The Crucible showed how gullible people were to believe in something that was being made up by some children. Reading about how people were lead by children and what they were saying just makes the human race look even more pathetic. People were put on trial and even sentenced to death by the children of Salem and their crazy accusations. Over the years accusations related to what happened in The Crucible happened all throughout history. False accusations were made during the time of the Red Scare and they are still happening now in 2016. The time during the Red Scare is very well related to what happened in “The Crucible”. The U.S. government thought that there was government officials who supported the Reds and were giving U.S. secrets …show more content…
In 2013 a man named Russell Rico stole $50 dollars worth of items from walmart. The police officer Sgt Jason Blackwelder, responded and chased Rios on foot to a wooded area. Blackwelder left the woods, Rios did not. Once Sgt. Jason caught Rios and got into a struggle. Rios got onto Sgt. Jason and started to choke him out, Sgt. Jason started to become unconscious so Sgt. Jason fired his weapon and killed Rios. Sgt. Jason claimed self defense but the jury and judge did not believe Sgt. Jason and they decided that Sgt. Jason was not telling the truth and sentenced to jail. People that throw police officers in jail for a crime that they did not commit is wrong. Our group wanted to show that police officers are being put in jail for doing their job that they were trained to do. Looking at how police officers are being wrongfully accused of something that they did not do. Reading about how a police officer got thrown in jail for a crime that he/she did not commit connects to the The Crucible in many ways. The police are the witches in Salem and the suspect, judge, and jury are the accusers. People just let all of this slip by when the real criminal gets off scot free and lives a free life not behind
In the Crucible, people died because they were accused of witchcraft. They were accused because people thought they were bewitches. People thought the girls were bewitched because Rev.Parris saw the girls in the woods dancing around a fire. A chicken head was cut off and Abigail drinks the blood of the chicken. Society in the Crucible was that the Puritans believed everyone should share the same values and beliefs. So, if anyone
After reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and hearing the various approaches to the story by my peers. I decided the best way to explain my perspective analysis of the book through an article of my own creation. This was the best way to show my ideas because our society isn't currently based on how well students learn, but by how we show it through a production of it. Society refuses to change in a lot of ways, writing essays being an example, but in certain ways it does change. My choice example is how we diagnose mental disorders in the now.
The Crucible is an incredibly influential play no only in the fact that it displays many important themes, but it also portrays how a theocracy impacts societal actions. The Salem witch trials were the culmination of the problems with theocracy. The actions of society, not only are impacted by their personal thoughts, but also in religious undertones affect them. Act two in the play portrays not only all of these themes, but also some important events leading towards the witchcraft hysteria. Act two in the play portrays how theocracy ultimately leads to chaos.
The Crucible: Hysteria and Injustice Thesis Statement: The purpose is to educate and display to the reader the hysteria and injustice that can come from a group of people that thinks it's doing the "right" thing for society in relation to The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I. Introduction: The play is based on the real life witch hunts that occurred in the late 1600's in Salem, Massachusetts. It shows the people's fear of what they felt was the Devil's work and shows how a small group of powerful people wrongly accused and killed many people out of this fear and ignorance.
The Crucible showed me the lengths a person will go to get what they want and there willingness to do anything. Abigail wanted one thing that was to replace John Proctor's wife's. She tried to kill his wife with chants in the
Briefly, The Crucible looks at some the actual historical events of the Salem witch trials. It was witchcraft that the story was set around, and it threatened the purity of the Salem community. As a result, frenzy was established, with characters accusing others of witchery.
Many characters in The Crucible fall under the trap of lying, if not to other people, then to themselves. The Crucible is a fictional retelling of events in history, surrounding the Salem witch trials. It takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692 and 1693. Additionally, Miller wrote the play as an allegory to mccarthyism, which is the practice of making accusations without evidence. In the play, Arthur Miller develops the theme of lies and deceit by showing Abigail lying for her own benefit, John Proctor committing adultery, and Elizabeth lying to protect her husband.
