BE A GEEK PLEASE! This is not Facebook blogging, but a chance to prove your intelligence and fascinate others with your insight and your chance to prove you can carry on such a discussion without the aid of, well, me!
INSTRUCTIONS:
EXTRA CREDIT BLOG!!! ALL ENTRIES AND DISCUSSION ARE DUE by 3:00 on Thursday the 12th!!
Choose from one of the following prompts below and participate in an "educational online-discussion" with the others in your forum. You may have to post your original response and then check back later to see if others have commented, disagreed, added on to, or possibly brought your ideas to another level. (You are then to do the same with their comments) YOU ARE SCORED by your response's relevance, knowledge and quality of insight.) You must post an original resp. and respond at least two additional times.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Allegorical?
"Why did Miller write this play? Was his motivation for writing to simply examine a period in American history or, was it an allegory, a parallel story with his intent to express a larger meaning?
I believe that Miller wrote this play to prove to people that the world is just unfair. He wrote the story to show how life was back then was much harder and now were reading it and thinking about how much better now is than back then. People who still read stories that are old always have a lesson for the future generation to learn, and hoping they wont make the same mistake as them.
I agree with j.lin about how almost all old books and stories are going to have a lesson for the future generation to take in to consideration and learn from the mistakes that the past has made. I also think that Miller wrote this play to show people that life is always and will always be unfair no matter what happens in the next generations. There are going to people that gain and suffer for things they may not have done, but the world is an unfair place, and cruel things are going to occur.
Miller’s purpose for writing this play was to show that people can’t always believe in what others tell them. I feel that he wanted to show that there’s always two sides of every story and people would keep lying to save themselves. He also shows that the innocent people were willing to be killed for something they didn’t do than to be killed for doing something wrong.
Both of you are correct to state that there is a lesson to be learned from the play, in fact, any piece of literature, but, is this whole concept of people using religion or even fear to get what they want a direct statement about any particular incidents that have occurred historically in our world? That is, beyond your lessons, is he making fun of society?
GAgosto, the fact that you pointed out how there are people who are "willing to be killed" to earn respect and honor proves a point too. Was Miller possibly referring to anyone like this today, who willingly dies for honor, as a hero, very confident in his or her actions? Does this remind you of anyone?
@herdman Adolf Hitler is a great example, he started the nazi party and the Holocaust which lead to the death of many jewish people. Adolf himself caused fear and scared tons of people because they didn't want to died, though many couldn't get passed there were some that did that had the chance to tell us what really happened back then. And Miller was never making fun of soeciety back then or now, it is just something that he wants people to take so the same mistakes wont be made.
Miller wrote this play with the purpose of it being an allegory. He wanted to prove that there is always two sides to a story and that both sides are usually different. He displayed this by writing about how the girls lied about people being witches. He also displays this when he writes about how John Proctor admits to cheating on his wife and gives the full story. The judge doesn't believe him, because Abigail begins to say John is a warlock.
I can respect that. Miller is more so teaching us a lesson about the severity of power's negative effects on the good souls as opposed to my now changed perspective of him subliminally making fun of those followers.
gagosto.... I like the way you expressed your thought on this... there really is always to sides to a story and not everyone should believe what they are told and if you are put in a situtation were its deafth or freedom im sure most well lie there way out to save themselves from deafth.
I believe that Miller wrote this play to prove to people that the world is just unfair. He wrote the story to show how life was back then was much harder and now were reading it and thinking about how much better now is than back then. People who still read stories that are old always have a lesson for the future generation to learn, and hoping they wont make the same mistake as them.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI agree with j.lin about how almost all old books and stories are going to have a lesson for the future generation to take in to consideration and learn from the mistakes that the past has made. I also think that Miller wrote this play to show people that life is always and will always be unfair no matter what happens in the next generations. There are going to people that gain and suffer for things they may not have done, but the world is an unfair place, and cruel things are going to occur.
ReplyDeleteMiller’s purpose for writing this play was to show that people can’t always believe in what others tell them. I feel that he wanted to show that there’s always two sides of every story and people would keep lying to save themselves. He also shows that the innocent people were willing to be killed for something they didn’t do than to be killed for doing something wrong.
ReplyDeleteBoth of you are correct to state that there is a lesson to be learned from the play, in fact, any piece of literature, but, is this whole concept of people using religion or even fear to get what they want a direct statement about any particular incidents that have occurred historically in our world? That is, beyond your lessons, is he making fun of society?
ReplyDeleteGAgosto, the fact that you pointed out how there are people who are "willing to be killed" to earn respect and honor proves a point too. Was Miller possibly referring to anyone like this today, who willingly dies for honor, as a hero, very confident in his or her actions? Does this remind you of anyone?
ReplyDelete@herdman Adolf Hitler is a great example, he started the nazi party and the Holocaust which lead to the death of many jewish people. Adolf himself caused fear and scared tons of people because they didn't want to died, though many couldn't get passed there were some that did that had the chance to tell us what really happened back then. And Miller was never making fun of soeciety back then or now, it is just something that he wants people to take so the same mistakes wont be made.
ReplyDeleteMiller wrote this play with the purpose of it being an allegory. He wanted to prove that there is always two sides to a story and that both sides are usually different. He displayed this by writing about how the girls lied about people being witches. He also displays this when he writes about how John Proctor admits to cheating on his wife and gives the full story. The judge doesn't believe him, because Abigail begins to say John is a warlock.
ReplyDeleteI can respect that. Miller is more so teaching us a lesson about the severity of power's negative effects on the good souls as opposed to my now changed perspective of him subliminally making fun of those followers.
ReplyDelete...
ReplyDeletegagosto.... I like the way you expressed your thought on this... there really is always to sides to a story and not everyone should believe what they are told and if you are put in a situtation were its deafth or freedom im sure most well lie there way out to save themselves from deafth.
ReplyDelete..
ReplyDelete..
ReplyDelete