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- 1. Why Is The Play Called The Cru
cible? Webster and his book the dictionary defines a ‘crucible’ as, “A container in which metals are heated, involving a change. A severe test or trial.” Author Miller in his play, uses the title ’The Crucible’ as an analogy for the situation. The actual container- the crucible, is the town of Salem Massachusett
2. The Crucible And Similarities To The McCarthy Era
Many times history tends to repeat itself. During the late 1600s witch hunts occurred in Massachusetts; over two hundred years later a similar witch hunt occurred in the search for communists during the McCarthy era. The playwright Arthur Miller made connections between these two events, which seem entirely unrelated. He showed that they were ac
3. Crucible 11
The Crucible is a great play about the Salem Witch trials which history has never forgotten. What is a crucible? The dictionary has defined it as a severely difficult test or experience, and indeed the play does have a difficult test in the plot of its story. The author, Arthur Miller chose a great name for his play. It is mainly called The Crucib
4. The Crucible 3
The witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the early sixteen hundreds was a time of uneasiness and suspicion. Anyone could easily turn in his or her neighbor on the ground of witchcraft. Someone could merely say their neighbor's spirit had attacked them during the night, which no man can prove. Nevertheless, as a God-fearing community, they
5. The Crucible And The Mccarthy
Era Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, depicts the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 but is analogous to the McCarthy trials of the 1950s. In both situations, widespread hysteria occurs, stemming from existing fears of the people of that particular era. The Salem witchhunt trials parallel the McCarthy era in three major aspects: unfounded accusation