... , and self-destruction. In his quest for spiritual and moral values, O'Neill was trying to discover the roots and sense of belonging of the American family, and then to find a solution to the dilemma of the split self. Consequently, the family relationships, in Desire Under the Elms, are characterized by physical solitude, betrayal, falsity of dreams and love, lack of mutuality and ... ethnic, and cultural perspectives, focusing on how individuals and generations have defined the American dream and made the search their own. The Cabots, in Desire Under the Elms, are literally imprisoned,...

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... h's remarks and his behavior. Individual tragedy to John Proctor is the back bone of the play. The first Puritans struggled to survive. John Proctor and John Hale went against the order of the Puritan society in The Crucible. Reverend Hale declares at the Devil can delude God so he can certainly fool humans. (Cliffnotes 43). During the witch trials there would be no half way point it was ... a community disturbance too far-reaching to result from an evil plot of a simple villain according to Heilman (144 - 145). The Crucible is an argument in favor of moral flexibility. The fundamental ...

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