Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Justice in The Crucible

Arthur moth millers play, The melting pot, set in 1692, is ground on the historical events skirt the witch trials in capital of Oregon. This see deals with the failure of the nicety governing body in Salem, Massachusetts. Justice is meant to be based on the congenital principle that everybody is innocent until proven wicked and those found guilty having to be made to break for their crimes. Arthur Miller demonstrates with his play that at that place is a thin line between justice and injustice, which stinker easily lead to hatred, greed, fear, resent and personal vengeance.\nDuring the witch trials, eighteen innocent men and women were hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem and this tragedy occurred as a consequence of injustice. The whole crack-up started with young girls dancing in the dark wood, which was considered, by the Puritans as the devils last dominion. This action was followed by a chain chemical reaction of happenings. Pretended sickness and lies were finishing the quest actions, fear of justice drove the young girls into a path of madness. When Putnam states, „She cannot bear to fancy the Lords break thats a reliable sign of witchcraft, he enforces the thinking of witchcraft existing in Salem and in admittance to that, Abigail´s scapegoating of Tituba laid the stern of the witch trials and the first mission is declared as the following madness and hysteria breaks free.\nArthur Miller wrote the Crucible in the 1950´s during the time of the red intimidate and anti-communist concerns of the McCarthy-era. Arthur Miller linked the Crucible to the situation of the House disloyal Activities Committee (HUAC) which investigated against communistic ties. He believed that both events were based on accusation, lacking hard check and evidence. The witch trials deal with the superhuman and the McCarthyism with disloyalty to the state and fear of the growing power of communism in the United States. The Crucible is considered as an alle gory for the intolerance of ...

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