As darkness and deceit looms over an enclosed exhibit, sacrifice causes the veiled eyes of humans to be freed from a glazed state and becomes the impetus for the diffusion of this new sight throughout a community. In Arthur Miller’s drama The Crucible, sacrifices to restore equilibrium within oneself are crucial, for the birth of a sacrifice from one person inspires the spread of healing into a community and stops the copious flow of evil from one liar. With trembling hands full of the blood he tried to heal Salem with, Giles Corey sacrifices his mortality to save another man from the veneer of myth cloaking over the court as well as expose the deceit of the noxious court. Yet as Giles’ transience symbolizes ultimate sacrifice, John Proctor,
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Wrathing and wrangling within the manacles of his mortal skin, John Proctor has indicted himself for lechery and cannot find the rich glow within him to forgive himself, for he sees himself as a damaged and dented individual in the cryptic eyes of God. And as Proctor cringes at the admittance of his own infraction, he paints a scarlet letter upon his white washed and cracking, peeling wall to save his fragile and loyal wife from a purge of envy within the town. Trembling with the epiphany of forgiveness, Proctor has tasted the droplets of clemency from the Lord and his wife when he publicly sacrifices and slashes the only thing that he grasps with a vigorous grip: his name. But, when shackled to another crime of witchery, Proctor protests to libel himself and smear his name again by signing to it, for he already conceded to this fraudulent crime, “I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are!” (132). While the court requests that Proctor throw himself further off the cliff of conviction, Proctor refuses to sign the black and jet ink of his name that will forever permeate the paper and create a glaze of grief over his eyes. Although …show more content…
With the parasite of perjury latching onto and gluttonously sucking the mortal blood of a malleable human, the poison of deceit has been infused into the rush of red within the veins as lies are emitted into the outer world through foggy and murky breath. As the virulent virus continually seeps deeper within the stream of passion, the cure prevails with human sacrifice to frighten the barnacles away. When one sacrifices for others, this antidote to the toxins is injected throughout a crucible as humans finally become able to see the leech that had evaded them. And, with vigor, prideful humans strive to eradicate the malice which had overpowered their weak souls and gave them shame for succumbing to the sham. While sacrifice commandeers the onset of pain, it also hoists a mirror to the surrounding community as people watch their reflection and realize the poor and fallible human choices that engulfed their mind in times of
Wrathing and wrangling within the manacles of his mortal skin, John Proctor has indicted himself for lechery and cannot find the rich glow within him to forgive himself, for he sees himself as a damaged and dented individual in the cryptic eyes of God. And as Proctor cringes at the admittance of his own infraction, he paints a scarlet letter upon his white washed and cracking, peeling wall to save his fragile and loyal wife from a purge of envy within the town. Trembling with the epiphany of forgiveness, Proctor has tasted the droplets of clemency from the Lord and his wife when he publicly sacrifices and slashes the only thing that he grasps with a vigorous grip: his name. But, when shackled to another crime of witchery, Proctor protests to libel himself and smear his name again by signing to it, for he already conceded to this fraudulent crime, “I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are!” (132). While the court requests that Proctor throw himself further off the cliff of conviction, Proctor refuses to sign the black and jet ink of his name that will forever permeate the paper and create a glaze of grief over his eyes. Although …show more content…
With the parasite of perjury latching onto and gluttonously sucking the mortal blood of a malleable human, the poison of deceit has been infused into the rush of red within the veins as lies are emitted into the outer world through foggy and murky breath. As the virulent virus continually seeps deeper within the stream of passion, the cure prevails with human sacrifice to frighten the barnacles away. When one sacrifices for others, this antidote to the toxins is injected throughout a crucible as humans finally become able to see the leech that had evaded them. And, with vigor, prideful humans strive to eradicate the malice which had overpowered their weak souls and gave them shame for succumbing to the sham. While sacrifice commandeers the onset of pain, it also hoists a mirror to the surrounding community as people watch their reflection and realize the poor and fallible human choices that engulfed their mind in times of