Selfish Actions Lead to Chaos in The Crucible
Reverend Samuel Parris, Abigail Williams, and Thomas Putnam are all characters that show self-seeking actions throughout the entire play of The Crucible. These people contribute to making Salem a corrupt society. A functioning community would have everyone working together, and in this case, working to diminish the Salem Witch Trials, but their community is filled with disorderly happenings which is shown in the characters of Parris, Abigail, and Putnam. Reverend Parris shows his egotistic ways during a time of much confusion. Abigail Williams’ only concern throughout the Salem Witch Trials is to have John Proctor back in her arms again. The continuous actions of putting people in jail to gain control of …show more content…
A community that functions well is one where everyone plays their part in helping the community thrive to be organized and better. Throughout the time of the Witch Trials in Salem none of this was happening. Instead children were becoming orphans, cows were wandering the street, and crops were not being taken care of. Nobody is telling the truth and good people are getting sent to jail and killed. In Act Four Parris tells Judge Hathorne, “I am penniless” because Abigail has ran away with her own uncle’s money out of the fear of her not wanting to go to jail for lying throughout the Salem Witch Trials. Disorder is everyone in this town because others are not helping each other out, but rather they are hurting each other. The Crucible is said to be about “the effect of a rigid ideology on . . . those who are victimized by it and those who use it to their advantage, as well as those who simply stand without protesting” (Bryer) which simply shows that everyone in the community is working against one another. The chaos in this society can be credited to three different people, Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and Thomas
Reverend Samuel Parris, Abigail Williams, and Thomas Putnam are all characters that show self-seeking actions throughout the entire play of The Crucible. These people contribute to making Salem a corrupt society. A functioning community would have everyone working together, and in this case, working to diminish the Salem Witch Trials, but their community is filled with disorderly happenings which is shown in the characters of Parris, Abigail, and Putnam. Reverend Parris shows his egotistic ways during a time of much confusion. Abigail Williams’ only concern throughout the Salem Witch Trials is to have John Proctor back in her arms again. The continuous actions of putting people in jail to gain control of …show more content…
A community that functions well is one where everyone plays their part in helping the community thrive to be organized and better. Throughout the time of the Witch Trials in Salem none of this was happening. Instead children were becoming orphans, cows were wandering the street, and crops were not being taken care of. Nobody is telling the truth and good people are getting sent to jail and killed. In Act Four Parris tells Judge Hathorne, “I am penniless” because Abigail has ran away with her own uncle’s money out of the fear of her not wanting to go to jail for lying throughout the Salem Witch Trials. Disorder is everyone in this town because others are not helping each other out, but rather they are hurting each other. The Crucible is said to be about “the effect of a rigid ideology on . . . those who are victimized by it and those who use it to their advantage, as well as those who simply stand without protesting” (Bryer) which simply shows that everyone in the community is working against one another. The chaos in this society can be credited to three different people, Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, and Thomas