The Crucible\'s plot revolves around a group of young girls in seventeenth-century Puritan Salem. The conflict in the story arises when this gaggle of girls, after being caught dancing in the woods, fecklessly accused countless innocent people in the village of Salem of being witches. To make The Cr...

The word \"crucible\" has multiple meanings, including trial, ordeal, and test. Crucibles are pots or vessels made of a refractory substance, such as graphite or porcelain, to melt and purify metals at high temperatures. Arthur Miller chose to title his play \"The Crucible\" because most of the them...

The Crucible The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change of development ,it is fixated on the Salem witch trials. Although the witch trials is the main aspect of the play , other topics should be looked u...

Many movies that represent a certain piece of literature may alter one's view on the original piece or it may not. In the movie, The Crucible, many characters had several differences when compared to the novel. However, throughout the whole film, they remained quite similar in many ways. In ...

A crucible, as defined by the Merriam-Webester Concise Electronic Dictionary, is "the state or fact of being tested (as by suffering)", which attests to what Elizabeth Proctor is going through exactly. Elizabeth has quite a crucible to struggle through. The infidelity of her husband is a...

The Crucible When reading The Crucible written by Arthur Miller it really amazed me that the people in the play were so cold and ready to do what ever it took to get back at one another. The play starts out very innocent a bunch of girls dancing in the woods. Abigail who is the niece of Paris a mini...

Crucible Judging a person by their appearance could be devastatingly disappointing. In the Crucible we see girls that appear to be typical teenagers. These girls say they're good, dress like all the others, and even go to church; however, judging from their looks no one would ever...

The Crucible- John Proctor, Code HeroIn the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, we have a main character of the play, John Proctor. John Proctor is the average Puritan farmer that happens to live in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials. At this time many people are being acc...

The Crucible A crucible is a "severe test or trial." In this story written by Arthur Miller, each character is faced with a test. This test is the test of honesty. Many of these characters did not pass this test. Abigail Williams, a young girl, probably failed worse than anyone else...

The historic happenings of the Salem Witch Trials are told in the story of the Crucible. In the Crucible, the main character is John Proctor. John Proctor is a tragic hero who is a great man but has one single flaw, pride, which will lead to his destruction. John Proctor is considered the to be a...

Do Not Pay for More Than You ReceiveMartin Luther King Jr. once stated, "Freedom has always been an expensive thing." This statement has been a fact of the world before money was invented. In "The Crucible", by Arthur Miller, it is shown that one thing in the world that is definitely worth fighti...

Arthur Miller wrote "The crucible" in 1953 in the middle of the McCarthy political 'witch hunt' in America. "McCarthyism" was a period of paranoia in the US in the1950's where politicians, public officials and people in the music industry were persecuted for supposedly being communists (enemies of t...

The Crucible Many of the characters in The Crucible become changed by the end of the play. Three of the characters who change a lot are John Proctor, Reverend Hale, and Mary Warren. It is shown that John Proctor changes in his willingness to have anything to do with the witch hunt and his m...

Throughout Arthur Miller's The Crucible many innocent people are executed, not because of their wrongdoings, but because of the village's mass hysteria involving witchcraft. The fear that the devil is among Salem, Massachusetts causes the village authorities to wrongly accuse and...

In literature as in life people often suffer severe tests of character. Sometimes they must defend their beliefs in the face of great opposition. In the drama The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, two characters showed this quality. John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse both suffered severe tests of character...

Can a person's opinion equal their fate? 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...

The title of Arthur Miller\'s play The Crucible is significant both literally and symbolically. The Crucible explores the vulnerability of society and the difficulty of doing good in the presence of evil. Miller\'s characters endure great social pressures at both the social and personal level. Webst...

It is true that Arthur Miller's play and Nicholas Hytner's, 'The Crucible' makes truth claims and invite their audience to view the Salem Witch trails in a certain way. Both directors use deliberate manipulation to ensure that the audience perceived the Salem Witch Trails in a ...

The play 'The Crucible' targets the audience to look deeper into the manipulation of people's opinions resulting from one individual's accusations. In this play The Crucible; the values of truth, honesty, respect and integrity are seen as most important. Yet the authority figure...

Crucible Essay Hundreds of years ago, there was a reverend named Samuel Parris. He had one daughter named Betty, and a niece named Abigail. Since Salem was a theocracy at the time, Rev. Parris was the head of the church and town. But due to his actions and lack of authority, many people wer...

Usama AhmedEnglish III IBMr. KlongerboJan. 11, 2004The Crucible: Power-PlayLike life, humans are always evolving. They are continuously changing and often experience two different ends of a spectrum. The characters in the crucible are much the same way. At different moments of the play they are op...

The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is set in a society in which the church and state combine as one. The Protestantism (Puritanism) is a form of strict religion including an individuals sin as a public concern. It is said by Danforth (deputy governor) during Act 3, \"A person is either with this...

In the play The Crucible, many characters evolve and change due to the events that occur throughout the text, and in doing so convey certain themes in the process. One of the most dynamic and diverse characters in The Crucible is John Proctor. As John changes, he begins to respect himself and become...

A Major Theme of The Crucible According to the Webster's Dictionary, a crucible is "a vessel in which metal is heated to a high temperature and melted for the purposes of casting". It can also be referred to a situation in which a person has to make a decision that can be criti...

"It's funny how all living organisms are alike. When the chips are down, when the pressure's on, every creature on the face of the earth is interested in one thing and one thing only. Its own survival." These words, spoken by Dr. Iris Henimen to John Anderton in the film, Minority Repor...