Examples Of Eyewitness In The Crucible

Seeing is believing, right? What about the practice of people seeing what they expect to see? The Crucible by Arthur Miller, reveals the dangers of bringing the idea of eyewitness testimony into court. In Proctor’s world, a relationship with God is defined by the letter by the Bible. Those who refute any part of the the Bible are non-believers. Proctor lives his life by doing good by good deeds for his community, guided by his own sense of righteousness rather than the definition of religion as defined by people like Reverend Parris whose faith and morality is defined and measured by scripture and nothing else. Proctor’s faith in goodness does not follow the letter of the law as defined by the word of God narrowly defined by the Bible. His sense of right and wrong is guided instead by his own sense of morality. In a world where scripture defines all, Proctor’s morality is invisible. Proctor refuses to confess to spite the court, not because of his relationship with God. …show more content…
The first sign that Proctor is not motivated by religious belief is when he is revealed to not believe in witches by the other characters. When Proctor comes to collect his servant girl, his former mistress, Abigail, believes he has come to see her, knowing he could not have come because of the rumors of witchcraft. Abigail says “You came five miles to see a girl fly? I know you better” (22), indicating that he told her he does not believe in witchcraft. Later, when Hale comes to see if the Proctors household is religious and not associated with witchcraft, Proctor’s disbelief in witchcraft, is revealed once