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Salem Witch Trials World War Ii
1,901 wordsIn The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials, though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually unkown senator by the name of Joseph McCarthy was propelled into infamy when while at a speaking engagement at thee Republican Womens Club of Wheeling, West Virginia he charged 205 persons in the U. S. State Department of being...
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Salem Witch Trials Tragic Hero
449 wordsThe The Historic happenings of the Salem Witch Trials are told in the story of the Crucible. In the Crucible, the main character is John Proctor. John Proctor is a tragic hero who is a great man but has one single flaw, pride, which will lead to his destruction. John Proctor is considered the to be a great man in Salem. He owns a good piece of land and farms it very well. He is a devoted husband and loving father of three. There are groups and factions that are present in Salem where John has st...
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Salem Witch Trials Goody Proctor
667 wordsArthur Miller was one of many people brought in front of a congressional committee during the McCarthy Trials of the 1950 s. The Red hunt for Communists that was taking place in Washington, D. C. brought parallels to the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600 s. The Salem Witch Trials, which were depicted by Arthur Miller in his play The Crucible, sought the people of Salem, Massachusetts who were affiliated with the Devil. One of the characters from the play, a young girl named Abigail Williams, p...
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Didn Acute T Black And White
1,579 wordsI agree that Arthur Miller engaged the audience to a large extent, and he also manages to get across a historical story at the same time and prove a point. I believe that through extensive character detail he has made it possible for us to understand exactly how the different characters are feeling, and why they behave the way they do. Miller also plays on our emotions by amplifying our own faults through the characters, as in the case of Abigail using the whole situation to her advantage, and b...
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Salem Witch Trials Reverend Hale
1,866 wordsBack in the 1950 s, when insecurity permeated the air, and people were ruled by fear, Arthur Miller wrote a play, which defined the line between insecurity and fear. The Crucible was a remade story of the carnal Salem Witch trials, in which many innocent victims lost their lives. Through this play Miller is trying to convey the message that death is not in our possession; we are not messengers of God. Only God decrees those who are to die, because God is in heaven and we are on Earth and we cann...
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