Theme Of Fear In The Crucible

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, was- and still is- a commentary upon the dangers of community hysteria. While the play was originally written to call out the McCarthy hearings as morally wrong; It's morals and lessons are still useful in modern times. The Crucible speaks to a fear that is instilled in everyone: fear of the unknown. In terms of the play, the unknown is represented by witchcraft. During the Mccarthy hearings, the fear was the rising Communist party. In modern times, the unknown is ever changing, with new fears coming down upon American society daily: terrorism, lgbtq, sexual harassment, & racism. The play’s main theme- to be aware of the danger of societal fears of the unknown- has the ability to resonate with any audience of

Fear can lead to a lot of things, but unfortunately, in humans it usually leads to something bad. Throughout history, fear has lead to some of the most violent actions by man, and some of the biggest collapses of organized society. In early American history, the people of Salem experienced this for themselves. Arthur Miller shows this in his book. The society of Salem that Miller creates in The Crucible shows how fear can slowly cause rational thought to deteriorate, leading to mass hysteria and eventually the breakdown of civilized behavior.

Fear is definitely not always a harmful emotion. Fear influences people to take extreme measures and act irrationally emotion. While fear is one of the main emotions people face, fear is not a always harmful emotion. In the Crucible, Arthur Miller shows us how fear and suspicion can destroy a community. As the play develops, Miller shows us how fear and suspicion increase and destroy the community. Throughout the play it becomes apparent that the community gets more and more divided as time goes on. In the beginning there were arguments about ownership of land between some of the villagers. As the story progresses people fear for their own safety and begin accusing their neighbours of witchcraft in order to escape being hanged. Salem became overrun by the hysteria of witchcraft. Mere suspicion itself was accepted as evidence. As a Satan-fearing community, they could not think of denying the evidence, because to deny the existence of evil was to deny the existence of goodness; which was God. In the 17th century a group of Puritans migrated from England to America - the land of dreams - to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. As Arthur Miller tells us in the introduction to Act 1 'no one can really know what their lives were like.' We would never be able to imagine a life with 'no novelists' and 'their creed forbade anything resembling a theatre or vain entertainment.' 'They didn't celebrate Christmas, and a holiday from work meant only that they must concentrate

Fear, An Unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that something or someone is dangerous. Hysteria, exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion. Revenge, The action of inflicting pain or harm to another after they have caused damage to you. All of these emotion play a huge part of the Crucible, these emotions cause characters to lie, and make decisions that can change the life of them of people around them, sometimes good most times bad. Emotions can play a big part in life or death situations like we saw in the Crucible.

My theme was fear. Fear is constantly involved with everyone everyday.It can be from having a fear of heights or fear of failing a test. Fear impacts in society because everyone fears of something.For example, one of the biggest fears in this world currently is the presidency of Donald Trump. Many people of the United States especially immigrants fear that Donald Trump isn’t going to treat them fairly. The immigrants show how scared they are and how their lives are about to change because of Donald Trump. They show their fears throughout social media, the news, and even in public protest. They fear of the outcome of Donald Trump. Fear has contributed in this world through many occasions and people have learned how to deal with it.

We all have fear. Fear is on display everywhere in today’s world, often through television, and then spread to our family and friends. Fear is a part of our lives, and something we can only hope to control. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a group of girls put lives in danger, by accusing people of witchcraft. This causes a fervor of fear in the town, and we watch it spread throughout the play. In The Crucible, fear enables dishonestly in the town, people to be accused, and lives to be lost.

It is always important to know about events in history so that the events will not be repeated. The texts The Crucible, “Why I Wrote The Crucible,” and “Vigilante ‘Vampire-hunters’” tells about how fear has an effect on society from the Salem witch hunts to McCarthyism to modern-day. The play, The Crucible, shows how society reacts to fear when claims about witchcraft are circulated through the village, and the article “Why I Wrote The Crucible” shows how fear of communism makes society paranoid of each other. The article “Vigilante ‘Vampire-hunters’” is an example of a modern-day witch hunt, except the article deals with vampires rather than witchcraft or communists. As it is seen in all three text, society has dealt with fear in the same despairing manner over the years besides learning from mistakes in the past. The development of society’s response to fear over the years illustrates that people have not learned from mistakes made by responses in the past.

