How does Arthur Miller show that dancing in the woods can lead to the deaths of innocent people?
In The Crucible, Miller shows that in the 17th century puritanical and theocratic society, mere 'dancing in the woods', by few young girls, had the power to cause paranoia, mass hysteria and moral degradation, and ultimately lead to the death of many innocent people in Salem, Massachusetts. In order....
Summarise the writing technique of Bernard Shaw, with refernce to The Devil's Disicple.
Like several of Shaw's early plays, The Devil's Disciple first produced in 1897 and published in his collection Three Plays for Puritans in 1901 takes an existing popular theatrical form, in this case melodrama, and adapts it to serve Shaw's dramatic purposes. In the preface to Three Plays for....
The Devil's Disciple - Character change.
Essay ¡V ¡¥The Devil¡¦s Disciple¡¦ by George Bernard Shaw
In the melodrama The Devils Disciple by George Bernard Shaw, Judith Anderson is the only character that becomes a ¡¥changed¡¦ person at the end of the play. At first glance, the two main characters Richard Dudgeon and Anthony....
witch hunts
n 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts several girls started to behave strangly. They would be in trances, they would have seizures, and they would scream. After this had gone on for a couple of days, it was diagnosed as witchcraft. The girls accused three women of hurting them. Soon, the panic and ....