Category: The Crucible

John is a flawed man. How, in spite of this, does Arthur Miller develop his character so that we admire him more and more as the play progresses? ‘The crucible’, by Arthur Miller, is a play that clearly shows many human struggles. Many of these come about as a result . . . Read more

After reading Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible it has become evident that the three people most to blame for the hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Tituba, Abigail Williams, and Danforth. Each of these people, in some way, caused harm to blameless people. This essay will explain . . . Read more

Arthur Miller was inspired to write The Crucible because of what happened in America in the 1950s. Suspicion of witchcraft and an association with the Devil had arisen in the 1600s in Salem, Massachusetts. The allegations and apprehension is comparable with the period of McCarthyism in the United States of . . . Read more

‘The Crucible’ is a play, written in America during the 1950s, by Arthur Miller. It is based on the true events that happened in the American town of Salem in the 1600s. Many women and some men were arrested, trialled and imprisoned for alleged witchcraft. Twenty were hanged. However, it . . . Read more

A paradox is something that appears to be one way but is the opposite way. Authors often use paradoxes in their works to make them more interesting. In the play The Crucible Arthur Miller presents the audience with a paradox in so much as the character of Reverend Hale, who . . . Read more

Guilt and remorse are two prevalent forces that haunt the characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. People throughout that play change significantly as a result of the deaths of many key figures. Remorse comes about within the hearts of many characters in the play and has a drastic impact on . . . Read more

Many times it has been said that if people learn to form their mistakes they are doomed to repeat them. Such is the case throughout history. There are many different examples of this, but one example is the blatant similarities between the witch hunts in Salem Massachusetts and the era . . . Read more