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In The Crucible, by Authur Miller, there are plenty of themes to be recognized and thoughtfully acknowledged due to their importance and roles they play in this drama. But what is Authur Miller really trying to say about his story and characters? How does this depict our perspective of our daily lives? Miller eloquently used his characters to symbolize these meanings. A key theme that is well worth its use is truth vs. faith. Personal integrity has obviously been a low key participant of this play. For example, the Putnam’s exploit the truth by taking advantage of the personal gain that comes along with it. Thomas Putnam is a manipulative, greedy man who uses the “situation” of his daughter for property rights and arguments. Betty and Abigail are also suspects of this theme. Both girls obviously are very well at keeping their secrets low, because the entire town the gullible Salem is oblivious to their horrid, feign acts. Another …show more content…
reputation is also a very important theme that definitely sets the whole backbone of the story. There are very many characters in the drama that fluctuate between the two, and take advantage of it. During the time of the Puritans, reputation played an important role in how you were viewed, and it determined the amount of respect you received from people in your community. One example of this is when Parris found out that the girls performed witchcraft in the woods, and he subsequently says, “They will topple me with this!” in Act 1. This means that he doesn’t want anyone to find out about this because it will ruin his reputation as the minister of Salem. Another example of this is when Reverend Hale begins to doubt the individuals accused of witchcraft are guilty. In Act 4, Proctor was almost forced into signing a false confession, which he refused to do because he had more respect for himself than to admit to something he didn’t do, especially for the scheming girls that claim to have held truth in the town of
In The Crucible, by Authur Miller, there are plenty of themes to be recognized and thoughtfully acknowledged due to their importance and roles they play in this drama. But what is Authur Miller really trying to say about his story and characters? How does this depict our perspective of our daily lives? Miller eloquently used his characters to symbolize these meanings. A key theme that is well worth its use is truth vs. faith. Personal integrity has obviously been a low key participant of this play. For example, the Putnam’s exploit the truth by taking advantage of the personal gain that comes along with it. Thomas Putnam is a manipulative, greedy man who uses the “situation” of his daughter for property rights and arguments. Betty and Abigail are also suspects of this theme. Both girls obviously are very well at keeping their secrets low, because the entire town the gullible Salem is oblivious to their horrid, feign acts. Another …show more content…
reputation is also a very important theme that definitely sets the whole backbone of the story. There are very many characters in the drama that fluctuate between the two, and take advantage of it. During the time of the Puritans, reputation played an important role in how you were viewed, and it determined the amount of respect you received from people in your community. One example of this is when Parris found out that the girls performed witchcraft in the woods, and he subsequently says, “They will topple me with this!” in Act 1. This means that he doesn’t want anyone to find out about this because it will ruin his reputation as the minister of Salem. Another example of this is when Reverend Hale begins to doubt the individuals accused of witchcraft are guilty. In Act 4, Proctor was almost forced into signing a false confession, which he refused to do because he had more respect for himself than to admit to something he didn’t do, especially for the scheming girls that claim to have held truth in the town of