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    The Crucible In the story The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, it explains a play that involves historical events like witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. This drama is an example of the unjust events that happened, due to the terrible lies that some young girls made up, who were supposedly witchcraft. This was a hard situation for the entire town because of the accusation of witchcraft toward innocent people. In The Crucible, Miller shows us several examples of themes, some interesting

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    During the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible, a total of 20 innocent lives were cruelly taken because they were thought to have been practicing witchcraft. The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller that is set in the late 1600’s in Salem, Massachusetts, and the intensity of the play is due to the extreme amount of panic and drama that is brought on by the witch trials. Three of the major characters in The Crucible that represent the motif of hysteria the most are John Proctor, Abigail Williams

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    discusses is similar to how something like the conflict of a book may change because it takes place in a small village in a more primitive time, while the themes presented in a story centered around a traditionally southern slave-owning family may have a theme of rebellion and believing in your own beliefs despite your surroundings. Such is true in the geography of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller presents how Geography greatly changed both its conflicts and its themes. As geography

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    given the opportunity why is it that humans will use wrongful ways more often than not? "All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil." This means that all conflict in any work is basically just a fight between the forces of good and evil. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Macbeth by William Shakespeare’s show that this statement is true. In both works of The Crucible and Macbeth, the authors play with the use of outside forces to show how people will quickly

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    Erin Sheehy Borkowski Crucible Literary Essay The Crucible, a play about the Salem witch trials, was written by Arthur Miller in 1952 . The plot of the play focuses on a man, John Proctor, and his struggle to prove his family’s and his own innocence. One of the play’s main antagonists, Deputy Governor Danforth, oversees the witch trials and refuses to end them until everyone who he believes is guilty is punished. In his criticism, Phillip Walker questions the purpose of Miller’s writing and is

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    Themes Of The Crucible

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    THE CRUCIBLE One of the themes in the crucible is to always tell the true no matter what are the cosecues. In the crucible most of the conflict could have been avoided. If they could've said the true . Like Abigail telling everyone that Elizabeth's was a witch,Abigail lying in the trail and the 39 girls lying about see demons. If Abigail just would've said what she feels for John. He wouldn't be dead and she wouldn't feel miserable. When John died all her happiness die with her. Just if Abigail would

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    ‘The Crucible’ is an allegory. An allegory is a story with an obvious meaning but if you look deeper into it, there is another meaning. In this case, the obvious meaning is the Salem witch-hunt and the hidden meaning is McCarthyism. McCarthyism started in the early 1950’s and it was governmental accusations with no evidence. Joseph McCarthy started doing trials on those he thought were communist, but he had no evidence for it. This is the same as the witch trials in The Crucible. Arthur Miller wrote

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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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    safe side when conflicts arise. Whether it’s good or bad, they all want to be on the side where they know it’s best for them and others. According to the late Barbara Jordan, people in America all have their way of getting what they want while putting the country’s face at risk. Whether it’s something big or small, individuals will all have their perspectives and personal lives they care for, which may impact the strength of unity within one’s community. For example, the film The Crucible by Arthur Miller

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    the local private school for girls, St. Joan’s Academy, is overcome with a mysterious sickness. The sickness is thought to be because of an element in the environment, but it is simply caused by substantial amounts of stress. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a group of young girls accuse other people in their town of being involved with witchcraft and the devil. In both novels, the girls are thought to be faking. In some instances, the girls are. However, this

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