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    Grudges In The Crucible

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    Grudges play a huge role in the crucible, family accusing family. It was a good opportunity for those in the community who had a vendetta. The whole judicial system was set up to punish the accused whether they plead guilty or innocent. Being accused was basically a death sentence, because nobody could prove the witness or the accused, and in the court, the witness was never at fault. There are multiple examples in the crucible of this false accusing, whether for greed or revenge. The first example

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    an educator and an avid reader of novels.… The affluent Miller family lost almost everything in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and had to move from Manhattan to Flatbush, Brooklyn. After graduating high school, Miller worked a few odd jobs to save enough money to attend the University of Michigan.” There is no research to show that Miller’s interest with the temptress archetype could have started with his mother. Miller’s Work Arthur Miller began writing when he was in college and while in college

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    In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, many innocent people were arrested and hanged for witchcraft. Playwright Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953. In this play, he tells about the characters involved and what happened during these harsh times. This event is known as the Salem Witch Trials. As many as 19 people were killed because of a group of girls trying to save their good name. In The Crucible, many of the characters lie to preserve their reputation which leads to the death of many innocent

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    hollering at her to answer Hale’s questions. She gains confidence within seconds and tells the story of how she almost kills Parris because the Devil told her to. Tituba also lists the first of the names by saying, “And I look—and there was Goody Good” (Miller 47). With her option of a better life or the alternative of death, there is an immense amount of pressure on Tituba to give away the identities of these women. In order to survive, Fear takes over and Tituba does whatever she can to cheat Death,

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    In or class we have been reading two stories . the first story is the crucible and the other one being the dying girl that no one helped. The first one being about Salem witch trials , which caused other innocent people to die. The second story was that about a women who got killed with 38 people watching her. “The crucible” is similar to the “Dying girl that no one helped”. The similarities that both of these stories had was that innocent people died on behalf of the people who didn’t want to

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    The Crucible Conclusion

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    the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. This, however, is not the case in the ending of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Although leaving the readers with some uncertainty about the fate of some characters, Miller appropriately concludes the play by building up tension in act 4 through Abigail’s escape and Parris’s fear then relieving the readers through Proctor’s sacrifice of his life to keep his reputation. This

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    The Crucible is arguably the greatest pieces of American literature ever written by playwright Arthur Miller. But, in 1996 a film was created to put the words of Miller onto the big silver screen for many people across the nation to see. Although both works were received very well, the two of them have many different elements. These differences from the book to the movie include the setting, the execution of all the victims, the kiss of John and Abigail, where the girls run, and the discussion of

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    The United States in the 1950s was aflood with politically and socially controversy, especially in Hollywood. With many actors, writers, and other artists being accused of being communists, Arthur Miller (One of the aforementioned writers accused of harboring communist sympathies), decided to write a play exploring the Salem Witch Trials as an allegory to the witch hunt that was The Red Scare. Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Demonstrates how fear can manipulate a person or group of people and

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    Humans are either selfish or sacrificial some are both in “The Crucible” we are shown both types of people and get an insight of how they work. “The Cruicble” written by Arthur Miller is about a town called Salem it is a very religious town full of people who believe in witches and warlocks. One day some girls are found dances in the forest and people automatically assume that they are witches, the town latter has these witch trials were 19 people are hanged for being witches. John Proctor's character

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    People around the world has heard or seen it happen. Danforth from The Crucible states “And you know that near to four hundred are in jails from Marblehead to Lynn, and upon my signature… and seventy-two condemned to hang by that signature (Miller, 54). The judge, Danforth has sentenced nearly four hundred people to jail and to hang seventy-two of those people. All of these people are affected by his decision. The same goes for school shootings. Family, friends, or neighbors everyone will feel

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