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Many english teachers and theater directors around the world know of the play named The Crucible. Written by Arthur Miller in 1952, The Crucible is set in Salem in the year 1692-93. The play tells the story of a town that descends into madness as scores of its members are charged with the hanging offense of…

American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job in doing so, but with such different pieces of…

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, John Proctor’s stand in a society where opinion drove fate created ignominy towards him and his beliefs. First he hid his horrible sin inside, fearing the consequences. When he finally did, he was placed in a tangled labyrinth of feelings as to what his next action should have been. Lastly,…

The Crucible The Crucible The trumped-up witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, deteriorated the rational, and emotional stability of its citizens. This exploited the populations weakest qualities, and insecurities. The obvious breakdown in Salems social order led to the tragedy which saw twenty innocent people hung on the accusation of witchcraft. Arthur Miller, author of The…

TOPIC SENTENCE – The majority of people that are accused of witchery in “The Crucible”, are women. EVIDENCE – EXAMPLE – Elizabeth Proctor is a mother and wife. She is accused of witchcraft, throughout Act Two, and is sentenced to be hanged. However, when it is found out that Elizabeth is pregnant, she is given…

The crucible play and movie share many similarities and differences.The comparisons vary from little things such as changes in the plot to big things such as adding characters.There are even differences and similarities in the dialogue.Either way all of these similarities and differences add to the effectiveness of the central message of the crucible. The…

The Crucible The Evolution of a Truth Seeker A crucible is a severe test as of patients or belief, a trial. The play The Crucible is a journey through the trials of many townspeople caused by the superstitious belief of witchcraft. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller progresses and evolves the outlooks and views of the…

The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller and, in the Northern production, directed by Deborah Barton-Moore. The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, where suspicions of witchcraft were floating around the town air. The play opens with Betty Parris sick in bed, and Reverend Parris tending to her, and wondering what made her so…

Play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a story that contains many struggles. These struggles come about as a result of the strict Puritan society in which the story takes place. There are two main struggles in the book. The first never actually takes place in the story, but is described many times throughout the…

The Crucible Lauren Seaman 9/25/00 Period E The Truth Comes Out In the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, Americans face pressure to conform in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The witch trials bring about the hidden truths about the citizens of Salem, and in fact are not really about witchcraft. Everyone…