Essays on Arthur Miller

Fear can lead to a lot of things, however in humans it usually ends with something bad. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible shows this in multiple occasions. The play’s characters choices and final decisions gives examples of how fear can steer peoples actions into dishonesty and wrong judgement. Through emotion. Fearful of gaining a bad…

As numerous do, the word “crucible” has many opposing meanings. Specifically, three of these interpretations of the word thematically align with the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. These definitions include that a crucible is a vessel used for melting at high temperatures, a severe test, and a time characterized by powerful forces. The…

In the play The Crucible, deceit is often present but what motivated Arthur Miller to include it that much? The Crucible is a story full of lies and accusations, what effect does this have on the play? By including deceit, it adds a certain twist to the story that can be acquired in no other…

‘The crucible’, a play written by Arthur Miller is based upon the events surrounding the 1692 witch trials in Salem. The Salem, the witch-hunt was viewed as one of the strangest and most horrendous chapters in human history. People that were prosecuted were all innocent and their deaths were all due to false accusations of…

Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” both embody the idea that masculinity is presented as a significant factor in society and is explored in different ways. The question ‘what is it to be a ‘man’?’ Has travelled through generations and is still in this day and…

Plot In, The Death of a Salesman a middle-aged man, named Willy, lives with his wife Linda in a small humble home surrounded by edifices of apartment buildings. One night after Willy returns from a hard day at work he discovers his two adult sons, Biff and Happy are visiting. Willy has always had high…

The Crucible is a play based on the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. During this period, accusations led to trials and convictions for witchcraft, and twenty people were hanged. Not being honest caused Abigail and her friends to ruin the lives and families of others, such as the Proctors. Her whole goal was…

The play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is based on a true story in a small village called Salem. During 1692, the witch trials began. Throughout this paper I will be talking about the affair between two characters named John Proctor and Abigail Williams. There is another character by the name of Elizabeth Proctor…

During the 1930’s, the great depression became a threating worldwide economic depression, which began in the United States. It began in 1929 and ended in 1939. In Death Of A Salesman it takes on larger issues going on in America like the economic struggle, the ‘American Dream’ and the strive for it, basically the risk…

Through many instances in Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, there is evidence of Simmel’s ideas in his essay “The Metropolis and Mental Life” interlinking the social aspects of modern life to Willy Loman’s demise in attempting to fulfill the American Dream. In the turn of the 20th century, an individual was challenged by…