“Abigail, it may be that your cousin is dying Did you call the devil last night? I never called him! Tituba, Tituba …. She made me do it! he made Betty do it!” (Miller, 2007, p. 1283-1284). This girl named Abigail Williams was the accuser of the town for witches. If you were accused of being a witch it was very difficult to prove that you weren’t a witch. You had two choices if you were found guilty of being a witch you could either confess that you were a witch or, you would die if you didn’t confess. twenty five people died from this. The accusers were a bunch of little girls that used unseeable evidence on people that were innocent and the magistrates believed it. If you confessed that you were a witch you would go to prison and more than a one hundred plus people went to jail. The only people that were safe were Pastors because they could not be possessed and pregnant women because you couldn't kill the child inside of the woman. The Crucible and The Red Scare have many similarities but they also had many
In the story The Crucible, the plot and structure add meaning to the play. Arthur Miller does this by connecting the events of the Red Scare to the Salem Witch Trials. He does this by making the comparisons of how easily it is to trust false things, jump to conclusions too quickly, and believe irrational fears.
In The Crucible, the mass hysteria surrounding the witch trials caused paranoia amongst the people of Salem. Miller uses the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 as a symbol and allegory of the fear surrounding the spread of communism during the 1950s in America. The community’s sense of justice was blinded by the mass hysteria and for some, a desire for vengeance and personal gain. The Putnams
Many people look back on the events of the Salem witch trials and laugh at the absurdity of the allegations. It seems crazy that society could be fooled into believing in things like witches and deal with the events in such an extreme manner. It is a common belief that witch hunts are things of the past. Many people would agree that they no longer exist today; however Arthur Miller, author of the play, "The Crucible", points out that society has not come very far from the days of the Salem witch trials. In his play, he used the Salem witch trials to represent the McCarthy Era because he saw that the nation was facing the same events that Salem went through back in the late 1600's. Arthur Miller wrote "The Crucible" in an attempt to create moral awareness for society. He did so by making a few small changes to the history and creating parallels in the play with racism, human tendencies, and H.U.A.C.
The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller. Initially, it was known as The Chronicles of Sarah Good. The Crucible was set in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. It talks of McCarthyism that happened in the late 1600’s whereby the general public and people like Arthur Miller were tried and persecuted. The Crucible exemplifies persecutions during the Salem Witch Trials. The people were convicted and hung without any tangible proof of committing any crime. Persecutions were the order of the day. When a finger was pointed at any individual as a witch, the Deputy Governor Danforth never looked for evidence against them or evidence that incriminated them; he ordered them to be hanged. This can be seen through his words “Hang them high over the town! Who weeps for those, weeps for corruption!” (1273), the people were persecuted aimlessly. The four main characters in the play, John Proctor, Abigail Adams, Reverend Hale and Reverend Parris, are caught in the middle of the witchcraft panic in the religious Salem, Massachusetts in late 1690’s. Persecution is the most important theme in the Crucible, the leaders and citizens of Salem attacks and persecutes one of their own without any tangible evidence against them.
Great events, whether they are beneficial or tragic ones, bring change in a person. These scenarios can give one an entirely new perspective on life, and turn around his way of thinking. Events such as the Salem Witch Trials show the people involved what they could not see before. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor gain valuable insight into themselves, as well as others.
The Crucible is a famous play written by Arthur Miller in the Early 1950’s. It was written during the “Red scare, when McCarthyism was established. Many anti-communists wanted to prevent communism from spreading just like in The Crucible many wanted to get rid of witchcraft. Many would accuse others of witchcraft in order to not be accused just like many would accuse people of communism. In The Crucible witchcraft would be punishable by death. Many were scared to be accused; therefore many would admit practicing witchcraft in order to save their lives. The Crucible is considered a good play because it is based on real life events during the Salem witch Trials and shows how fear played a role in the individual’s life just like during the “Red” scare.
In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, young women claim to be bewitched by certain people in their community. As each person is accused, they falsely assign the blame to someone else to escape punishment. It was written during the time of the McCarthy Trials and Miller draws upon their similarities to portray his message about the trials. In Miller’s play The Crucible, respected individuals were silenced, due to the accusations of children about witchcraft. Miller utilizes the reversed roles to highlight the absurdity of both trials and encourage those who participated in it to acknowledge the fear based corruption.