Reflection On The Crucible

Thesis Statement: Arthur Miller conveys of the theme of jealousy by how it can ruin lives by abigail was jealous of elizabeth proctor Also John Putnam is moved by jealousy by he is jealous of others people's property.

The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of the Salem witch trials. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses revenge as the main theme throughout the playwright. Revenge is the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to someone else. Revenge is shown throughout the characters actions in the play. Witch craft is used to represent revenge. If someone didn't like another, they could accuse that person of witch craft and inflict harm on him or her. Many characters in the play are motivated by their desire to seek revenge. During the course of the play, revenge motivates the characters and has a huge significance in the play.

The Crucible is a complex and intriguing novel with events, characters and themes comparable to almost every period of human history. It is common for humans to fear change and what is unknown, in the play The Crucible this is witchcraft and the devil, in more recent times it can be seen in post World War Two and Cold War United States, through McCarthyism. The themes in the crucible are as important to people in the 21st century as in Salem in 1692. These include justice, reputation, hysteria, intolerance and empowerment. All of these are common themes throughout human history. The characters in The Crucible are also important to people of the 21st century as they can teach us a little bit about people around us and their reactions when

The play The Crucible is a very intense book to read with many scenes that would make a person jump and feel anger towards many characters in the book. The mood or the mind set in the play progresses throughout the play from something as simple as girls playing and dancing in the woods to people being accused and getting hanged for things they never did. Why would a person charge someone else with something they never did a person would ask? People were scared for their own lives. People wanted to live and others knew if they didn’t confess they would hang for what they never did.

The play The Crucible, was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. It is a story he wrote after his own experience being accused of communism. This affected a lot of well-known people in the United States during this time, and was considered a witch hunt similar to the Salem witch hunts. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible about a man, John Proctor, who has an affair with Abigail Williams. She catches feelings for him and tries to cast a spell on John Proctor’s wife to kill her; this gets out of hand when Abigail’s uncle catches her and some other girls dancing during the spell in the woods. Suddenly, the whole town is living in fear of who is practicing witchcraft, who could be a witch, and innocent people are killed if they don’t confess to being witches. Overall, mass fear and panic, and false accusations are seen over and over throughout the play.

The Crucible presents itself as one of the most controversial books of all time, seeing as its written by a man who got not just accused of communism, but asked by the FBI to change one of his screenplays because he got wrapped up the ‘witch hunt’ of his time. This books written not only to convey the messages and important lesson from the Salem Trials, but to also draw parallels to the modern events in the lives of the audience. Arthur Miller came up with the richly significant name of his book by sampling bits from linguistic, scientific, and biblical definitions of the word “crucible.”

The Crucible was a movie adaptation of a play written by Arthur Miller. In the movie, Abigail accuses everyone, including her ex-love John Proctor and his wife, as having seen the devil in order to regain the love of John. The movie was set in Salem in order to depict the Salem witch trials, which showed similarities with the modern American society’s anxiety over communism when the play was written. If Miller chose a different setting of the play instead of Salem, the satiric message of being too agitated with a threat like communism would not have communicated well.

Proctor. For the first and only time in the play we see Abigail as her

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, he examines in depth the way people respond to intense trials, like the title suggests, and specifically trials of morality and righteousness. Each character undergoes great tribulations, and they don’t all handle it the same way, but the one thing that affects most if not all of their actions, and in turn the story, is pride, and the negative effect it has. It is not only the driving force behind many actions, but also a large part of why the story is so tragic. We see it influence John Proctor to abandon his family, farm, and friends in the town, so he can die with pride in his honesty, and we see multiple men of authority make judgements that murder innocent

The Crucible book written by Arthur Miller  based on a real life story that happened in 1692 to 1693 In Salem Massachusetts was based on lies and injustice, genre is play, The author's purpose is to inform the audience about what happened during the witch trials .  The Salem Village was full Puritans and they was very strict based on church rules. People that missed church regularly will be justified as a witch or malignant and will be put to shame on a stockade. People that break the rules of the strict religious town will hang or live if such person decides to confess, If they confess the accused person will still be imprisoned and not killed. Also if you was accused of practicing witchcraft you will be accused by the people and go

In the short play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller act 3 takes place in the vestry room of Salem meeting court house, which is right outside the courtroom. The audience hears Judge Hathorne questioning Martha Corey He asks her a series of leading questions in an attempt to get her to confess her having a part of witchcraft. Martha Corey’s husband Giles walks into the courtroom pleading his wife innocent. Danforth asks John Proctor if he is trying to undermine the courtroom, when all he wants to do is to free his wife. Danforth proceeds to question John about his his christian belief. Proctor and his family rarely goes to church about once a month. Danforth and Hawthorne both has claims that his wife Elizabeth is pregnant. “ Mister Proctor… this

The Crucible takes place in Old New England during the time when Puritans were the dominant culture. The movie is based around incidents that sparked the Salem witch trials. In 1692 a woman by the name of Abigail Williams, the niece of the esteemed Reverend Parris, and a group of her friends where playing in the forest with an African American Slave named Tituba in Salem, Massachutes. They were caught with the slave and questioned. Unfortunately, when they were caught one of the girls, Betty, fainted; betty was the daughter of Reverend Parris. While people in the town are wondering what happened to Betty Abigail is pulled aside by a man named John Proctor. Abigail and John had an affair when Abigail worked for him as a servant. When Johns

In examining the crucibles that I was a challenge with as a person are various obstacles that occurred in my workplace. While employed as an office assist with a sewing company I was faced with work overload and tedious project. These barriers caused a lack of motivation, frustration and a feeling of becoming engulf with not being able to complete my assignment.

There’s a handful of plays that you just can’t go through life without watching. The soul-shattering immortal plays that lose no impact or resonance as time goes on. For Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the emotional connection to present day is arguably stronger than at the time of production; transforming it from a historical tragedy to a contemporary morality play.

The play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is based on the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in 1692. The Salem Witch Trials showed a lot of betrayal within families and friends that drove them apart due to accusing each other of witchcraft. The Salem Witch Trials can be compared to modern day society due to several sexual assault allegations that are being brought up so suddenly without a warning. In Modern day society, many people have been accused of rape and sexual assault. This all occurs in the business industry like acting, modeling, singing and even the ‘president’. Many directors, agents even parents are being accused of these things so suddenly and many strong women are coming out so suddenly.