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A 4 page paper which examines the society
in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” The society depicted is harsh and strict and thus
experiences many problems. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAcruc2.rtf
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January 22, 1953, it was in response to the panic caused by irrational fear of Communism during the Cold War which ultimately resulted in the anti-Communist hearings by Senator Joseph
McCarthy which started on Feb. 3, 1953. In Millers tale,...a lovelorn teenager is spurned by the married man she loves, and in her revenge, she fans a whole community into
a blood-lust frenzy" (Burns). "The play, The Crucible, shows a community which ignites and burns with accusations of witchcraft, mass hysteria and retribution" (The Crucible: Introduction). Another author illustrates that,
"The Crucible is set against the backdrop of the mad witch hunts of the Salem witch trials in the late 17th century. It is about a town, after accusations
from a few girls, which begins a mad hunt for witches that did not exist" (The Crucible: Arthur Miller). In these respects we can see how the story is one
that deals with the fears that people have, the ignorant and overblown fears, in regards to forms of thought or the unknown. And, beneath all of those fears and confusions
lays a society that controls the people through religion and possible rejection in the society. The following paper examines the controlling society that was essentially ignorant and unforgiving.
The Crucible The student requesting this particular paper notes (the source of this quote is unknown), "One is to believe that rules and regulations are an instrument to construct a
structural basis of a society. These rigid rules are designed to serve the purpose of strengthening the community," however in situations such as those that existed in Millers tale as
well as the situations that Miller was symbolically discussing, the fears of Communism, we see that such rigid rules actually destroy a society. Rules are important, that cannot be denied,
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