Self-Repination In Arthur Miller's The Crucible

The theme of The Crucible is leading towards to keep a good reputation you must have self-respect and respect others. Many people were accused in Salem of witchcraft. Some of those people confessed to witchcraft to save their lives. While few refused to confess to keeping their name "respected.” Proctor says "you will not use me! I am no Sarah Good or Tituba, I am John Proctor! Yuu will not use me! It is no part of salvation that you should use me.” He says this as a way to stand up to Danforth who believes anyone's name that is brought has been involved in witchcraft. His words are spoken to respect the ones who did not confess. John goes on to say ¨I have three children- how may I teach them to walk like men, and I sold my friends?’ These …show more content…
In Arthur Miller's essay Why I Wrote the Crucible he says “Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish the memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring a puzzled smile to the next…” This quote refers to parts in the play write when Danforth is forcing all these people to confess of witchcraft to prove he is right, though he may know he is wrong towards the end of the play. It is very strongly pointing towards the part when Hale was blaming himself for the witch trials and the murders. He was scared that he was the reason for the deaths of many innocent …show more content…
In The Crucible he wrote about people being accused of doing something they did not do. He wrote The Crucible after his own experience of being accused of being someone he was not, though he did base the story from real events in Salem known as the Salem witch trials. He was begged to confess to being a communist, and to tell if anyone else he knew was also a communist. These examples are just like when we say all Muslims are terrorists. We force them to say they are terrorist and to tell us who are all other