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The Crucible

The Crucible is a great play written by Arthur Miller. I am going to write about Arthur Miller’s representation of good and evil in his play the Crucible, paying particular attention to his characterisation. The Crucible’s main purpose was to show the mass hysteria, which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials. The Crucible concentrates on the fate of some of the key characters caught up in the persecution. It shows people under pressure and what were the issues and motivations involved. The play is an allegory of the communists trials in 1950s USA. This play is actually a criticism of the American government.

In Salem 1692, people believed in the existence of witches. In a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anyone who acted differently from the rest was accused of being a witch and then the court would actually forgive the accused if they blamed their accusations on another individual. This was the main idea of the play. In this play a group of young girls are caught dancing in the woods and are then accused of being witches. These girls then blame other people in order to get out of trouble and even pretend to be "bewitched" in front of the court during a trial. This leads into the deaths of some innoc

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Arthur Miller’s, John Mary, Elizabeth Nothing’s, John Elizabeth, John Proctor, John Abigail, Thomas Putnam, Reverend Parris, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, elizabeth proctor, john proctor, deputy governor, “ john, he’s trying, act parris, abigail affair, act 3, rebecca nurse, husband john,

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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