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…Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" is a play based on the Salem witch trials of the 1600's. The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. The Puritan colony in which the story takes place is split into two main groups- Salem Village and Salem…

…THE CRUCIBLE From the beginning of time until now deceptive individuals will conduct in such a matter that their fears and suspicions will take advantage of their actions causing them to behave in an immoral and irrational manner. In Arthur Miller…

…The Crucible- John Proctor, Code Hero In 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…

…The Communist “witch hunts” of the 1950s prompted Arthur Miller to write about the mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials in his play, The Crucible. Miller captured the paranoia and hatred of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials and made a controversial…

…The Crucible Written by Arthur Miller Character Sketch It was with ardent horror that the prehistoric man first witnessed a solar eclipse---the sun swallowed by the predator moon until all light ceased and darkness fell on to the land. We…

…TOPIC : A - The Crucible was written in the early 1950s as an exploration of events which took place in Massachusetts in 1692. What does the play have to offer an audience in Perth, Western Australia in 1996? The Crucible is a play which brings…

…Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, is based upon actual events in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The Crucible highlights the tendency in America to witch-hunt and how some people used this leverage to gain power for them without telling the truth…

…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 Salem’s social…

…The Crucible Today, Salem, Massachusetts, is a prospering community, yet, only about 300 years ago, it was plagued by death from the notion of witchcraft. Known as the Salem Witch Trials, many people were falsely blamed by others because their death…

…“The Crucible” In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts, the superstition of witches existed in a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted out of the ordinary was accused of being a witch and then the accused would actually be forgiven…