The CrucibleFinally I am now able to write freely without any fear of conviction, I wrote The Crucible, in the context of the historical Salem Witch Trials, which shows many innocent people being accused indiscriminately of crimes and sins they did not commit. Throughout history, society has been bl...

The Struggle of John ProctorAt the beginning of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, John Proctor, one of the main characters, is perceived by the reader to be a man of little integrity or conviction. Ironically, the play ends with this man being taken away to be hung because he refuses...

20th Century Drama How Does Arthur Miller Create Tension Throughout Act 3 of The Crucible? The Crucible is set in Salem in 1962. During this time Christ was strongly believed in and played a great part in people's lives. Witchcraft was also a major issue and people were afraid of this. If ...

The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a suspenseful and thought-provoking drama, concerned with a theme of rising over adversity to stand for truth and righteousness. Set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the 17th Century, the play reiterates the story of mass hysteria, which was experienced dur...

The play, 'The Crucible', illustrates how people react to mass hysteria created by a person or group of people, as people did during the Salem witch hunts of 1962.Many innocent life's were taken because someone had started to point fingers at people based on the fact that they didn't like them....

There are many techniques used to present ideas in drama and many of them are seen in Miller's contemporarily written 'The Crucible' and the older 'Macbeth' by Shakespeare. Despite the difference, many techniques are the same although the ideas may differ. Out of the many ...

A Journey Though the "Golden Gates" of PromiseGreat controversy exists over the true promises of the "Golden Gates" in the United States. Discrimination occurs with different ethnic groups, but for those immigrants permitted into the country, the opportunities are excellent. The laws and practices...

THE EVIDENCEWHEN the first performance of Hamlet ended, a column of people streamed into Maiden Lane and then dispersed, radially through the fields and thoroughfares of Southwark, eastward to London Bridge, northward along Horseshoe Alley to the fleet of wherries waiting on the Thames. A litter of ...

IntroductionWhat makes a leader great? What are the components of successful C-level leadership? Are there really leadership styles or methods that are recognized as being the most successful, and if so, can they be taught or emulated? In attempting to answer the above questions, it may prove use...

AbstractJohn Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland in (1945). He is a novelist of ambition who cherished all works of literature of high imagination as well as craft and experimentation. He turned to literature itself as a source of imagination and aspiration for his fiction.Banville's novels offer ...