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In The Crucible Miller shows little faith in human nature, r

Date Submitted: 09/22/2002 09:48:31
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 4 pages (1230 words)
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In The Crucible Miller shows little faith in human nature, religion or social structures. Do you agree. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible reveals to its audience a melting pot of human emotions, actions and motivations. Under this melting pot considerable heat is applied. This heat emerges from the weaknesses in human nature and the flaws inherent within the formal structures of religion and society that operated in Salem at the time. Miller’s drama exposes …

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…not, in reality, stop the principles of justice from being manipulated, nor was it able to subdue what is deadly in human nature, namely, vengeance and greed, and self-interest and hypocrisy. Justice has, then, eluded Salem, that “visible Kingdome” on earth, and at this recognition, proctor rightly cries out the denouncement, “fraud”. And it is fitting then, as Proctor observed, that the guilty of the town deserve to “burn”, to “burn together” in Salem, in 1692.

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