PPT-The Crucible By Arthur Miller

BACKGROUND NOTES The play is set in 1692 in Salem Massachusetts The play deals with the Salem Witch Trials The main characters are Puritans The Crucible WHO WERE THE PURITANS English Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England. By Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller 1915-2005. Father was successful business owner, but lost everything during the great depression.. Depression . had a . profound impact . on the development of his social consciousness. . The Crucible, . The Salem Witch Trials, and McCarthyism. . What do they all have in common????. Things to Know about Arthur Miller. 1915-2005. Grew up in a working class family; worked as a teenager to earn money to go to college. (Very Abridged). Long long ago…in a galaxy far far away…. Or in the Middle Ages in England,. King Uther Pendragon ruled England, but he longed for the wife of another – the wife of one of his lords, Lord Tintagel.. Consider the following statement: “It is nobler to die with integrity than to live with compromised principles that harm others."  . Do . you agree or disagree with this statement?  Why or why not?  Give . -Arthur Miller. 1915-2005. The Crucible . by Arthur Miller. Grew up during the Great Depression. Wrote screenplays for Hollywood. The Crucible. Act 4. Quotations. More Quotes. Literary. Devices. The Crucible. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 600. 600. 600. 600. 600. 800. 800. 800. 800. 800. 1000. 1000. 1000. 1000. How did it begin?. At the end of World War II, two powerful nations came into view – the USA and the USSR (Russia). . Both . countries were distrustful of each other. Mistrust and hostility between the two grew and the US worked to stop the spread of Communism. . Archetypes, Historical Context,. And Synopsis. Powerpoint Menu. Archetypes and Connections. Story Synopsis. Themes and Historical Context. What is a Legend?. a traditional __________tale or collection of related tales popularly regarded as true, but usually contain a mixture of fact and fiction. Who Really Moves the . Ouija . Board?. The devil gives people powers. The devil grants loyalty if those with the “powers” harm others. Historical Context. A "witchcraft craze" rippled through Europe from the 1300s to the end of the 1600s. . st. American Literature. Vocab Unit 1. Practice Capitalization and Punctuation. This will be graded. Lesson plan standards and sample. Annotating, makeup work, bathroom rules. Not an option. This is an expectation, as is complete sentences. I will grade annotations if I must. . The Playwright. Arthur Miller is a famous American . playwright. He examines disillusioned characters and the individual conscience vs. the mob in much of his work.. The . Crucible . opened in New York, NY in 1953. Setting. Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.. Point of View. The narrator actually inserts himself into the play several times to describe characters and tell us what we should think about them, such as when he tells us that Judge Hathorne is a bitter man. In addition, each inserted stage direction indicates exactly what a character is thinking or feeling. The narrator is able to jump into any character’s mind at any given moment. McCarthy, Blacklists, HUAC and Arthur Miller (the guy who wrote the Crucible…) How can an author use a historical situation to illustrate a current problem? Why did Miller write this play in the 1950’s, hundreds of years after the historical Salem Witch trials? Arthur Miller. Some biographical information:. Born in 1915, New York City. Worked his way through college at University of Michigan. Began career as a playwright in 1938, writing plays to be performed on the radio.