Trials and tribulations tower over our everyday lives, but not as much as the denizens of the past. The past is often characterized as being more primitive than its respective future which could be true in most cases. A lack of knowledge gives room for superstition and superstition gives room for disasters. One of these disastrous cases point directly towards the United States of America in the 17th century in the story dubbed “The Crucible”. Witches and warlocks were a bad existence for the people in this past and is illustrated with the unfolding of a literal witch hunt. Eventually, the hunt gets out of hand and leads to the death of many innocent people. This 1692 Massachusetts bay colony drama, like many other dramas, tests the will of
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In “The Crucible”, many human qualities are exemplified through the characters actions and situations including courage, weakness, and truth that are only revealed through the hardships and endeavors of these characters even though some may argue otherwise about the truth. The courage to persevere, no matter how many risks and dangers await, even if one is wrong, is defined in Abigail William’s actions. When Abigail, the niece of Samuel Parris, triggers the start of the fiasco by participating by consuming chicken blood during a suspicious ritual, her crusade of finger pointing and backstabbing begins. Tituba, Parris’s slave, falsely admits to being in contact with the devil. Abigail subsequently joins in on the name calling that eventually escalates to a problem bigger than Salem. This causes judge Danforth to come in and try the validity of the witchcraft claims. Though, she knows full well there are no witches in town, Abagail still accuses many during the interrogation to avoid getting painted as one. The power of courage here plays a prominent role in allowing Abigail to ever so boldly accuse others of witchcraft. Abigail knows full well that at any time, she could be accused of …show more content…
The decisions we make in our lives leads to situations that calls for more decisions that lead to even more complicated situations. This phenomenon is called the butterfly effect. Like the crucible, we too experience pains and hardships that expose our humanity out for all to see. The struggles and desire of people could be traced even back to the date where Jesus Christ was not relevant. The people of the past left time capsules of humanity's nature that still mirror that of today. This is all because humanity is ever so constant. We still have the exact same wills and troubles we had a few thousand years ago. We still use religion as a coping device to shield from the fact that humans are imperfect beings just like any other animal out in the wild. However, unlike our past predecessors, we have the abundance of knowledge thanks to them. The ball of knowledge passed down to our generation aids us to prevent the tragedies and logically invalidates the superstitions of the past. We can now wield human nature cautiously now that we know that it leads to sometimes fatal outcomes. Though every generation still repeats the same mistake as it’s previous generation, it is how you use the knowledge of the past to deal with the situations of the
In “The Crucible”, many human qualities are exemplified through the characters actions and situations including courage, weakness, and truth that are only revealed through the hardships and endeavors of these characters even though some may argue otherwise about the truth. The courage to persevere, no matter how many risks and dangers await, even if one is wrong, is defined in Abigail William’s actions. When Abigail, the niece of Samuel Parris, triggers the start of the fiasco by participating by consuming chicken blood during a suspicious ritual, her crusade of finger pointing and backstabbing begins. Tituba, Parris’s slave, falsely admits to being in contact with the devil. Abigail subsequently joins in on the name calling that eventually escalates to a problem bigger than Salem. This causes judge Danforth to come in and try the validity of the witchcraft claims. Though, she knows full well there are no witches in town, Abagail still accuses many during the interrogation to avoid getting painted as one. The power of courage here plays a prominent role in allowing Abigail to ever so boldly accuse others of witchcraft. Abigail knows full well that at any time, she could be accused of …show more content…
The decisions we make in our lives leads to situations that calls for more decisions that lead to even more complicated situations. This phenomenon is called the butterfly effect. Like the crucible, we too experience pains and hardships that expose our humanity out for all to see. The struggles and desire of people could be traced even back to the date where Jesus Christ was not relevant. The people of the past left time capsules of humanity's nature that still mirror that of today. This is all because humanity is ever so constant. We still have the exact same wills and troubles we had a few thousand years ago. We still use religion as a coping device to shield from the fact that humans are imperfect beings just like any other animal out in the wild. However, unlike our past predecessors, we have the abundance of knowledge thanks to them. The ball of knowledge passed down to our generation aids us to prevent the tragedies and logically invalidates the superstitions of the past. We can now wield human nature cautiously now that we know that it leads to sometimes fatal outcomes. Though every generation still repeats the same mistake as it’s previous generation, it is how you use the knowledge of the past to deal with the situations of the