What do you expect to happen when you do something good? Maybe praise, a reward, but certainly not punishment. Well, unfortunately, that isn’t always the case, especially in The Crucible and in history. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible illustrates a classic power in the wrong hands situation, as the play examines the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s Salem Witch Trials. Set in 1692, in the village of Salem, The Crucible begins with the minister of the church, Reverend Parris and his sick daughter Betty. The Putnams, another family with a sick daughter also enter, and suggest that the girls are possibly involved in witchcraft, and from there the entire village crys witchcraft and the Salem Witch Trials are quickly underway. The Crucible focuses on
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Anthony fought all her life to do the right thing and to help women who didn’t have a voice, but she was only made fun of and punished. Susan B. Anthony was a social reformer who initiated the struggle for women’s right to vote, but who “endured years of public abuse and sarcasm” (“Susan B. Anthony”) from those against women’s suffrage or who saw her as a threat. Anthony never did anything to those that mocked her, yet she suffered through their remarks on the grounds of a greater cause. She clearly did not deserve mistreatment, nevertheless was still willing to take it because others did not understand how important this matter truly was. Being the fearless woman she was, in November of 1872, Anthony voted on election day, however only weeks later, a U.S. deputy marshal “appeared on her doorstep with a warrant for her arrest (“Susan B. Anthony”). Once again, since Susan B. Anthony did something courageous, the government harmed her by arresting her. She was simply trying to take action for something she believed strongly in and instead of being praised, she went to trial because the authorities believed they were doing the right thing by removing the person who was a “threat.” In June of 1873, Susan B. Anthony was brought on trial for civil disobedience, and the judge would not let Anthony testify in her own behalf because “she was deemed ‘incompetent’” (“Susan B. Anthony”). In this instance, the judge misused his power to guide a biased trial and to deny Anthony the right to testify. Susan B. Anthony was punished in this situation because she wasn’t even gave the chance to do something good because her testimony was refused.Though only trying to fight for her belief that women should be able to vote, Susan B. Anthony was mocked, arrested, and treated unfairly because others thought they were protecting themselves and the current state of things by punishing
Anthony fought all her life to do the right thing and to help women who didn’t have a voice, but she was only made fun of and punished. Susan B. Anthony was a social reformer who initiated the struggle for women’s right to vote, but who “endured years of public abuse and sarcasm” (“Susan B. Anthony”) from those against women’s suffrage or who saw her as a threat. Anthony never did anything to those that mocked her, yet she suffered through their remarks on the grounds of a greater cause. She clearly did not deserve mistreatment, nevertheless was still willing to take it because others did not understand how important this matter truly was. Being the fearless woman she was, in November of 1872, Anthony voted on election day, however only weeks later, a U.S. deputy marshal “appeared on her doorstep with a warrant for her arrest (“Susan B. Anthony”). Once again, since Susan B. Anthony did something courageous, the government harmed her by arresting her. She was simply trying to take action for something she believed strongly in and instead of being praised, she went to trial because the authorities believed they were doing the right thing by removing the person who was a “threat.” In June of 1873, Susan B. Anthony was brought on trial for civil disobedience, and the judge would not let Anthony testify in her own behalf because “she was deemed ‘incompetent’” (“Susan B. Anthony”). In this instance, the judge misused his power to guide a biased trial and to deny Anthony the right to testify. Susan B. Anthony was punished in this situation because she wasn’t even gave the chance to do something good because her testimony was refused.Though only trying to fight for her belief that women should be able to vote, Susan B. Anthony was mocked, arrested, and treated unfairly because others thought they were protecting themselves and the current state of things by punishing