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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

human’s daily life routine. “The Crucible” is a play by Arthur Miller about the witch trial during the year 1692. Abby claims to be affected by witchcraft, from Reverend Paris's daughter Betty. Abigail accuses people of witchcraft in her town, mostly the victims who they or their families dislike. In The Crucible Arthur miller is trying to express through John Proctor that bringing out the truth can save an innocent’s life. Arthur Miller in his play “The Crucible”, shows how most characters try to

the most famous plays written is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is a play that is based off of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the late 1600s. During this time period, many innocent people were accused of witchcraft. This was due to the people’s lack of knowledge on how our universe works. Arthur Miler uses many different motifs in his play, but one of the most significant motifs is vengeance. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller presents the idea that vengeance is used to corrupt the

The Crucible is a play that takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, during the height of the fear of witchcraft. The play begins with a group of young girls dancing in the woods in the middle of the night, lead by an African American slave named Tibuta. Reverend Parris sees what his daughter Betty and her friends are up to, and fears that they are practicing witchcraft. After, Betty becomes ill and falls into a coma-like state, which introduces the main plot and conflict of the story. Many townspeople

relate because of the girls accusing people they don't care about or if they were trying to go against them. In both of the trials the victims were not trustworthy when it came to reliability of what happened. “I say shut it, Mary Warren” says Arthur Miller, author of the book The Crucible. That quotes shows how Abigail Williams also had to rely on other girls when she accused people. In Scottsboro Alabama the illegally riding on the train black man got stopped by deputies in Scottsboro. The

interesting story. It is a story about the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1962-1963. The author of the dramatized and partially fiction story is the American playwright Arthur Miller. There are two different form of the story written by Miller, a play and a movie. The play and movie have many differences and contrasts. Three of the main differences I have spotted after reading the play and watching the movie are: in the movie John Proctor and Abigail Williams

In this passage the truth is not always what it seems. In 1953, Authur Miller’s The Crucible was first performed on Broadway. At this time a witch hunt for communist, was called McCarthyism was in full affect.What are the Parallels?The Crucible parallels effected McCarthyism in three significant ways: naming names, lack of proof and resistance. The first parallel is naming names. Eliza Kazan was a well known Hollywood director, famed for movies such as on the waterfront and a streetcar Desire. Mr

many things to supernatural forces, as there was still a lack of scientific explanations for how things worked. Additionally, the Puritan’s sharp religious values caused them to fear any sign of the devil, including witches. The Crucible by Arthur Miller addresses the overwhelming fear that led to the Salem witch trials. Fear led Salem towards hysteria by swaying people away from admitting the truth and by forcing people to protect their reputation through maintaining the hysteria. Fear intimidated

this as an opportunity to rise to power by using the fear of communism to appeal to the masses. Likewise, in Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the character Abigail Williams uses Salem’s fear of witchcraft and the mass hysteria to rise to power. Arthur Miller argues that leadership through fear, driven by the desire for power, leads to immorality and hysteria. Abigail’s leadership initiates the fear of being accused of witchcraft to obtain power within the society. When Elizabeth and John Proctor speak

Literary Analysis: The Crucible The definition of irony is “the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.” In the story The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller expresses many exceptional examples of the three types of irony. Here are examples of the three types of irony from the text: Situational irony is “irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.” In