Miller said the Crucible Essay

Miller emphasizes this by using short sentences with many another(prenominal) pauses. The silence creates pathos for the addresss from the audience. in that respect is also a lot of questioning which reflects skirmish and how the characters ar helpless like a clarified kidskin. This emotional unneuroticness of the Proctors contrasts greatly with their engagement with each other on pages 41-45 A sense of their separation arises p42. When the Proctors were together being able to live physic aloney and sexually together they were separate but now they are near to be ripped apart they are emotionally together.Elizabeth let outs the wear words of the form about throne. This trys how their conflict has finally been resolved. This contrasts with the dramatic devices used in the next part of the scene after they begin to speak about Johns confession and when Hathorne comes in. This next part uses pauses and questioning as well to occupy an interrogative atmosphere. It is no longer a personal scene- this part shows the confederacy side to the play. There is a sharp conflict in the midst of the individual and the residential area in this scene but it is concentrated more(prenominal) on in the rest of the play.A nonher main floor in The Crucible is that of the conflict between innocence and experience/guilt. On page 110 Elizabeth hypothesizes out in the open that it were a parky house I kept. This tells the audience that Elizabeth was frigid in her relationship with John. This has been hinted at throughout Elizabeth and Johns conversations and especially in Act 2 p42 its winter in this house yet as John says. Even though this is used by Elizabeth to show that she is guilty it tells the audience she is in item innocent.To all appearances, and how most of the other characters perceive Elizabeth and Abigail, Elizabeth is the guilty one and Abigail is the innocent. They catch out Abigail as a child and a virgin who is pure sexually, morally and reli giously whereas the audience, John, Elizabeth and Hale know better. The majority of characters expose Elizabeth as the older, more sexually and sinfully experienced. capital of Oregon societys religious outlook fogs their judgement and they assume that the fair sex who they perceive as sexually innocent is also legally innocent.As we see they are wrongfulness in both respects John has committed adultery with Abigail who is the experienced and guilty one. William Blake This play is about the individual vs. the community. It shows the world what can happen if an individual speaks up for his/herself and acts on his/her personal be untruthfs. If one is not on the side of the community one is estranged from the community and rejected. In extreme circumstances, such as in this play, one can be put to death. Hale says (p116) that it is pride, it is vanity to create conflict with the community when you know you leave be punished for doing so.Personally I mean, I believe Arthur Miller thinks and the character of John Proctor thinks, that Hale is wrong. He suggests that it is wrong when he says it is vanity. Miller tries to show that John is a mostly upright character and died for a good cause. Miller believes this conflict between the individual and the community is right when the community is repressive and punishing. The word sibilance in the stage directions (p106) at the beginning of this scene representation hissing and actually makes a hissing sound when articulated properly.The sibilance at the beginning of this scene shows the conflict between Elizabeths inner emotions and the emotions of the other characters in the scene. This sound breaks the silence when John comes in. I think it sets the scene for the last part of the play because Elizabeth Proctor is very docile and defeated at this last part of the play and Johns feet on the ground sounds like an animal hissing in fright. I think that at this point Elizabeth is hissing inside and this is the expres sion of her inside emotions.It is later confirm that she is very scared for Johns brio and her own and terrified about the whole bunk as she is later in terror, weeping. This is caused because of the Proctors earlier conflict being resolved. This sibilance could alternatively be interpreted as Johns defiance against the court officials and jailers because as we see when Parris feebly offers, a cup of cider, Mr Proctor, he has nothing but contempt for them. The themes in this scene relate to the play as a whole. The theme of truth and lies and its resultant effect upon justice and injustice runs throughout the play.It begins on a simple level in Act One then as the play develops the situation gets more serious. The yellow shucks the afflicted girls see could symbolise lying because the colour yellow is often linked with this conflict. This conflict continues all through the play and is resolved at the end when John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse hang because they are on the side of tr uth. In a way one could say that justice is defeated and unmake at the end of the play because of all the characters those who stand up for truth and real justice, not Salem justice, are hanged.In my opinion justice wins this conflict because Proctor doesnt give in to lying at the very end. Although, he may be in part considering his and his familys reputation, his doings can also be likened to that of a saint after all it is reminiscent of the early Christian martyrs. The truth/lies and justice/injustice conflicts are intrinsically related not just in the play but also universally. Falsity like Abigails can invoke great injustices as we see in the play but falsity like Hales let him give his lie intended actions could bring us back to justice.In the same way truth like Johns saying he will not sign myself to lies can lead to injustice since he is hanged at the end but in this play a great number of characters would have to see the complete truth to lead the to justice. Since all the characters have some belief in God the commanding judge they all believe in truth and justice to a certain extent and that that will be give at the end. As Elizabeth says There be no higher judge infra heaven. No one except God can judge Proctor and the other state to be hanged. This essay has discussed conflict between and within various different themes, people and ideas.The Chambers erudition and Technology Dictionary says that a crucible is, a refractory vessel or pot in which metals are melted. The introduction to the Heinemann version of The Crucible 1992 (Maureen Blakesley) says, John Proctor is tested in a life threatening ordeal and his death at the end rather than betrayal of his conscience shows that he as well as has come through the fire to be purified. I would go as far as to say that the crucible (refractory vessel) is the ordeal and events therefore the play itself The Crucible and the whole idea of conflict can be taken from just the play title.When John finally has his transgressions and personal disbeliefs refracted he is executed. This is also symbolic to show he becomes pure suggesting he has reached paradise after being removed from the crucible. 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