

Why The Crucible? You might be thinking, why would the book, The Crucible, be called that, and what does that even mean? In short, a Crucible could be referred to as a melting pot. The dictionary definition of crucible is a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures.

There are witches in our school. Does that sound crazy? Like an accusation from 1692 during the times of the witch trials? No, not quite. The belief in witches is still very much alive right now. According to a recent Gallup poll, 21% of Americans believe in witches; 37% in haunted houses and 41% in ESP. Therefore, our belief in the supernatural may be as real now as it was for the people in The Crucible. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1952 about the Salem witch trials that occurred in 1692. At that time, everyone in Salem was paranoid that people, including their friends and family were witches. Over 200 people were accused of being witches and 20 were actually hung. In The Crucible young girls actually tried to participate

The Relevance of The Crucible Today In the history of civilization, previous generations have set rules and implemented new concepts and/or ideas for the welfare of humanity. The founding fathers of the United States of America came up with the modern U.S. Constitution as a guideline of how the people and the government should act in order to coexist. Fear is something that causes people to do crazy things. Whenever people fear something, he/she literally begins to think irrationally.

After reading “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller I could not believe that some elements from this story actually happened. The book is filled with evil deeds, deception, manipulation, witches, witchcraft and terrible lies that cause destruction in the little village of Salem. It’s rather scary to think that the work of the devil was so prominent during this time period and in other times in history. In the 1950’s it was as if history was beginning to repeat itself; witch hunts were happening again, but this time the cause was different. World War two just ended and the fear of communists in the United States was running high. This time is known for being the era of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, which greatly inspired Arthur Miller to write “The

In a religious aspect, to continue a strong establishment and denomination, it's crucial to have a strong government within the founding. In the Crucible, many aspects were taken to continue the Salem built and founded. In this book, the actions of the Witch Hunts, came from the Salem’s worry to keep everyone faithful to the beliefs endowed. The kind of government Salem has, is by the control and worry of the people to stay faithful in God's eye, the worry and control of keeping the faith accurate in everyone's life, and worry and control in the father and founder. All of these components play a role into the actions of Salem’s government.

People in Salem think Witchcraft is real. There proof for example is that they thought was people especially young girls dancing in the woods or in general. Pg. 9 “Uncle we did dance let you tell them I confessed it and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speaking of witchcraft”. People of Salem don’t have fun or think it is normal for kids to have fun. So when they saw the girls in the woods dancing they thought it was weird. Pg. 10 “this will ruin me if they find out”. Salem is the place where a lot of gullible people are. This my explanation of what happen during the time period of Salem Witch trials.

The Crucible book written by Arthur Miller based on a real life story that happened in 1692 to 1693 In Salem Massachusetts was based on lies and injustice, genre is play, The author's purpose is to inform the audience about what happened during the witch trials . The Salem Village was full Puritans and they was very strict based on church rules. People that missed church regularly will be justified as a witch or malignant and will be put to shame on a stockade. People that break the rules of the strict religious town will hang or live if such person decides to confess, If they confess the accused person will still be imprisoned and not killed. Also if you was accused of practicing witchcraft you will be accused by the people and go

The Crucible book written by Arthur Miller  based on a real life story that happened in 1692 to 1693 In Salem Massachusetts was based on lies and injustice, genre is play, The author's purpose is to inform the audience about what happened during the witch trials .  The Salem Village was full Puritans and they was very strict based on church rules. People that missed church regularly will be justified as a witch or malignant and will be put to shame on a stockade. People that break the rules of the strict religious town will hang or live if such person decides to confess, If they confess the accused person will still be imprisoned and not killed. Also if you was accused of practicing witchcraft you will be accused by the people and go

I’ve always thought that older brothers/sisters were invincible,that nothing could defect your superhero the person that has always been a role model. That nothing will hurt or even bother your role model. Hard to think that one moment can drastically alter everything that made your superhero super, that one moment can rock your world and everyone in your world. To come to the realization that the world is full of people that marauder. My Crucible isn’t something that happened to me but it affected me personally, changed the way I saw the world that no one is safe from the cruel cold grip that is reality and life. My brother Elvis Tabora strong minded, a good hearted individual but most importantly always had enough mettle to face any problems with two fist in the air. I have never not even once saw him broken, defected or even sad. He was the definition of a Big Brother but that unfortunately did happen. On April 1 2017, April fools the day no one is safe from mischief the day everyone’s insidious side comes out. I am always wiry on that day never could be to safe.I was getting changed to go out, until I was stopped by my mom she had a sad look in her eyes and her face seemed full of sadness I knew this was serious so I sat down she came in and sat down too. “ Christian” she said “Elvis just spoke to me through the phone, that Stephanie has died”. Stephanie was my brother’s girlfriend and I would guess his true love she was crazy in a good way, a very popular and