Many people in the story The Crucible care about their reputations and they assume that their name could affect them in the situation. I feel like if they would tell the truth it would turn out better, and In my opinion telling the truth is going to be worth more in the end, than having a good name. Having a good or bad name does not affect someone's reputation. You could have a good name and still have a bad reputation. For example, Mr. John Proctor didn’t have a bad name, but he still had an affair by cheating on his wife with Abigail.…
Reputation in Salem The characters in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, all made a name for themselves. They all want to keep a good name at that. In a town like Salem, reputation plays a huge part especially during the witch-hunt. A reputation is a belief that is held about someone.…
Reputation is very important today in society. If you have a good reputation than people will look up to you for advice and feedback. Plus more people would want to associate with you and not be afraid of your public image. But if you have a bad reputation people look down upon you and ignore you even when your down. It’s all about how you treat others and how you make them feel.…
When thrown into a fiction story the reader becomes captivated with stories of witches, ghosts, and conflicts. However, in every story there is an alternative motive along with some truth. In the novel The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, it dives deep into the past describing the town of Salem and the Salem witch trials. The story exhibits a young girl named Abigail and her fight to gain her enemy Elizabeth’s husband, going as far as to call her and others a witch. The Crucible has many diverse themes, some being jealousy, reputation, and authority.…
Reputation has been a factor of society that determines image and actions towards an individual that prompts secrecy either towards themselves or towards society, in order to maintain that reputation. Puritan beliefs and social structure heavily depended on a good name in order to have respect and success within a community. Maintaining a good reputation allows for safety and prohibits an individual from acting outside the rules of society. This is shown in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” where reputation influenced individuals to commit certain actions that lead to multiple accusations of witchcraft and a remorseful outcome. John Proctor is known in town as a great honest man, but because of his former mistake of having an affair with Abigail…
Reputation is defined as a presumption on any person or thing, usually made by the community or general public. Many of the characters in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible are self-involved and excessively worried about maintain a good reputation within the small community. The Crucible discusses many events and issues within the reader which links to today’s society. While reading this play. Due to the controversy of many detailed within, it is difficult for me not to compare today’s society to the play.…
Reputation is the common opinion held about someone based on their behavior and character. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, reputation plays a huge role in the characters’ actions. The characters are overly worried about maintaining a good reputation within their community which ends up affecting their well being. In Salem a bad reputation can result in social or even physical punishment. John Proctor, Reverend Parris, and Abigail Williams are all characters who choose to lie, and even face death instead of ruining their name.…
Remember when you were growing up and you were growing up and your older sibling would be able to go out and you would be stuck in the house because you were younger? This is privilege because your parents felt that you were not mature enough so your sibling was able to benefit from your parents actions. There are many ways that privilege can be defined based on gender, age, ethnicity, and economic status. ( Example) . But what does privilege really mean?…
During a person’s lifetime, he or she will have integrity and a reputation. According to Dictionary.com, reputation is the “the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally” while integrity is the “adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.” Even in fictional stories characters have their own reputations and integrity. In “The Minister’s Black Veil,” “The Devil and Tom Walker,” and The Crucible, a reader distinguishes the thoughts and perceptions of the protagonist’s of themselves and can compare them to the reputation given to them by the community.…
Good character, as I see it, is important not only in my life but for everyone so that the world functions smoothly. I do not like to think of myself as perfect in any way, but when it comes down to it and who I am as a person, I believe I have very good character. How I act around and treat my peers shows this quality. When meeting someone new, I am friendly, easy to get along with, and I believe their opinion is just as valuable as my own. I am also an honest and trustworthy person.…
However, it is easy to pretend to be something you are not, which makes it hard to ever understand who someone is. Having a good character entails much more than feigning kind acts, but means doing what is right for the sake of doing something right. Discovering someone’s true character requires examining their actions for it speaks volumes to the character they will show in everyday situations and when faced with adversity. A person’s reputation still remains important because it is often the only side most people come to view. This shadow of who we are…
To a certain extent, Aristotle is similar in his philosophy to Mill, Aquinas, and Kant, but now completely. He also believes in a universal good in order to achieve happiness in life. According to Aristotle, mortality and good is understood in terms of a whole life. Contrary to Mill, Aquinas, and Kant, that understand moral obligation in terms of human individual actions, instead of examining a whole lifetime. According to Aristotle “good” can be found in many forms.…
Honor Everyone has their own personalised definition of honor. It's seen as a rank on a certain subject, keeping your image or fulfilling what an individual was bound to do, or could be seen as a privilege. I define honor as having pride in who you are and what you do, being honest and noble, constantly doing selfless acts while putting others before yourself. Today’s modern dictionary definition of honor is to have high respect or esteem (Dictionary.com), but the way in which we define honor as a whole, has changed over time.…
It is not given but earned over time based on what a person is known for their flaws and their perfections. “We only ever have influence over our reputation—never control…but it remains one of our most precious assets (far more important than any one job, house, car, or even, some would argue, money).” (Lickerman) An asset is something owned, whereas reputation, an intangible aspect is created and developed overtime by society’s perspective. It is not a personal identification of who someone is but how another person would classify them as.…
For me, a good Reputation is worth fighting for by any means necessary. No matter how hard or long you try, your reputation will stay with you for the rest of your life. It shows people who you really are, whether you wanted anyone to know about it or not. You should keep your reputation very close to your heart and guarded. Everyone deserves to have people talk about them they way they want to be talked about and be remembered for the good and not the bad.…