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    different, correct? The Crucible is based off of the actual Salem witch trials in Salem Massachusetts. The people of Salem live in a community governed by Puritan beliefs. Puritan faith originates from the reformation of religious movements against the Catholic church. The Christian faith tells of witchcraft and how it is an act of the devil. So when the people of Salem herd rumor of witchcraft, they felt need to fight against it. Though the court cases evidence of witchcraft was flawed and held no

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    Many people would say that The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a tragedy. In this play the tragic events that happened in salem liked being accused for a witch and hung for it is connected to what happened in mccarthyism era. In this Joe Mccarthy accused politicians and higher power people of being communist. Those accused in both salem and the Mccarthy era were treated with harsh consequences and even death with no way to defend themselves. Every play is normally split into two categories tragedy and

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    The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a movie that focuses on the conflict and resolution that occurred during the Salem witch trials during 17th century Puritan New England. After a group of young girls are found dancing and chanting during the night in the middle of the woods, strange things begin to happen within the small town. Conflict arises when Reverend Parris, the local minister, discovers the girls in the forest being led by a black slave named Tituba. Two girls out of the group

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    In the books The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, and Of Mice and Men society has a big impact on all of the characters in the book. In The Crucible society would tell people that they could not be a witch, in which religion greatly impacted The Crucible. In The Scarlet Letter, society frowns upon adultery and you can be severely punished for committing such crimes. In Of Mice and Men the men in this book have to be tough. Society didn’t understand guys like Lennie, they just thought Lennie was crazy

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    Responsible for nineteen overall deaths by the end of Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Abigail Williams is accountable for the Salem Witch Trials and surrounding hysteria. She makes false accusations against many others, and constantly manipulates others to benefit her throughout the play. Although the outside influences from her community pressures her into making the accusations she does, the main reasoning behind her actions and reactions is her own personal agenda which is obvious throughout

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    Crucible First Draft Fear is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.” This example of fear is shown exclusively in the Crucible by Arthur Miller from the first part to the last page of the playwright. Arthur Miller uses fear in the Crucible to describe how the H.U.A.C (House Committee on Un-American Activities) which was established in the late 1930s, unjustly searched for communist

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    Crucible, a situation of severe trial or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something. The definition of crucible proposes a question in the play, what caused the witch trials? Considering the events that occurred in The Crucible, the timeline develops as a post hoc ergo propter hoc, meaning after this therefore because of this. This is able to be demonstrated by going down the events that commenced the witch trials, with its origin as the affair between John Proctor

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    The Crucible Essay The McCarthy era was filled with a lot of lies that ruined the lives of others, Joseph McCarthy accused a lot of people of being communist out of greed like Abigail accused people of witchcraft in the crucible. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the red scare in the McCarthy era because of the Evidence, trials, and the accusations. The types of evidence that was provided during the Red scare and the Crucible were forn lack of better term complete and utter nonsense

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    Devil’s magic”, or witchcraft. Over 200 people were accused of witchcraft, and 20 people were executed. Eventually, the trials were deemed as a mistake, but this was after mass destruction and chaos had occurred. About 300 years after the witch trials, “The Crucible” was written, which is a play inspired by the extreme behavior and inconsistencies from the Salem witch trials. One of the main characters in the play, Abigail Williams, is first accused of having some correlation of witchcraft, but carefully

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    The Crucible Manipulative is a manage of influences in an unfair manner. In the play The Crucible, this is shown in many ways. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller, one of the best American writers. He often wrote about many moral problems in American society and raised question about their causes of human behavior. The Crucible was inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692. During this time there were many accusations stating that witches exist. Many people were accused of witchery

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