Category: Arthur Miller

The role of human behavior and motivations within the human experience has been a fundamental part of many texts which explore the depths of humans and their personal experiences. Arthur Millers dramatic allegory The Crucible represents cold-war McCarthyistic America through the eyes of the village of Salem Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials of 1692.…

The Crucible,(1953) is a play composed by Arthur Miller to allegorically comment on the behaviors seen in society at the time of his writing the play. Miller uses the word crucible to depict a test of the most decisive kind or a severe trial however it is normally referred to as a vessel in which…

Introduction Arthur Miller’s play ‘Death of a Salesman’ explores the tragic downfall of Willy Loman, a middle-aged salesman who is consumed by his pursuit of the American Dream. Through a critical analysis of the play, we can examine the themes of disillusionment, the destructive nature of capitalism, and the impact of societal expectations on the…

Dynamic characters are people who change over a work a literature, authors use dynamic characters to show change and progression throughout a work a literature. This can be used to get the reader more engaged and have more feeling for the characters. The author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller, has used this writing technique to…

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Reverend Hale makes an internal change throughout the story by shifting his opinion from being convinced the witchcraft was real to making the realization that it was all a ploy for vengeance towards other characters in the story. From the beginning when Hale was introduced, he gave…

The Crucible story lands in a village called Salem where people believe that the devil resonates there. People in Salem were prosecuted even when they were all probably innocent and their deaths were all due to false accusations to peoples ridiculous belief in superstition not questioning if there is a cause behind it. The people…

The Crucible is a play written in pre-modern times, which is still relevant in the postmodern era. Arthur Miller wrote the play during the time of the Red Scare, in which multiple people were being convicted of communism without evidence or proof. The increase in the use of social media and the easy access to…

In the play The Crucible by author Arthur Miller, it is very apparent that Miller presents an overall unbalanced view of men and women. The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials that took place in Massachusetts and begins with a girl named Abigail. She performs witchcraft and once caught, accuses others of…

The Crucible is a play that took place in 1952 by the American playwright Arthur Miller. This story is melodramatic of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 and 1693. People tend to make their decisions based on what others believe in. Having integrity is very important to…

The Crucible is a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller in 1953 and takes place in the Puritan New England town of Salem Massachusetts. This play mainly focuses on and describes the true events of witchcraft during the years of 1692/93. During these years fear, hysteria, and panic defined the way people lived and…