The York 's Play Of Crucifixion

In life everyone has their own morals that they live by and everyone has a say in how they choose to live their life. In The Crucible, each character represents a figure of either “good” or “evil” but in reality who is to say whether someone is doing the right or wrong thing. The play brings out many emotional feelings or anger and hate, but also pureness and goodness. Arthur Miller created his characters in such a way that makes the reader realize how everyone is so quick to judge others by their morals, his intentions in doing so are to bring out what life is really like and what people believe others to be.

“I bear I will be born this is a crime I will not acknowledge leaves and wind hold onto me I will not give in”(Atwood 3). In the selections The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Half- Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood scapegoating is found in both. A society under stress can affect a person or a group of people more likely by the cause of scapegoating then it can others.

The play is called The Crucible because a crucible is a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances are melted. In The Crucible people are held to the flame and melted down to their true selves. In the play, the different characters melt down to show their real selves. An example of that would be when Mary Warren said, “No, I love God; I go your way no more. I love God, I bless God. Abby, Abby, I’ll never hurt you more!” (Pg. 1212). She broke down and showed everyone that she would rather not have anyone go against her then to tell the truth. People reveal themselves in usually big ways. Some are calm but most react like John Proctor did when he melted down and said, “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul;

Selfishness, scape goats, and reputations have played a negative role in human nature throughout The Crucible. All humans have different flaws in and out of the text; everyone

The Crucible and Half Hanged Mary were written and based off of the Salem Witch trials. The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted. This is similar to today in that today, people are being accused of things they haven’t done just because they look a certain way or are similar to the people who actually did something bad. Being falsely accused of something can send people into hysterics and send them into a downward spiral. While both Atwood and Miller both seek to reveal the injustices incurred by the victims of the Salem witch trials, Miller focuses on the effects of hysteria and religious zealotry on society, while Atwood aims to commemorate the excruciating experience of a single victim.

History repeats itself. Your history teachers say it all the time. But why is history this omois presence of past problems that seem to repeat? Why do the same flaws continue to appear over and over again? It is because induviduals shape soceity.

How is it that I can be expected to uphold the word of God without coercion of these sacrilegious people? The town of Salem has become littered with unguided infidels who will insist to defy the Law. They are convinced my interests do not lie in their wellbeing. As the Deputy Governor and Judge, it is my duty to protect the good townsfolk of Salem by providing an unequivocal form of justice. More witches have been convicted in the past two weeks than what I have seen in the past year, if my court is unable to serve our people a security from these putrid demons, not only will they be in danger from the practices of unholy witchcraft, but the onset of anarchy will be inevitable should a rejection of authority continue. I have seen it before;

By the definition, “Humanity,” that amounts to a tautology: humanity is that which makes humans human.” (Festa). The humanity of an individual is reflective of its personality. There are characters who are naturally benevolent; some learn through compassion and while others learn through misery. However, in general some are the opposite of benevolent. For instance, some individuals are indeed inconsiderate, arrogant, and most of

In this play, there is a noticeable difference between the natural way in which humans want to act against what is considered natural in society. Elements of society cause the characters to be able to justify unnatural actions. Shakespeare thoroughly laces this play with the concept of humans are neither good nor evil by nature.

I was very curious as to what this play was going to be about, because when I first read the title, I was not able to make anything of it. Being someone who isn’t religious, it was a refreshing take on a debatable concept. Before the reading the audience guide and seeing the play, I would have never in a million years though the play would be a religious debating stemming from the New Testament. I was very surprised to find out that the play was about a religious debate because I personally do not see this too often and I always thought that people tried to avoid anything that would cause a religious debate. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, set in Purgatory, was thought provoking play about a man who has committed a great sin and the people who tried to explain that for an all forgiving greater divine power, why wasn’t Judas Iscariot forgiven for his sins?

The title of The Crucible effectively helps us to understand the play in a deeper and more thorough way as the definitions of the noun ‘crucible’ reflects the themes of the play such as moral, reputation, courage, righteousness, hysteria and truth. It also foreshadows the severe and unjust persecution of the upright characters who hold on to their beliefs and moral values, as the word ‘crucible’ comes from the Latin word ‘crucibulum’, which derives from the word ‘crux’. ‘Crux’ is also the root word of ‘crucifixion’.

William Shakespeare pessimistically argues in his tragic play, Hamlet, that humans’ evil predisposition towards disingenuity leads to the degeneration of the individual due to the severance of relationships and the demise of self-respect. According to Shakespeare, human nature is such that humans misdirect, scheme against, or outright lie to others to further self-serving ends that ultimately do more harm than good. Throughout the play, Shakespeare employs contrasts and metaphors to demonstrate how dishonesty destroys trust and results in the demise of vital human connections with both family and friends. When individuals use deception to satisfy selfish desires, Shakespeare argues that this results in the death of an individual’s peace of mind. He uses personification of the soul and condemning diction to depict how duplicitous practices result in oppressive guilt.

The film also depicted that crucifixion was typically a form of death that was harsh, violent, and humiliating, which is accurate in comparison to crucifixions in history. In the film, Jesus was spit on, and the Romans mocked him, saying that if were really the king, that he would save himself. This picture of the Jesus’ crucifixion, and the violence that forced upon him, that was displayed in the film, The Passion of the Christ was an accurate description of what actually happened during crucifixions during the ancient times (Religions).

The author of the play “Everyman” has the main character Everyman to only symbolize the typical human being. Death, also known as the antagonist, is a messenger sent by God to summon Everyman. The author is trying to show readers that death is inescapable, and every human being will have to face it one day. In the beginning of the play, God speaks about his death on the cross to give life to His people, mentions the deadly sins, He tells that people live for their own enjoyments, and how some have neglected Him. God then commands Death to show Everyman who is outside of the law of God what must come to him without escape or delay, the day

Yet while the play seems to offer a very basic Christian message—that one should avoid temptation and sin, and repent if one cannot avoid temptation and sin—its conclusion can be interpreted as straying from orthodox Christianity in order to conform to the structure of tragedy.