Fear is a classic human emotion, fear is an emotion that can cause people to do irrational things in order to escape the pain, in The Crucible, fear motivates the creation of lies leading the corruption of the highest form of government, causing outrage in the Puritan society. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams says,
Now look you. All of you, we danced. And Tituba conjured Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.
This quote shows a sign of fear in Abigail after being caught dancing and performing a ritual in the middle of the woods at night with others, …show more content…
This quote also reveals the irrational things Abigail says in fear in order to keep out of harm's way. This quote proves fear can cause people to do or say the most bizarre things in order to stay in the clear and out of danger. Arthur Miller’s intentions of putting fear in The Crucible were to guide the fact that people can do the unimaginable when put in a corner. In The Crucible, Reverend Hale says “You are God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us. You are selected, Tituba, you are chosen to help us cleanse our village.” This quote shows believing a person over another, Reverend Hale brought in by
Now look you. All of you, we danced. And Tituba conjured Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.
This quote shows a sign of fear in Abigail after being caught dancing and performing a ritual in the middle of the woods at night with others, …show more content…
This quote also reveals the irrational things Abigail says in fear in order to keep out of harm's way. This quote proves fear can cause people to do or say the most bizarre things in order to stay in the clear and out of danger. Arthur Miller’s intentions of putting fear in The Crucible were to guide the fact that people can do the unimaginable when put in a corner. In The Crucible, Reverend Hale says “You are God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us. You are selected, Tituba, you are chosen to help us cleanse our village.” This quote shows believing a person over another, Reverend Hale brought in by