Picture this; the year is around1696, and you are a Puritan mother. Your job is to breed, and take care of as much children as the Lord would permit you to breed; however, you successfully only give birth to one child. The other seven, or so, die from birth. How would you feel? Would you feel like it’s no biggie, that it doesn’t really matter; would you consider it a blessing t

How about if it were your husband? How would you be able to survive? These are just some examples of the theme Personal tragedy which occurs through out the play.

Like I previously stated, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is one of those books that seems one way, but has a different meaning to it. To the untrained eye, this book might appear to be addressing the Salem Witch Trials, and the unfairness of it. To a more trained eye, it could all be a symbol addressing Arthur Miller’s ordeal with Communism. I am still ambiguous as to the motives of the play, but I am nonetheless sure that Miller, when writing this play had a vast array of themes in mind. These themes were more than the three I spoke on, however, I believe that the three themes Personal Tragedy, Integrity and Ambition, happen to be the most significant.

Ambition- an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power: to desire to achieve a particular end. This theme to me was the most dubious theme in the book. When one reads the

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