One of the larger themes that affect the play The Crucible is fear and how it affects people in many ways. Some examples of fear is Mary Warren being very afraid of Abigail Williams, and Parris being afraid of losing his social status. First off fear happens many times in the play one part is in Mary Warren's actions (Mary Warren utterly Confounded and becoming overwhelmed)(Miller 225). In this part we see how Mary Warren’s fear takes hold of her and how she starts to freak out about it. The next part is where Parris is talking about people learning about his daughter betty.”Thomas, Thomas I pray you, leap not to witchcraft”(Miller 172). This is important because he is scared

Fear limits our freedom, keeps us from enjoying life to its fullest, and holds control over any human. This emotion is brought on by danger, a situation, or evil.While being controlled byfear, you may come to realize that you are being manipulated to the possibilities of threats and may also be mislead by lies. Arthur Miller’s classic novel, “The Crucible” takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, where often fear would be used to control anyone to blame another of witchcraft.This novel was written in retaliation of the Mccarthyism political practice that used fear mongering as their tactic.

We are forced to do what we don’t want to or maybe it is something we want to do. These things only happen because of fear. Fear can either be a dangerous or precious emotion. Fear is, for sure, an emotion that we can not live without. Without fear, we would be mindless machines without a care in the world. Although our other emotions would be heightened, life would not be the same without fear itself. Fear changes what we actually see and feel, it makes us rethink every single thought and decision we come across, and it propels our minds to blame others for something that we originally did. Fear comes into play during many occasions: when you are communicating, when you are in a certain situation, and also during our daily lives.

Fear, an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat ( Dictionary.com). The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, takes place in the small Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. Much of the land occupied was still unknown to the townspeople. Having limited amount of knowledge of their surroundings, people began to believe that the Devil is roaming around them. Many things, such as witches and spirits, became unknown to them which led to the townspeople fearing it. Rather than learning about the unknown, the people of Salem let it restrict them from making the unknown known. Miller wrote this play as an allegory of a similar incident that happened during the 1950s, the McCarthyism trial. Both events are focused on the fear of the unknown of the people as well as the society. Miller uses the motif of fear to demonstrate how the fear of the unknown causes personal gain amongst

Fear is an integral part of human society, a vital part of human emotions, and can drive people to do certain things that they would hardly do when thinking clearly. Fear is the belief that something or someone is dangerous and poses as a threat, or the action of being afraid of something. This emotion is present throughout history, in literature, and still exists as of now. From the Salem Witch Trials to the Holocaust, fear was always an important factor. Even in present times, it is still a major influence for many events. Fear is the driving force behind the large number of accusations in The Crucible, the reason why people desperately seek for scapegoats in “Extended Forecast: Bloodshed”, and it causes defensive behavior and feeds hysteria

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, fear runs rampant across the characters minds and effects their actions at almost every turn of the plot. Without fear the story’s plot would have never of formed and died prematurely. The people in the story respond to fear of losing what belongs to them, of their own fatality, and fear of a higher power. All of this terror leads to maltreatment and death.

Reactions generated by fear have been prevalent for a very long time, even extending to times before the 17th century. Events in history, such as wars, famines, and plagues have shaped the way people live in today's society. Even today, people live in constant fear over the terrorism that seems to be becoming a staple in everyday living. The Crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller during the 1950’s as an implicit way to address the communist accusations by the U.S. government. Likewise, The Crucible focuses on accusations made by people who admitted to witchery to escape death. The element of fear in The Crucible is important because it helps steer the plot of the play.

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is set in Salem, Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. The chaos around the witch trials and the background of how the people were affected was depicted explicitly. Arthur Miller, went through a period of fear during the Cold War when the American people who believed in democracy, feared that Communists were planning to throw democracy over. Miller was accused of being associated with the American Communist Party so he got sent to court just like many others who were falsely accused of witchcraft. To warn people about this time, he wrote the famous play, The Crucible. Arthur Miller addresses important themes throughout the play to express the pain people experienced during this time.