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Maybe Not · 2012- 4- 2

miller's idea of morality

Arthur Miller as a Moral Teacher
In an article entitled Morality and Modern Drama , Miller takes up the criticism that there is a lack of moral value in modern plays. He argues that drama and literature are highly moral in nature, showing what is “right and wrong, good and bad, high and low”. The playwright explains that the purpose of drama and literature is, however, to reform people morally, “not so much by setting forth these values as such, but by showing, so to speak, the wages of sin.”. In another essay Miller asserts that without the “perverse example” of evil people “we should not know the good“.

The weakness in this naive argument is clearly seen in the interpretation that Miller gives of Moses and the Ten Commandments. Moses, according to Miller, was able to develop a technique by which he codified what many people knew to be morally good. In his own words the writer says that the Ten Commandments were, “purely and simply a way of putting into capsule form what probably the most sensitive parts of the society were wishing could be stated so that people could memorize it and people could live by it .” Moses, apparently, was a mere ‘spiritual propagandist’ with a genius for giving people what they knew they needed.

Miller reflects this idea in the play as one of the most important themes .
The entire village bases its belief system on the conflict between good vs. evil, or Satan vs. God. Over and over, as people are accused of witchcraft, this paradigm gets dragged out. When Tituba confesses, she claims she wants to be a good Christian now and stop hurting people. She must renounce the Devil. When Mary Warren can’t handle the girls’ accusations, she accuses Proctor of making her sign the Devil’s book and claims she is now with God. The world in The Crucible is clearly divided into these two camps. Unfortunately, everybody’s confused about which side is actually good, and which side is actually evil, though it’s abundantly clear to the reader. It may seem like evil is winning, as one innocent person after another is put to death, but we also see that there is power in martyrdom. The innocent people who confessed are beginning to rebel, and both ministers have recognized their mistakes by the end of the play. Above all, the religion of Salem is incredibly bleak and tends to focus on human frailty and sin to the exclusion of the good things in the world.

بالعربي ..
ان ملر يؤمن بالدين .. وانه رسم هالقضيه بالمسرحيه من خلال عدة أشياء ..
الوصآيآ العشر .. المبادئ اللي متمسك فيها جون بروكتور .. طريقة تفكيره وأيمانه ..

ان شآلله يكون وضّح شوي وفكيت شي من الأزمه ..
بحآول أحل ثآني .. =)

المصصدر لجوآبي للي يبي هذره أكثر ..

http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/good-vs-evil-theme.html
http://evangelica.de/articles/the-de...arthur-miller/

دعوآتكم =)

2012- 4- 2	#1197
Maybe Not أكـاديـمـي ذهـبـي الملف الشخصي: رقم العضوية : 74844 تاريخ التسجيل: Mon Mar 2011 العمر: 36 المشاركات: 786 الـجنــس : أنـثـى عدد الـنقـاط : 281 مؤشر المستوى: 68 بيانات الطالب: الكلية: غير ذلك الدراسة: غير طالب التخصص: غير ذلك المستوى: خريج جامعي	رد: ~\|\|Last semester of Senior Year \|\|~ miller's idea of morality Arthur Miller as a Moral Teacher In an article entitled Morality and Modern Drama , Miller takes up the criticism that there is a lack of moral value in modern plays. He argues that drama and literature are highly moral in nature, showing what is “right and wrong, good and bad, high and low”. The playwright explains that the purpose of drama and literature is, however, to reform people morally, “not so much by setting forth these values as such, but by showing, so to speak, the wages of sin.”. In another essay Miller asserts that without the “perverse example” of evil people “we should not know the good“. The weakness in this naive argument is clearly seen in the interpretation that Miller gives of Moses and the Ten Commandments. Moses, according to Miller, was able to develop a technique by which he codified what many people knew to be morally good. In his own words the writer says that the Ten Commandments were, “purely and simply a way of putting into capsule form what probably the most sensitive parts of the society were wishing could be stated so that people could memorize it and people could live by it .” Moses, apparently, was a mere ‘spiritual propagandist’ with a genius for giving people what they knew they needed. Miller reflects this idea in the play as one of the most important themes . The entire village bases its belief system on the conflict between good vs. evil, or Satan vs. God. Over and over, as people are accused of witchcraft, this paradigm gets dragged out. When Tituba confesses, she claims she wants to be a good Christian now and stop hurting people. She must renounce the Devil. When Mary Warren can’t handle the girls’ accusations, she accuses Proctor of making her sign the Devil’s book and claims she is now with God. The world in The Crucible is clearly divided into these two camps. Unfortunately, everybody’s confused about which side is actually good, and which side is actually evil, though it’s abundantly clear to the reader. It may seem like evil is winning, as one innocent person after another is put to death, but we also see that there is power in martyrdom. The innocent people who confessed are beginning to rebel, and both ministers have recognized their mistakes by the end of the play. Above all, the religion of Salem is incredibly bleak and tends to focus on human frailty and sin to the exclusion of the good things in the world. بالعربي .. ان ملر يؤمن بالدين .. وانه رسم هالقضيه بالمسرحيه من خلال عدة أشياء .. الوصآيآ العشر .. المبادئ اللي متمسك فيها جون بروكتور .. طريقة تفكيره وأيمانه .. ان شآلله يكون وضّح شوي وفكيت شي من الأزمه .. بحآول أحل ثآني .. =) المصصدر لجوآبي للي يبي هذره أكثر .. http://www.shmoop.com/crucible/good-vs-evil-theme.html http://evangelica.de/articles/the-de...arthur-miller/ دعوآتكم =)