Lying comes naturally because it keeps telling others the truth, knowing the relationship between two people may suffer. In The Crucible written in 1953 by Arthur Miller, characters are prone to lie not just to themselves, but also to their own friends. The Salem Witch Trials prosecuted around eighty people to death for suspecting to be in contact with the Devil. Miller displays the major consequence for lying which results in death at the end. Characters in The Crucible lie in hopes of saving themselves from mass hysteria and the possibility mortality. In Act One, Parris encounters Abigail and summons her to give him a good answer of him finding the girls' dancing in the woods. She quickly replies, “We did dance, uncle, and when you leaped
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Hale, who promptly sides with Proctor now, exclaims, "Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell. . . But my oath to Heaven, I believe him now, and I pray you call back his wife before we-." When Elizabeth slanders to the court, he tries to persuade the court anyone would lie to save their loved one. Hale sees how the absurd witchcraft business came to be and strives to influence the court to stop sentencing people from innocent deaths. Hearing Mary Warren's testimony, Parris acknowledges, "Excellency, she were under Tituba's power at that time, but she is solemn now." Mary Warren confesses to the court that the girls made the witchcraft up to hide the truth. By telling the court the truth, Parris accuses her of lying by being under Tituba's power; her power, claims Mr. Parris, made Mary Warren talk lies. Lying demonstrates the difficulty of deciphering the truth the girls made. By Abigail attending the court secession, Mary Warren resumes her original lies, because of Abigail's convincing acting skills. Pretending Mary Warren sent her spirit to the girls, Abigail starts to cry out, "Why? Why do you come, yellow bird?" The court become influenced Mary Warren secretly saw the devil and became a witch. The two sides, Mary Warren verses Abigail, try to convince the court they speak the truth. Making things up produce a bigger problem than before. Hoping to save their own …show more content…
She protects herself against Abigail hoping to convince the court Proctor made her say all of these statements. Surprisingly, the court denies the acknowledged truth stated from Mary Warren. Danforth questions her, "Then you tell me that you sat in my court, callously lying, when you knew that people would hang by your evidence?" Mary replies she told the truth which the court denies and brings the term witchcraft back up for being responsible. The court never thought of being played by these young girls. Lastly, another lie to convince why someone would lie to save their life comes at the end of the play when Elizabeth visits Proctor in jail. Proctor admits, "I have been thinking I would confess to them, Elizabeth. What say you? If I give them that?" Proctor's name gives him too much pride to lie and accuse innocent friends, but when his life is on the line, he asks Elizabeth what she thinks about giving into confessing. Proctor thinks of the option to lie just to spend time with his family together again. Bonnet quotes, "There is never a . . . and each individual is required to tell a lie if he [or she] wants to save [their] life. This helps prove why a character lied. The confessions saved
Hale, who promptly sides with Proctor now, exclaims, "Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell. . . But my oath to Heaven, I believe him now, and I pray you call back his wife before we-." When Elizabeth slanders to the court, he tries to persuade the court anyone would lie to save their loved one. Hale sees how the absurd witchcraft business came to be and strives to influence the court to stop sentencing people from innocent deaths. Hearing Mary Warren's testimony, Parris acknowledges, "Excellency, she were under Tituba's power at that time, but she is solemn now." Mary Warren confesses to the court that the girls made the witchcraft up to hide the truth. By telling the court the truth, Parris accuses her of lying by being under Tituba's power; her power, claims Mr. Parris, made Mary Warren talk lies. Lying demonstrates the difficulty of deciphering the truth the girls made. By Abigail attending the court secession, Mary Warren resumes her original lies, because of Abigail's convincing acting skills. Pretending Mary Warren sent her spirit to the girls, Abigail starts to cry out, "Why? Why do you come, yellow bird?" The court become influenced Mary Warren secretly saw the devil and became a witch. The two sides, Mary Warren verses Abigail, try to convince the court they speak the truth. Making things up produce a bigger problem than before. Hoping to save their own …show more content…
She protects herself against Abigail hoping to convince the court Proctor made her say all of these statements. Surprisingly, the court denies the acknowledged truth stated from Mary Warren. Danforth questions her, "Then you tell me that you sat in my court, callously lying, when you knew that people would hang by your evidence?" Mary replies she told the truth which the court denies and brings the term witchcraft back up for being responsible. The court never thought of being played by these young girls. Lastly, another lie to convince why someone would lie to save their life comes at the end of the play when Elizabeth visits Proctor in jail. Proctor admits, "I have been thinking I would confess to them, Elizabeth. What say you? If I give them that?" Proctor's name gives him too much pride to lie and accuse innocent friends, but when his life is on the line, he asks Elizabeth what she thinks about giving into confessing. Proctor thinks of the option to lie just to spend time with his family together again. Bonnet quotes, "There is never a . . . and each individual is required to tell a lie if he [or she] wants to save [their] life. This helps prove why a character lied. The confessions saved