What is Miller’s purpose behind creating dialogue that is filled with arguments between the characters? In other words, what does this show about the community of Salem?
How might the community of Salem compare to America during the red scare? Write at least 1 paragraph for full points.
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Reagan Rhees
9/5/2018 12:57:15 pm
The purpose behind the dialogue in the story is to show the different types of behaviors and personalities everyone has. A character could seem one way but when shown talking to another character your opinion can change on what you believe they contribute what is happening in the story. I think the dialogue is to show the characters being manipulative. This relates to America during the Red Scare because everyone is pointing fingers and creating opinions off of little to no evidence and causing many lives to be ruined and things becoming out of control in a short amount of time. Everything someone's says as a lasting effect and I believe dialogue makes that more obvious to the readers.
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Tanner Phillips
9/6/2018 07:12:13 am
By making the characters constantly argue, along with mass hysteria, it shows how all the characters are all constantly on edge and how they can be easily terrified of witches and the devil. They are all strongly ruled by emotions is this town, and whatever they feel god told them, that’s what goes.
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Colton Rees
9/7/2018 12:18:46 pm
The arguments in dialogue show that the town of Salem is not on very good terms with each other. Especially when there is alot of blame involved in the arguments it just shows that everyone is at each other’s throats often. It shows that at the time of the Red Scare many people in America were fearful so when blame started to get passed around many began to panic and cause the blame to spread even more.
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Oakley Page
9/5/2018 01:58:32 pm
It creates a more open dialogue rather than a paragraph, and then some speech, and then more paragraph.
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Mayson Shepard
9/5/2018 05:02:21 pm
The sort of dialogue in the story portrays the characters as afraid or just untrusting of one another. Untrusting because of suspicion and their own beliefs. I think the community of Salem believes what they want to hear, rather than what might be true but is too uninteresting to them. How it relates to the Red Scare is how chaotic everything became in so little time when knowledge was based off of nothing that made too much sense.
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Getsemani Olvera
9/6/2018 09:36:59 am
I think the purpose behind the dialog is to help us understand all of the characters. It also is to show us the characters true selfs. This could be compared to the red scare because everyone was hysterical during both of these times.
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Jeffrey Butler
9/6/2018 02:30:21 pm
I think Miller’s reasoning behind creating argument within the characters is to show how th community is unstable and scared of the others. This shows that Salem is full of hysteria and they don’t seem to be afraid to point fingers at others to protect themselves. The Salem witch trials is like the Red scare because they were afraid of communist and the only way out was to name names to not go to jail.
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jackson hammer
9/6/2018 02:33:26 pm
i think it adds a tone of vengence and tension between characters. the red scare and the salem witch trails are similar in the way that the group of people are trying to fight against/have entertainment towards a certain topic.
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Isaac Ancell
9/6/2018 04:19:03 pm
It sets up the story so that there is a story with dialogue rather than reading the story from a third person view. It makes you feel a part of the story and let's you get to know the characters and their personal attributes.
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Tyler Bowen
9/6/2018 08:49:40 pm
I think he writes dialog filled with arguments because it shows people's emotions when they are angry or scared. Salem can compare to America during the Red Scare because people started blaming each other for being "witches" and "communists" because they didn't want to be accused themselves. Miller said that the Red Scare was turning into the same concept as the Salem Witch Trials.
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Amber Humphrey
9/6/2018 09:08:49 pm
The purpose behind creating the dialogue is to add to the suspense and hysteria that is going on in Salem. It also allows us to see the characters in a different light that we originally did. The dialogue also helps to show that in the town of Salem things can go from good to bad if someone says the wrong thing. The Salem witch trials are similar to the Red Scare because they both caused mass hysteria. During the Red Scare people feared that communist groups were infiltrating the government. In Salem people were afraid that there were witches walking the streets. In both of these instances fear lead to many deaths and began rumors that caused people to lose their reputations.
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Jonathan S Seamons
9/10/2018 07:58:45 pm
without the dialog of the story, the story would be like music with no dynamics.
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Drew scheidell
9/7/2018 09:31:22 am
Without the dialogue we wouldn’t know all the contention. Just like the red scare people where falsely accused. When you compare the Salam witch trials and the Red Scare you can see how they both accuse people wrongly and ruin there career and life.
