Storytelling ignites new ideas about the world around us The power of storytelling is observed through its potential to give insight to new perspectives and ideas to its readers. The novel ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller has effectively been used as a tool used to ignite new ideas by delving into the story of 17th century Salem. In the story, readers are introduced to antagonist Abigail and her methods of abusing power to get what she wants. Other key characters include John Proctor and his quest to maintain his reputation and seek justice, as well as Danforth and his desire to restore order and power.
The Crucible Act 1-4 Reading Response Journal 1.a. Speaker: The speaker is Arthur Miller, who was the author of the book, as well as a popular essayist and playwright during the 20th Century. 1.b. Audience: Miller is addressing the reader of the book 1.c. Context: At the time the quote was written, Salem had been established for forty years and was involved in trade amongst other nations.
-Un-uniqueness: AS seen in the book Fahrenheit 451 and The Crucible, the theme of un-uniqueness is very prevalent. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, everyone is the same, they all live in their "boxes", and they all do the same things, such as watch ridiculous amounts of television, follow government orders without question, and overall be anti-education. In the Crucible, the boxes represent a different aspect of civilization--religion. The "boxes" that everyone lives in is the Puritan church, which everyone blindly follows. No one except for John Proctor, who can be regarded as the Montag or The Crucible, stands up to the Puritan Church by trying to reveal the "witches' as a fluke.
The play 'The Crucible' is set in the doctrinal society of Salem; a community that appeared to be religious but is poisoned by the wickedness of human nature. Such a society thrives on social reputation whilst seating the greatest amount of hypocrisy, intolerance and repression of individualism within it. These malignant manifestations reduces Salem to chaos and every character undergoes personal crucibles wherein their true character is revealed. The theocratic society of Salem pressured it's citizens to adhere to social conformity, regardless of how ludicrous or catastrophic they were.
Act Ⅲ of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible illustrates that lies can quickly spiral out of control and hurt people even if that wasn’t the initial intention. Lying is generally the response of someone is looking for self protection or to protect someone else. Children often lie to their parents because they feel the need to protect themselves and telling the truth could be detrimental to their protection (Smiley 1). More often than not, lies spiral out of control because they become too complex, as the lie typically needs to be covered up from another lie, which needs to be covered up by an additional lie and so on. Miller portrays that lies frequently become too complex and cause damage to the liar and the people involved mainly through Abigail
Fear in The Crucible Fear plays an important role in the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. Fear motivated the accusers and accused in the play like Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Mary Warren. Abigail Williams was really scared in the beginning of the play because she was drinking blood in the woods well all the other girls watched and danced. Another one of her fear was getting convicted by the court so she kept lying to the court so she would not get in trouble.
The dynamic of a test including oneself is an apparent theme within The Crucible. Characters throughout the play show their inner turmoil in a prominent or a subtle way. On the other hand, another definition of a crucible is a bowl, which items placed within the bowl and are grounded up and purified. The interactions with the characters can mean that they are testing themselves in this life since they believe in the afterlife, and in the process are putting an effort to be pure to their Christian faith. A character that relates to this ideology is none other than John Proctor; at the beginning of the play, it is revealed that he had an affair with Abigail.
The word crucible means a “container for melting a purifying metals” and a “severe test.” The word has two very different meanings. Both meanings are appropriate because it clearly shows how the characters have to show their truest self in the play. Not only that
Throughout the town of Salem, Massachusetts fear has spread. It has affected everyone in the town and has brought nothing but chaos. The people of Salem are becoming more scared and determined to hunt down every witch they can find. In The Crucible, fear is appeared as a negative trait since it makes the people act differently during this period of time. Abigail showed fear when she said that Tituba was a witch and was performing witchcraft.
The Moral Growth of John and Friends The play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is aptly named; the characters are pushed to their emotional limit, and their morals as a whole are changed. However, some characters morals are more drastically affected than others. Reverend Parris is walking on thin ice in the town of Salem. Much of the congregation resents him for his greed and sermons filled with talk of fire and brimstone.
Dignity People often feel very strongly about a certain idea or belief. That belief may make up their personality and who they are. Without that idea, they may not exhibit their true identity. Some even go as far to die for that belief because without it they are not themselves.
Lying comes naturally because it keeps telling others the truth knowing the relationship between two people may suffer. In The Crucible written in 1953 by Arthur Miller, characters are prone to lie not just to themselves, but also to their own friends. The Salem Witch Trials prosecuted around eighty people to death for suspecting them befriending the devil. Miller shows the major consequence for lying results in death. Characters in The Crucible lie in hopes of saving themselves from mass hysteria and the possibility of death.
Araya 4th period Ms. Shively 9/25/15 The Crucible Essay In plays human emotions are often captured in a compelling way. Emotions can be affected by an environment but not always in a good way. In this play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, guilt is a powerful agent in effecting vulnerability in an individual by being manipulative, lying, and showing betrayal.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” - Franklin D Roosevelt. Fear plays a major role for the tragic ending of The Crucible by Arthur Miller, because fear is upon the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts, it leads to unanticipated accusations, power, and hatred. This feeling, has occurred in everyone’s life at some point, which is more overpowering than some might think. Once hysteria arose about the girls dancing in the woods, due to all the fear it leads to unanticipated accusations, being a slave, Tituba was accused by Abigail to avoid any punishment.
In salem the accused were communist and the accusers are McCarthyists. So john proctor the hero of Arthur Miller’s story is the equivalent of a suspected communist and at the time was a cold war. The crucible was a tragedy because almost the whole town was accused of being a witch or having dolls in their homes which made then think they were doing something with the dolls to harm someone else. The children were often accused if you were related to the person being accused then you were tried as a witch. The kids that were hanged didn’t really understand why the were being hung because they do anything wrong.
