We are tempted to think that the soul purpose of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was to create an outlet that exposed the mass hysteria of the McCarthy era , however to say this you would be ignoring the central themes that have allowed this play to reach universal audiences. Among themes such as the abuse of power, conflict with authority and mass hysteria The Crucible deals with the importance of identity and the individual conscience. These two themes are closely linked because until you complete your journey in finding yourself you are unable to have an individual conscience. Miller uses one of the central characters in the story, John Proctor, to explore the journey of individual conscience. This theme combined with a unique structure and language allows him to creature a play that addresses the social and political concerns which are essential to every human existence.
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller came about as a very controversial play that brought up numerous themes of human nature which he heavily questioned in a time of similar issues that he was forced to deal with in his own life. Iska Alter, a professor of Fairleigh Dickinson University, has written an article entitled Betrayal and Blessedness: Explorations of Feminine Power In The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, and After the Fall that highlights Miller’s main points in his play and attempts to provide her own view of on the most major points. Alter believes that The Crucible was influenced by and written on the theme of the antagonistic expressions of female power to test their legitimacy as authentic definitions of sexual desire. The article is backed with solid evidence from the play and validates her points, but not every little point is argued properly, and she even seems to go too far with some points I have always considered sexual desire of women to be a theme in The Crucible because of background knowledge of why women where accused more often as witches than men, but I never have looked at The Crucible as being a book that offers two different views of the sexual power of women. The first time I read Alter’s article, I was thoroughly pleased with it as it generally was in sync with my own ideas and opinions on the play.
I am going to study how Arthur Miller heightens dramatic tension in the performance of Act III, ‘The Crucible’ in terms of language, structure and themes. Language is able to help the reader understand the society in which miller sets his play, as well as the time period. The play shows the harmony and discord between religion, legality and morals, which is reflected in his writing patterns. The language used by the character of proctor shows the conflict he has with himself, throughout the play, as to whether or not he should be moral, admit his flaws but become illegal in the eyes of his society or remain ‘religious’ and ‘illegal’
THE CRUCIBLE. Throughout the crucible the pressures of social conformity cause the characters to make decisions that push them into denying their own personal beliefs, which are not socially accepted in Salem and results in lies and deceit. Perhaps the most prominent theme in the crucible is the importance of a good name, and the people of Salem are more than prepared to go to great lengths to protect their reputations. The Crucible takes place during the times of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates that were followed by court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft.
Relativism and Morality Introduction In “Some Moral Minima” Lenn Goodman talked about terrorism, murder, rape, slavery, genocide, polygamy, and incest. The subjects he talked about could be looked upon differently and judged differently by an individual. Within this report I am going to explain why I agree with lenn Goodman I will explain why it’s not good to quickly judge individual just because we barley understand them but to judge those that are not morally right. I feel our experiences can be explained in terms of our background and moral beliefs, as well as our immediate experience of emotions of others. * Background and moral beliefs * Immediate experiences with others Background and moral beliefs and immediate Experiences of others Everyone seems to have their own opinion on what’s good or bad, right or wrong I feel most of it comes from persons past experiences, and how they were raised in our society in which we live.
In his essay, “The Guilt of Oedipus,” P. H. Vellacott explains how knowledge is what many readers have been using to analyze the difficulties in the play “which may after all be insoluble” (207). Vellacott sought to deal with some of these difficulties in the play. While many seem to create their own theories, the three main theories people believe that cause Oedipus’s downfall are hamartia, fate, and free will. People believe that hamartia is the main cause of Oedipus’s downfall because he created some type of mistake or error for himself. Others argue that free will, which has the capability to act at one’s own judgment, is the main cause of Oedipus’s downfall.
William Shakespeare and Reginald Rose both use dramatic techniques to make the audience question the world they live in. They achieve this with how they change things like setting and tone which can be a massive eye opener to viewers (about the world we live in today) as the two plays reveal things like racism, justice and sexism. Both plays challenge audiences views on racism. Racism is a key part in both plays showing different societies and peoples (as individuals) views about other race, background and religion. Viewers watching this can see this seemingly made obvious feature of the play may then be able to see something similar happening in real life or relate to it.
The first principal was developing discrepancy which explains developing cognitive dissonance by saying “I hear you telling me your situation is important and at the same time I hear you telling me reasons why you can’t do anything about it so let us talk about how that’s working for you because it’s really important for you to do something different”. The second principal was avoiding argumentation which is pretty straight forward. Arguments are counter-productive and defending breeds’ defensiveness. Resistance is a signal to change
Passaged-based Essay Assignment Write a critical commentary on the presentation of truth and self-deception both in this passage and elsewhere in the play. In the play, truth and self-deception is omnipresent especially seen with the two main characters Joe Keller and Chris Keller. Self-deception is present whenever the accident of the cracked cylinder heads is hinted or spoken about. While the presentation of truth mostly occurs when the issue is raised or when the tension over it is escalating. This essay will then analyse the way Miller present this theme, the purpose behind it and the contrasting perspectives between the characters over it.
S/he will just tell the team or individuals what s/he wants to be done, when to do it and even how to do it without consultation from the team members. If you are short of time this might be the best way to get your employees motivated. People see this style of leadership as the wrong way of motivating individuals and leaders using this style can appear bossy. Some also argue that this style of leadership must be used sparingly and the best way of motivating your team would be to use the democratic style. • Democratic This leadership style is used when the leader wants to involve the team members in the decision making process.