… Crucible and the Classroom:
An Examination of Arthur Miller’s Technique of Dealing with the Devil
The Crucible and the Curriculum
Arthur Miller is widely proclaimed as a moral writer whose aim is to bring out the good in man rather than the bad. This is perhaps why his so-called moral plays, including The Crucible, have become standard reading in American High Schools and popular set-books for British G.C.S.E. candidates. Miller’s plays are also on the …
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… he is chained and bound and thrown into an eternal, bottomless pit. What a fall! Thus the Devil, for all his revolt, revolted in vain. He loses both earth and heaven. This is how God fulfils His prophesy in Daniel 9:24 where Christ’s work is:
“to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”
This was to be …
… fear of reprisals. The Church was declared ‘malignant’ so that Denominationalism, the devil’s substitute, might appear benign.
… witchcraft and in the Massachusetts colony frightened men women and children believed that the devil was on the loose. The epicentre of this wave of evil which was to alienate children from their parents, churches from their pastors, servants from their masters and even wives from their husbands was the small community of Salem several hours ride on horseback from Boston.
Salem, though of very insignificant size, has received an over-proportioned importance in American …
… angels. The dragon was defeated and we read that he “was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” Thus, when we open our Bible at Genesis, after reading of the creation of Adam and Eve, we find them living in innocence and happiness as God’s stewards of Eden. Suddenly this idyll is broken by the appearance of Eve’s tempter, the devil. He tells her that if she obeys …
… His saving work. What sparked off the heated debate was the subject of Christ being tempted by the devil, (Matt. 4:1-11) and my co-correspondents were upset by my contributions to the discussion. I had based my stand on Hebrews 2:18, “For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted” and Hebrews 4:15, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet …
… will be opened at the Day of Judgement as the deciding test of those who are under the law to the Devil or under the law in Christ. Oliver quarrels with Huntington’s historical respect for the Church of England, forgetting that many of his Particular and Strict Baptist fathers praised the Anglican homilies and Articles. However, Oliver’s argument that Huntington was ‘passionately loyal’ to the Church of England limps somewhat as Huntington was a Dissenter. Oliver wrongly argues that …
… action in dirtying James’ reputation is clear. He feels that if he proves the king to be a devil, then there can be no saints in the Reformed Church in his kingdom. We trust that Gay will find himself completely alone with such logic. Under Archbishop George Abbott’s great leadership, England became the foremost Reformed nation, as willingly acknowledged by Continental countries such as Holland, Germany, Belgium and France.
Continuing with his historical howlers and …
… him all his earthly days. A life of faith is a life fighting against the world, the flesh and the devil and indeed against the old man in oneself. Those who have been given grace will have that grace tried to the quick that the man of God may be purged with fire and come out reflecting the Lord his Righteousness. But the Lord has promised to feed His flock with all they need to stabilise and equip them for the task. Again, Rusk knows what he is taking about as he has suffered and triumphed …
… Christ. Travers discipline was designed to protect the believer from the world, the flesh and the devil by a legal straight-jacket. Then Travers criticised Hooker’s view of the Scriptures. Hooker taught that God’s Word moved no sinner unless the Author-Spirit awakened him through it so that he would realise his fallen state and turn to Christ for life. Travers said this was wrong. The believer was obliged to believe on hearing the Word, irrespective of any inner working of God in the …