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Lance stokes
9/7/2018 12:14:20 pm
It shows that Salem is full of people being greedy and fighting with people even though that people are inosent they know that someone has something against that person. For example Mr.putnam what's goodie nurses prporty and in the play it for shadows that goodie nurses husband's land and will blame them for something
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Tobias Theglev
9/7/2018 12:18:49 pm
I think it's a great story, because it shows us (readers) a lot of different perspectives. We hear about everyones feelings and emotions. It's also interesting to see how people reacted and how they handled things back then. It's kinda weird to see how they believed in all kinds of weird stuff like The Devil and that the forest is dangerous. But it's a pretty long dialog, and it got kinda boring, but the end was awesome.
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Abbey Deniro
9/9/2018 09:41:38 am
I think the arguments cause more interest in the book. It also shows that in Salem there is a lot of built up anger and that Salem is a huge mess and full of vengeance
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Jaden Unthank
9/10/2018 12:11:22 am
He wanted to bring the story to life more. Instead of just writing about it he did one better and which In that case was a play. He created dialogue because one person could seem nice and Innocent on the outside but in the inside there’s a whole nother story. He wanted to show all the tension between all the characters and just everyone in the village. Everyone was scared and on edge so they started blaming others so they could possible escape from getting blamed. This relates to the Res Scare because everyone is scared and pointing fingers at everyone and ratting them out so they don’t have to face the consequences.
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Ally Young
9/11/2018 08:01:21 am
The arguments caused more interest about witches. I think the story is great it shows a lot of perspectives. It shows that a lot of people can be greedy. To be honest Salem is just a big mess
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Parker Ryser
9/12/2018 08:03:59 am
I think that Miller has the characters arguing in the dialogue because that is what actually happened in the Salem wich trials. It also gives very good reasoning for the characters to be accusing each other of wich craft. It shows that in the community of Salem there is lots of tension and anger between the people of the community. Salem compares to the red scare because the same thing would happen where people would accuse it her people because of anger, the only difference is that with the red scare people were being accused of communism.
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Parris Youngblood
9/12/2018 08:13:54 am
I feel like the authors choice in words really helps show how the people in Salem are not very trust worthy because they will put they blame on some other innocent person to save them selves instead of finding a way to save everyone. This can compare to the red scare becaue at that time normal people were being accused of being a communist even if they weren’t, and they usually would name other names to try to save themselves rather than talking the blame.
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9/12/2018 09:29:40 pm
I think the dialogue is to show the anger and aggression in the characters. It gives us a feel for why they are accusing each other. The dialogue also shows us that conversations can go from good to bad with what you say and how you say it. It brings the book to life and it makes it more interesting. The book is like the red scare because in that story they were afraid of communist(like they are afraid of witches) and only wanted names of others. They didn't care if you were innocent or guilty they just want more names. Also in both of these, the questions that they ask in trail are questions that are called leading the witness which make there really only one answer.
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Braylin Bess
9/13/2018 11:29:37 am
i feel like the dialogue is to show the anger that is spreading through the town and how anyone will do anything to accuse another person for what they have done. i feel like this can compare to the red scare because everyone is just pointing fingers at each other even when the person is innocent just because of there anger.
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caylee bergeson
9/17/2018 09:25:21 am
with all the characters arguing, it causing a sense of tension as the story goes on. it shows how easily it is to be blamed. it causes everyone to be on the edge as they are trying to live. no one wants to be blamed because they don’t want to be killed.
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cory denning
9/18/2018 07:19:44 am
It would cause alot of confusion, and fights and just anger.
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Jarron Conover
9/25/2018 12:18:33 pm
The author chose the set of dialogue because it shows that the town of Salem was very divided. It shows the lack of trust and it gives the overall story a sense of tension. This shows this through the arguments by having them frequent and between almost all the characters. This eluding to the idea that the whole town is against each other. This was similar to the red scare because the lack of trust and the arguing led to more fear and suspicion.
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Oakley Flarity
9/30/2018 02:16:39 pm
I think that without dialogue we wouldn't fully understand the story or the meaning of what the character's are saying. We also wouldn't know who was saying what. Also if we are reading a story with no dialogue we wouldn't stay interested in the story because it would be like reading signs as you drive it's boring and there's no point in it.
