The+Crucible

="The Crucible"=

by Arthur Miller
"Miller wrote: The Crucible in the atmosphere in which the author saw 'accepted the notion that conscience was no longer a private matter but one of state administration.' In the play he expressed his faith in the ability of an individual to resist conformist pressures."

//The state or government now needs to control what the population is thinking as a result of individuality.//

"I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing- his sense of personal dignity." - //Arthur Miller//

//Proctor serves as the tragic hero, but he does not set aside his value of a good reputation, contradicting what is meant to be realized- that one's own sense of personal dignity is most important.//

//J Crosson M Kunert K Lux M Morley C O'Toole

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