Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is one of the most compelling modern texts that discusses fear and how it affects society as a whole, as well as the individual. It is no coincidence that this play was written during the contemporary witch hunt called the Red Scare. Miller was clearly using the many similarities between the early colonial setting of his writing and the bleak truths of his time period to draw attention to patterns that repeat throughout history and will continue to repeat as long as there are people to feel fear. Specifically, Arthur Miller is discussing how fear can influence the minds and actions of those who let it and how those fears do not always have roots proportional to its victims reactions.
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People who take so much pride in living good Christian lives are driven to sinning more than they ever have before because of the manipulating grasp of fear This exchange in Arthur Miller's The Crucible depicts a reverend and a respected land owner savagely threatening an innocent woman whom they suspect of being a witch because of the testimony of a young girl: “Tituba: I don't compact with no Devil! Parris: You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death, Tituba! Putnam: This woman must be hanged! She must be taken and hanged! Tituba, terrified, falls to her knees: No, no, don't hang Tituba! I tell him I don't desire to work for him, sir”(Miller 44). In this scene, Parris and Putnam, driven by panic, threaten Tituba until she feels like she has no choice but to falsely confess, very similarly to how those accused of being communist were treated during the time period during which this
The Crucible focuses greatly on the effects of fear on the decision making of …show more content…
People who take so much pride in living good Christian lives are driven to sinning more than they ever have before because of the manipulating grasp of fear This exchange in Arthur Miller's The Crucible depicts a reverend and a respected land owner savagely threatening an innocent woman whom they suspect of being a witch because of the testimony of a young girl: “Tituba: I don't compact with no Devil! Parris: You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death, Tituba! Putnam: This woman must be hanged! She must be taken and hanged! Tituba, terrified, falls to her knees: No, no, don't hang Tituba! I tell him I don't desire to work for him, sir”(Miller 44). In this scene, Parris and Putnam, driven by panic, threaten Tituba until she feels like she has no choice but to falsely confess, very similarly to how those accused of being communist were treated during the time period during which this