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    Reputation in The Crucible In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, one of the many themes that stands out to most people is the importance of a having a good name and reputation. Miller uses certain characters outcomes in the play to prove that reputation was actually not the biggest concern. He consistently shows that reputation means nothing when it came to being accused during the Salem Witch Trials because many innocent people were killed. People began to use these accusations for their

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    Fear In The Crucible

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    The Crucible Fear is one of the strongest and most unpleasant emotions found in all humans. The brain triggers that emotion when it senses any sign of danger or threat that can affect your body. That feeling of anxiety can cause a person to take extreme measures and to act in a foolish and violent way. Fear was the main emotion that was found in the characters of the book, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This negative emotion caused them to take bad decisions which led to severe and atrocious consequences

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    The Crucible Reputation

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    The playwright, The Crucible, is a political allegory which follows the plot of the Salem Witch Trails and the various characters that were affected by it. Arthur Miller, the author, uses The Crucible to voice his own opinion on what he saw as the modern-day witch trails, McCarthyism. Through the story of the Salem Witch trails Arthur Miller denounces his era of injustice, fear, and discrimination. One of the main themes of The Crucible is reputation, and many of the characters do unthinkable

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    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

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    Hysteria In The Crucible

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    Often in literature an author presents us with behavior that seems somewhat odd or different in the Crucible, by Arthur Miller, several girls get caught dancing in the woods and this sparks a controversy so large, that eventually more than 80 people lose their lives by various means. Hysteria sometimes plays a role in how people behave and in what they believe, in the play the girls pretend to be “witched” because Reverend Parris, while walking in the woods, comes across them while they dancing around

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    The word “crucible” is used to describe purification or truest essence; in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible this definition is appropriate because throughout the trials John Proctor’s true nature is shown. For example in act 3 John admits to his affair with Abigail. He intended to keep the affair a secret, but when he needs to have leverage against Abigail he admits to his sin. His act of admitting lechery shows how much he wants to take down Abigail and save the people accused of “witchcraft”.

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    The Crucible Analysis

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    The Crucible Timed Writing - Sebastian Pardo In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, he examines in depth the way people respond to intense trials, like the title suggests, and specifically trials of morality and righteousness. Each character undergoes great tribulations, and they don’t all handle it the same way, but the one thing that affects most if not all of their actions, and in turn the story, is pride, and the negative effect it has. It is not only the driving force behind many actions, but also

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    Essay On The Crucible

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    The Crucible Essay Rough Draft A crucible is a container which is heated to separate impurities mainly from metals and sometimes other substances. Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place in a quiet Massachusetts town known as Salem. Rumors of witchcraft, however have unfortunately left the townspeople susceptible to blame one another. A quiet town virtually turned in a mad haven for blame, revenge, and dark satisfaction overnight. The reader witnesses all of these events unfold as they delve

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    The Crucible Conflicts

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    The Crucible There are many conflicts between Rebecca Nurse, Reverend Parris, and the Putnams. Not all of the conflicts around Tituba and the girls in the woods. Goody Putnam doesn’t like Rebecca Nurse because all of her children and Reverend Parris is more worried about himself then his own children. Some of the characters in the Crucible aren’t focused on the real problems and just focused on the surface, not deep down where there are events unfolding which would take the blame elsewhere, Goody

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    The Crucible Conflicts

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    The Crucible Conflicts In his play The Crucible, published in 1953, writer Arthur Miller used the time period of the Puritans to convey his warning about the McCarthy era. Through his dramatization of various conflicts within the Salem community, Miller opened the Twentieth Century eyes to the witch hunt conducted by Senator Joe McCarthy. Using the motifs of power struggles, accusations, and confessions depicted the conflicts between Abigail and Mary Warren, John Proctor and himself, Reverend Hale

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