The tarnishing of one’s reputation and personal integrity is something that many people fear and this is shown through the characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World and John Hale’s A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft. The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials and the characters who are accused and judged based off of their reputation. Each character’s perception is different than what the actual reality is of the witchcraft because
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The Crucible is about the Salem Witch Trials where innocent people were hanged by the accusation of witchcraft. The trials takes place in the late 17th century in Massachusetts, near Boston. During this time, the colonies are still in development of its infrastructure and vulnerable to Indian raids. Salem is a small community of puritans who left england in hope to ‘purify’ the church. The court is the supreme power in all of the provinces in the american continent and under a theocracy. A theocracy
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In the movie “The Crucible,” written by Arthur Miller, Puritanism is portrayed in many ways. The setting of the movie showed us when and where the events of the Salem Witch Trials. The costumes and buildings opened our eyes to how the Puritans ran their daily lives. Meanwhile, the characters and actors in the movie showed us how hard it was to be a pure Puritan and even they could stray from the path of what they believed was ‘good’. Puritanism, in the movie, was shown to us very clearly. The movie
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[histrinted on one of these. You where in fact a outcast. You not longer belonged anywhere. Your name would forever make you a monster in most eyes. Because even with no evedece how is anyone soposed to assume your not lying under oath. Moving on to the crucible and how it relates, abigal took advantage once she had admitted to being involved with the devil. She saw an opurtunity. She could now accuse the one person in her way of her true love, in which was john proctor. So she accused mrs proctor, of being
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on how to properly use them, and keeping guns from those that do not meet the proper psychological qualifications and have criminal records, the problem of gun violence will significantly decrease. This is very similar to the problem seen in The Crucible, the public hears of a few stories about a problem in their community and instead of finding a way to resolve the problem, they immediately want to liquidate the community of the “witches”. The truth often becomes obscured in the wake of gossip and
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English Persuasive “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it,” (Aung Sun Suu Kyi, 1990). Within in a governmental system that denies fundamental human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of incarceration, fear of suffering, fear of execution and fear of social isolation. However, the most underhanded form of fear can eliminate common sense or even wisdom, condemning
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brutal societies. One of these societies, Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, is described in the play, “The Crucible.” Written in the McCarthy era, this play highlights the injustices during the Red Scare in America. As history continues to unfold, more links can be drawn between the message of “The Crucible” and today’s discrimination. The allegorical qualities of Arthur Miller’s, “The Crucible,” relate strongly to McCarthyism, but still have relevant connections to
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Based on the text from our textbook, “The Crucible” seems to be a pretty accurate portrayal of the Salem witch trials. According to American History Volume I, “The most famous outbreak…was in Salem, Massachusetts, where adolescent girls began to exhibit strange behavior and leveled accusations of witchcraft against several West Indian servants steeped in voodoo lore. The hysteria they produced spread throughout the town, and before it was over hundreds of people (most of them women) were accused
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Throughout the play Abigail did some horrible things. Had sexual relations with John Proctor, accused innocent people for witchcraft, and when it came down to telling the truth, she stole money and ran. What isn’t really noticed in the play is how awful some of the other girls were. They too went along with Abigail acting horrible and accused innocent people of witchcraft, along with dabbling in the witchcraft themselves. In the beginning of the play the girls were dancing around a fire while Tituba
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difficult times. As Martin Luther states in his quote, faith seizes an individual’s life and allows them to see “clearly” with support in their beliefs. True faith is like water, it flows clearly through the world, but can be easily polluted. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a play that’s theme heavily revolves around and relies on faith. The fact that so many individuals, such as Abigail Williams, have their faith “polluted” and choose to lie and falsely accuse others of witchcraft shows
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