In both George Orwell's 1984 and Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a tragic hero is presented who despite his efforts, and the suffering experienced, in the ... his principles the play nevertheless ends with his death. Being a tragic hero in a tragic plot, The Crucible is in its sense, a tragedy. In Orwell's 1984, the protagonist Winston Smith struggles under the oppressing social surroundings of the totalitarian government and it's leader "Big Brother. He secretly opposes it's inherent principles and ... doctrine best summarized by their slogan "War is peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is St...

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