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Scout Snow
10/3/2018 06:44:20 am
I think having this dialogue of everyone arguing goes to show how much this town doesn’t get along and how they don’t trust each other. In Salem everyone is accusing everyone of being a witch, JUST SO THEY COULD HAVE THEIR LAND! And by putting a dialogue where the whole town is arguing over who is and isn’t a witch, shows even more that they trust no one. It also shows how they start off being an awesome town where everyone seems nice...then adding that dialogue presents that the people go crazy about any little thing and that they can be mean. So yep that’s my thought on that :)
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Jesse
10/3/2018 06:51:39 am
I think that the argument dialogue shows tension and shows that they were going through something tough and it helps show how the people of Salem felt
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Vanessa Morales
10/7/2018 09:50:21 am
The dialogue just shows that people don't get a long in the community and have have lots of tension, and want revenge on one another. This relates to the red cross because it's about lying and pointing fingers at each other.
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Michael Brown
10/7/2018 09:31:30 pm
By creating constant argumentative dialogue between the characters in the Crucible, it gives the impression that the whole town is out to get one another, and they will achieve their personal goals by any means necessary. This relates to the Red scare and McCarthy trails because they could take advantage of the situation and ruin anyone whom they disliked or wanted something of theirs. This creates constant distrust and paranoia among the people, just like it is portrayed in the book. It becomes a hateful world full of death and sorrow. Creating this sort of feeling is exactly what Miller accomplished by creating argumentative dialogue between the characters in the Crucible.
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Andrew Cardwell
10/10/2018 08:25:42 am
It makes the book have more drama instead of having paragraphs with no meaning to it.
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Nate DuVal
10/11/2018 08:04:28 pm
The Crucible was know as " A situation of severe trail". I think Miller wrought this book to show how easy society is freaked out and overreacts to any situation.
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Winter Soga
10/14/2018 03:47:50 pm
The dialogue showed how everyone had different agendas and how the trials may and may have not helped them out. Abigail wanted Elizabeth Proctor out of John's life so they could be together. Thomas Putnam accused Giles Corey so he could have his land etc. This showed how the community of Salem did not get along with one another unless it fit their agenda. Which also goes hand in hand with revenge. This is related to the Red Scare because it's similar to what happened in the Salem Witch trials. Everybody was lying and accusing everybody for their own agendas.
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Josh
10/14/2018 08:05:03 pm
The arguments between the people of Salem creates a link between each character and makes the story more interesting. It also shows how the community of Salem was when the witch trials where happening. I think that during the witch trials and the red scare people were overly paranoid about anything and everything, they both had lots of discrimination.
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Cayden Francis
10/20/2018 10:19:11 am
I think him creating dialog that includes all this fighting and arguing is bringing more suspense to the book I guess. Seeing how you can think a character might be good seeing another point of view helps you see the real them and how they act towards or around other people. To me seeing how everyone was fighting with one another just shows that no one there is really friendly and not everyone is who you think they are. But the way I see the comparison between this book/play and the Red Scare is how everyone acted. People were telling lies and fighting to cover them self's up. When in reality they were just making it worse.
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jsdd warner
10/21/2018 03:51:08 pm
without the dialogue we would still know somethings but we wouldn't know half of what we know now because it gives the impression of the whole town of Salem.
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aspyn carpenter
10/22/2018 10:05:32 am
i think that he wanted to make the story come more to life. all the characters fight to show that they are scared of what could happen. they are all afraid of the witches and want to show that they are followers of god.
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Garrett Stevenson
10/22/2018 10:12:08 am
Shows how the characters fight all the time and shows how much parinoid the characters are about witches.
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Bryan Ramirez
10/22/2018 12:25:59 pm
In both situations everyone started freaking out because of what was happening and it spread everywhere very quick
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Cory Denning
10/23/2018 06:40:42 am
Shows how paranoid they are about the whitches
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Alyx Beck
10/23/2018 06:42:23 am
The constant arguing between the characters in the dialogue shows that Salem is not a very loving community. It shows that there is a lot of tension between everyone there, everyone has issues with someone else or dislikes someone else. No one is very friendly.
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10/25/2018 08:43:40 am
I think the dialogue it helps to people to understand and to make the story believable and it helps to the story if we haven’t dialogue, the people not reading it because without dialogue and dialogue it show sometimes that people are arguing in inside the book and to show the character the he’s fighting all the time and to show how aggressive the characters ar about the witches.
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