An event that relates to The Crucible is the modern day event of the attacks of Isis and the accusations of Isis members. Similar like in The Crucible, Isis is spread around all over the country & is happening daily. In the book there are millions of people accused of witchcraft a day, such as Isis and the accused people of certain races, ethnicities, background, etc. People that were convicted of witchcraft were most likely not witches, but in the eyes of the townspeople they were. This could have been due to something strange that would happen right when they walk by or what background they come from. So, in the book Reverend Parris was never accused this could of been because of his religious background that nobody would skip to accusing
The play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is about the Salem witch trials of 1692 witch resulted in the death of nineteen innocent people. The plot begins in a small Puritan community in Salem, Massachusetts when Abigail Williams and several other young girls were caught in the woods dancing around a fire by her uncle Reverend Parris. His appearance shocked some of the girls into silence. The strange behavior of the girls resulted in many of the townspeople to turn to witchcraft as the cause of their behavior.
The two subjects that i will be comparing today are “The Crucibles” and “The Dying Girl That No One Helped”. Both of the stories are similar in many different ways but also have many differences. “The Crucibles” is about a town named salem where the town minister found a group of girls practicing witchcraft including his niece Abigail. Abigail and the group of girls started accusing everybody of practicing witchcraft to deflect blame from themselves. Reverend Proctor being the one accusing the girls of witchcraft, would be questioned for having witchcraft at his own home.
Reverend Parris is a man in his 40’s that is a minister of the town, and lives with his daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail, in Salem, Massachusetts. He finds Abigail and Betty in the woods dancing around a fire with Tituba, and practicing what he thinks is witchcraft. As he finds them dancing around the fire and practicing what he thinks is witchcraft, because of his reputation of being the minister of the town, he hopes that no one will find out about what he has seen and potentially ruin his reputation. Throughout The Crucible by Arthur Miller Parris goes through ups and downs with the town and the townspeople. “Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character” (Miller 1263).
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, QUOTE FROM THE CRUCIBLE. ISIS has been a terror all over the world recently. The terrorist organization has caused a big disruption, and a feeling of uneasiness to thousands of people. Over three hundred years ago the Salem witchcraft trials took place. Despite the time gap, ISIS and the Salem witchcraft trials have striking similarities.
In The Crucible, a lot of characters were not judged fairly. Most of them were jailed or killed and it provided little proof of witchcraft. One character for example was Rebecca Nurse. Rebecca was first brought to trial when her name was brought up into court and so she was brought in to determine if she was capable of witchcraft or not. During the trial, Mary Warren pretended that Rebecca has summoned her soul to choke her.
Due to paranoia, the once quiet town of Salem, Massachusetts has erupted with accusations, rumors, revenge, and in the end, death. The one thing that makes or breaks these characters is reputation. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, goes back to the year 1692 when witchcraft took over Salem. Neighbors are now seen as enemies and no one can be trusted. Over 15 people died in this true, American event because of false, witchcraft accusations.
The Crucible The horrible acts of the Salem witch trials were a product of ignorance negligence. The town was filled with corrupt people that had personal vendettas against each other, creating tension in the town. To make matters worse, the prospect of witches was introduced to the town. This increased tension between people as more and more people were accused of witchcraft for sending out their “spirits” against the so-called “victim.” The ignorance of the people led to the “landblasting” of many innocent people that were accused as witches.
In The Crucible when everyone found out that someone was being accused of Witchcraft they all became scared for their lives. The same thing that happened in the United States during McCarthyism when someone was accused of being a Communist everyone became scared of that person. During The Crucible Thomas Putnam accuses Beatty Parris of Witchcraft with no evidence that she had anything to do with witchcraft. In McCarthyism McCarthy blamed people being Communists when he had no proof they were Communists. In The Crucible if you did not confess to being a witch or associating with the devil you were hanged just like John Proctor was when he did not confess to seeing the devil.
“The Crucible” is a fiction story that took place in a small town called Salem in the state of Massachusetts in 1692 during the spring time. The plot of this story is about a group of girls who went into the forest led by a black slave named Tituba. They were all dancing in the forest until Reverend Parris caught them dancing in the forest and even saw one of the girl naked. Parris’s daughter Betty who was there in the forest falls into a coma-like state when Reverend Parris caught them. Reverend Parris only noticed his daughter was sick the next day and accused Abigail William, who is Reverend Parris’s niece, of witchery and caused his daughter to go into a coma-like state.
In the first act of the play the Crucible, by Arthur Millar, a few girls are caught dancing in the forest and accused of witchcraft. To save themselves and their reputations the girls, along with other citizens in the town of Salem, start to point their fingers and put the blame on other people. Abigail’s, Reverend Parris’, and Mrs. Putnum’s various accusations all come from their selfish motives. The most subterranean motivation of Abigail is the “love” she has for John Proctor.
When people are placed under an intense feeling of fear, they begin to commit actions they never thought they were capable over. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a young group of girls commit witchcraft which eventually leads to the arrest of over 100 women. This is similar to a time in the 1950s when Joseph McCarthy accuses government officials of communism and that ultimately leads to hundreds of citizens losing their jobs. The Crucible reveals the similarities between The Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s and McCarthyism of the 1950s because it demonstrates how a society can be tremendously impacted by the feeling the fear.
In 1692 hundreds of people were sitting in jail for being witches, but none of them were really witches. An author named Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible based of the true events of the Salem witch trials. In the play some girls get in trouble for dancing in the woods. They claim the witches were making them do these bad things. The girls accused a lot of people and got a lot of people of hang for being witches.
In the crucible by Arthur miller, took place in a small town named Salem Massachusetts, late 1600s. A massive amount of people were accused and found guilty in the court of law, what was their crime? Witchery. In the crucible the book had three themes listening to false accusations, greed and vengeance.
The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. It takes place during the Salem witch trials. Salem is an isolated town in the Boston area that is set up perfectly for witchcraft accusations. Abigail is being accused of witchcraft and she is a manipulative girl. Abigail has been accused of committing witchcraft in the woods and she plans to bring other people down with her.
The crucible is a play based on a historical event that happened approximately 3 centuries ago. This plays talks about a small village (Salem) in Massachusetts that confronted a horrible event, witchcraft. Hysteria invaded people´s mind causing chaos around the village; their Puritan beliefs obligated them to do horrible things even if they did not wanted. Many people were condemned to prison, while others were hanged; the only way to save their souls was to confess their acts. Trials were made to many people that “supposedly” committed witchcraft; but, these trials were unfair.