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    occurring. There were many similarities between the witch trials and the McCarthy trials. Communism was the new witchcraft, and no one was safe from accusations. If someone didn’t like someone, they could accuse them and get away with it. Arthur Miller had reason to create a parallel between the events in Salem, Massachusetts, and America during the Cold War because those in power instilled fear to create hysteria in order to keep power. One can easily compare the Salem witch trials and

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    Arthur Miller is considered one of the best playwrights of the 20th century. The most known pieces are All My Sons, A View from the Bridge, The Crucible and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller was born in Harlem, New York on October 17, 1915, he was the son of polish immigrants. Miller graduated from high school in New York in 1933, he had worked at variety of including hosting a radio program. Miller wrote plays for the Federal Theatre in 1939. In The Federal Theatre

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    Arthur Miller was a popular play writer during the twentieth century. He wrote plays such as: Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and All My Sons. His plays were very controversial, and he received some criticism for them. Because Arthur Miller wasn’t able to freely express what he wanted to say in his plays: The Crucible and Death of a Salesman they have deeper underlying meanings about what was happening in society during the late 40s and early 50s. Death of a Salesman was first written

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    The Crucible Analytical Essay In ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller, there are many lessons that can be learned by analyzing the conflicts in the story. They show just how quickly fear may change people. One particular example leads to an underlying theme in the story. In order to develop the theme of there being no good outcome for those who condemn others, Arthur Miller created the conflict between the Proctors and Abigail Williams in his play, The Crucible. The author puts much detail into how this

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    with communists”-Joe McCarthy. These such accusations by Joseph McCarthy were the inspiration for The Crucible. When Arthur Miller was accused of Communism he wrote The Crucible to criticize McCarthy for his evidenceless accustons. In both Arthur Miller’s play and McCarthy’s accusation innocent people's lives were ruined for the betterment of another’s life. The Crucible is Arthur Miller’s story about the Salem Witchcraft trials, which was a real event in which many people were tried, found guilty

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    Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts and the events leading up to it. Salem at the time was a very religious and strict community with very little to do. In 1692, some of the girls in the town fell ill, not being able to find a cure or reason for the sickness the people of the town turned to the explanation of witchcraft. Many people were jailed and hung on the accusation of witchcraft without proper trial. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays the theme

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    When do moral and occupational obligations become second to empathy and emotions? The Crucible by Arthur Miller follows a variety of characters throughout the Salem witch trials in 1692. The Salem witch trials were a series of accusations and executions of those supposed of practicing witchcraft. It is one of history’s best examples of conformity and the effects of paranoia. Throughout the novel, Miller shows transformation in Reverand Hale and Reverend Parris in order to convey the idea that one's

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    The Crucible Response

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    Title The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about Salem’s witch-hunting history, and was written to highlight the rash accusations of Communism following the Second World War. In the play, a teenager named Abigail Williams holds the power to either prove or disprove witchcraft, and she and her friends become court officials in the resulting trials. In the play, Marry Warren, the Proctors’ servant, outwardly conforms to Abigail’s decisions but inwardly questions her actions. This tension

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    The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place during the Salem witch trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692, and contains perhaps one of the most deceptive people ever. Abigail Williams like many people today, all she wants is attention this causes the main problem in the story her quest for the most fame and attention in their small city of Salem. If Abigail and her friends admitted to the Judge that what they were doing was a lie, then people would have never been hanged and this story wouldn’t be a

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    In order to make steel, iron must be first placed in a crucible and heated up to its melting point to remove impurities, and later poured and cooled. If something goes wrong, however, the iron cracks and breaks. This is what Arthur Miller explores in The Crucible with his use of symbolism of a crucible to reflect John Proctor’s experiences throughout the play. John Proctor’s experiences are akin to symbolism of a crucible because of the trial he goes through, his eventual cracking, and several in-play

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