In this essay, I am going to analyse The Crucible by playwright Arthur Miller from a Marxist perspective and the ideological state apparatus (ISA). Moreover, I will discuss how the play could be staged and the costumes characters would wear and why. The Crucible was written as an allegory to make a point about the...
The Crucible is a play about the witch trials of Salem in 1692. In these trials, many women and some men were falsely accused and were either put in jail or hanged for not confessing to witchcraft. These accusations started when Abigail and many other teens got caught by Reverend Parris dancing in the woods...
The Crucible is a play written in a time when fear for a communistic takeover was in the air. Written by Arthur Miller in 1953 was a performance about hysteria, fear, and intolerance which were all at play during the time of writing the show and were a major inspiration and contributing factor to Miller...
The rejection of God’s laws and subsequent expulsion affects both the individual and collective within a society. Both John Milton and Arthur Miller exposed the idea of the successive fall of man through the defiance of justice. This furthermore alludes to the prevalence of this within their own respective contexts. John Milton’s Paradise Lost revolutionised...
In 1693, a woman is hung as a witch. In 1944, a woman is shot for being an educated Jew. Both of these situations have one thing in common: they are caused by fear which becomes paranoia. ‘The Crucible’ (1952), by Arthur Miller, explores fear through being accused as a witch and the paranoia of...
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IDENTITY is what defines us and what makes us different from others. It includes our culture, family, values, beliefs and where we come from. We can express our identity through the clothes we wear, how we behave and the things we do and say. The identity of individual characters in films or plays is captured...
Arthur Millers play The Crucible was written in 1953, and even though it takes place under the Salem Witch Trials, which happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, it is an allegory for McCarthyism that happened in the United States during the 1950s. There are a lot of parallels between the play and McCarthyism, and the...
Throughout history there have been times which have brought out the worst instincts in even the best people, leading to skepticism and fear and causing neighbors and colleagues to turn against one another. One such incident, known as the Salem Witch Trials, occurred in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s. Another incident, often referred to...
A very powerful quote by Andy Biersack, “Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone” represents John Proctors dignity throughout the book. His lust for Abigail Williams at the beginning of the play leads to a secretive affair that throws both him, Abigail, and those they care about in a...
In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, there are numerous events where innocent people are harmed. Some individuals were hurt and even killed, and others were emotionally damaged. Many people were murdered after several accusations, lies, and acts of jealousy during the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s. Abigail Williams, a very attractive, unmarried,...
