Imagine yourself feeling so much guilt, that you confess to an action you did not commit? Imagine having your voice become shut down because of someone you trusted. Unable to say the truth and have that weight lifted off of your shoulders. This happens more often than you think and occurs because of safety, attention, and those who manifest the thought that they actually committed the crime. The first element, safety, is just simply that. Whether it’s for themselves or for the ones they love, the purpose is to protect. They are protecting themselves from different factors. One aspect would be to confess for their loved one and yield the blame so they would not see their loved one in trouble. Another aspect is for the accused to confess in
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This confession is made by those are abused and lack in the attention needed for proper behavioral development. Although, the outcome would not be optimum, the attention for confessing is enough to outweigh those possibilities. Abigail demonstrates this throughout the story; however, she doesn’t not necessarily verbally confess to her actions, but does so by displaying them. Abigail was an afflicted child who watched her parents’ murder and becomes a servant. She had sex with John Proctor, unintentionally longing for that lack of attention. Her life consists of little to no action, allowing her to envision what that life consists of, making this “confession” a perfect opportunity to find out. The third element is when a person embodies the thought of them committing the crime. When a person is accused, they are interrogated. It is constant badgering and mistreatment. They are hammered with false evidence to coerce them into a confession. False evidence and a mentally exhausted person constructs the thought “maybe I did do this” or “I guess it’s possible”. Those thoughts then lead to a false confession. People dishonestly confess due to the 3 elements: safety, attention, and believing you actually did it. Those are achieved through harassment, watching over people, and neglect. This is an issue morally and judiciously, as people are incorrectly punished and the justice system fails to recognize these elements, leaving the guilty
This confession is made by those are abused and lack in the attention needed for proper behavioral development. Although, the outcome would not be optimum, the attention for confessing is enough to outweigh those possibilities. Abigail demonstrates this throughout the story; however, she doesn’t not necessarily verbally confess to her actions, but does so by displaying them. Abigail was an afflicted child who watched her parents’ murder and becomes a servant. She had sex with John Proctor, unintentionally longing for that lack of attention. Her life consists of little to no action, allowing her to envision what that life consists of, making this “confession” a perfect opportunity to find out. The third element is when a person embodies the thought of them committing the crime. When a person is accused, they are interrogated. It is constant badgering and mistreatment. They are hammered with false evidence to coerce them into a confession. False evidence and a mentally exhausted person constructs the thought “maybe I did do this” or “I guess it’s possible”. Those thoughts then lead to a false confession. People dishonestly confess due to the 3 elements: safety, attention, and believing you actually did it. Those are achieved through harassment, watching over people, and neglect. This is an issue morally and judiciously, as people are incorrectly punished and the justice system fails to recognize these elements, leaving the guilty