The seven deadly sins are excessive pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, the seven deadly sins are incorporated into the society of Salem and shown through each character to represent human nature. In Arthur Miller’s play, all seven deadly sins are incorporated through the characters to cultivate the theme of the human nature to sin. Judge Danforth represents pride, John Putnam represents greed, while Abigail represents both lust and envy.
Judge Danforth best expresses excessive pride in the play. Judge Danforth’s ability to see the truth in the court house during the witch trials is obscured because he strongly believes that he is the most powerful and wise Judge. Therefore, the complaints and testimonies from the people of Salem during the witch trials ,that do not agree with his belief of the matter , are either dismissed, or worse yet, prosecuted. Danforth makes a mark of his power on several different occasions. “No uncorrupted man may fear this court, Mr. Hale! None! You are under arrest for contempt of my court” (Miller 98). The definition of contempt is the feeling that a person is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving of scorn. Danforth is so prideful in his court …show more content…
Pride is a horse, envy is a dog, lust is a cow, while greed is a frog. It is said that animals only do things by way of nature, for in the wild they are not taught differently. Is this suggesting that pride, like the kind that Danforth showed, was merely due to human nature? And like a dog and cow, Abigail craved John and envied his wife because it is only human nature to want the things that we just can’t have? Arthur Miller used characters like Putnam, Danforth, and Abigail to express the human nature to sin. If you were in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, would you act as the sniveling cow of Abigail, the cynical frog of Putnam , or the boastful horse of Danforth
Judge Danforth best expresses excessive pride in the play. Judge Danforth’s ability to see the truth in the court house during the witch trials is obscured because he strongly believes that he is the most powerful and wise Judge. Therefore, the complaints and testimonies from the people of Salem during the witch trials ,that do not agree with his belief of the matter , are either dismissed, or worse yet, prosecuted. Danforth makes a mark of his power on several different occasions. “No uncorrupted man may fear this court, Mr. Hale! None! You are under arrest for contempt of my court” (Miller 98). The definition of contempt is the feeling that a person is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving of scorn. Danforth is so prideful in his court …show more content…
Pride is a horse, envy is a dog, lust is a cow, while greed is a frog. It is said that animals only do things by way of nature, for in the wild they are not taught differently. Is this suggesting that pride, like the kind that Danforth showed, was merely due to human nature? And like a dog and cow, Abigail craved John and envied his wife because it is only human nature to want the things that we just can’t have? Arthur Miller used characters like Putnam, Danforth, and Abigail to express the human nature to sin. If you were in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, would you act as the sniveling cow of Abigail, the cynical frog of Putnam , or the boastful horse of Danforth