The Crucible Born From Hate Analysis

The Crucible - Born from Hate In Salem the world was unformed, shrouded by a dense fog. In a land of despair, for in the people’s hallowed souls, was revenge. The revenge burrowed inside of them birthed a new era, where the people cry names of witches. The Crucible, which was originally a play written by Arthur Miller; had been published in the year of 1950. From the fear of her own sins, Abigail Williams portrays herself as the lord’s “vessel”, and as well as a small congestion of deceiving girls with the same fate. Reverend Hale believes in the innocence that Abigail Williams and Mary Warren state themselves as. Thus began the terror of witches, in which Abigail brewed the idea of witchcraft to her own benefit. Despite the discord, John …show more content…
For example, John Proctor allows himself to be locked up in his own thoughts to avoid the problems that may occur when regarding his affair with Abigail Williams. Within the first few lines of the script, Abigail admits that she still has feelings towards John. When he heard this, John replies with rather an unforgiving backlash. “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut my hand before I will ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby” (pg. 150, Miller). Upon the appearance of the affair from Abigail Williams, John Proctor’s dialogue changes immensely. Beforehand, Proctor allows himself to joke around with her. Though, as soon as Abigail hints on their commitment of adultery, John begins to shift the conversation elsewhere. When he does so, he is given the same feedback from Abigail, thus she begins to torment him about his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, even though she has no partake in the argument. “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her take you like a-” (pg.150, Miller) When hearing this, John Proctor becomes disappointed in himself. Knowing that Elizabeth has never told a lie, John immediately disagrees with Abigail. In a blunt statement, John defends his wife in spite to make up for the affair he committed …show more content…
Here, John’s sanity is on the brink, and while being defied against his vengeance, his only hope of having a pure name is snatched before him. “(holding Danforth a paper) WIll you read this first, sir? It’s a sort of testament. The people signing it declare their good opinion of Rebecca, and my wife, and Martha Corey. (Danforth looks down at the paper)” (pg. 185, Miller) John Proctor knows that in order to gain approval from the court, he has to open his opposing argument from a factual sense. Even then, Danforth is not appeased in this sense, so John’s fate has been set the second he took a step into the court. “(laughs insanely, then) A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! (...)” (pg. 198, Miller) When John was claimed as a witch, he gives into the insanity. His own hatred caved in to him and made his view on keeping a level head is out of the concept. Every heartbeat in John lived up to the moment for the redemption of his name. Failing; only brought misery. Despite his brute will and attempting to have revenge upon Abigail Williams, he lost his