Others fear to another's advantage in The Crucible.
Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decisions in life. These fears were used as a bludgeon in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. This weapon was used to manipulate others to get what they want. This play starts with rumours about the rising of witchcraft, and when these rumors surfaced the cumulation of fear spread across the town like wildfire. The spread of fear caused the lives of the innocent to be robbed of their right to freedom, to be wrongfully put to their death. In these cases fear than more than fear its is used as a strategic ploy for one’s self-enrichment, as ammunition for political gain, and as a revenge scheme. Thomas Putnam is an ideal candidate of …show more content…
This is additionally an imperative event in light of the fact Giles is the only person who gets Putnam’s sence of claim over the people “below” him because of his privilege and upper class status. Putnam depicts the utilization of fear as an instrument to self gain territory. Fear sometimes makes things seem unclear like Judge Danforth is unaware that Putnam is a land seeker. Danforth comes to terms that everyone being accused are guilty of witchcraft. Putnam uses fear as an implement for self-enrichment by exploiting the colossal mania in Salem to mitigate his securing of the Jacob’s …show more content…
Judge Danforth does this by declining to change his judgement that the majority are being blamed are blameworthy of witchcraft. Danforth is the only head judge in the court,a strict mediator of the law. In the start of the play, he trusts the girls about coming clean about the the spirits in light of the fact that in his eyes, the girls could not lie about such a significant occasion. The girls are seen as casualties, but when Reverend Hale goes up against Danforth about the immobility of the matter. Now he does not believe the girls, but wants to secure his good name by proceeding to arraign the wrongly accused. Judge Danforth is believability is in question as the off chance he confess to the hanging of the innocent unjustifiably. He influences this message to be clear in Act four when he says to Hale “ I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang. Twelve are already executed… the village expects to see them (seven people who were named) die this morning… reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering.…” In this entry, Danforth influences it to be clear that he will not defer or exonerate the case, to some it will perceive him as conflicting. For him, these trials could ruin his reputation or make his career even more successful. Judge Danforth confirming his belief of witchcraft
Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decisions in life. These fears were used as a bludgeon in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. This weapon was used to manipulate others to get what they want. This play starts with rumours about the rising of witchcraft, and when these rumors surfaced the cumulation of fear spread across the town like wildfire. The spread of fear caused the lives of the innocent to be robbed of their right to freedom, to be wrongfully put to their death. In these cases fear than more than fear its is used as a strategic ploy for one’s self-enrichment, as ammunition for political gain, and as a revenge scheme. Thomas Putnam is an ideal candidate of …show more content…
This is additionally an imperative event in light of the fact Giles is the only person who gets Putnam’s sence of claim over the people “below” him because of his privilege and upper class status. Putnam depicts the utilization of fear as an instrument to self gain territory. Fear sometimes makes things seem unclear like Judge Danforth is unaware that Putnam is a land seeker. Danforth comes to terms that everyone being accused are guilty of witchcraft. Putnam uses fear as an implement for self-enrichment by exploiting the colossal mania in Salem to mitigate his securing of the Jacob’s …show more content…
Judge Danforth does this by declining to change his judgement that the majority are being blamed are blameworthy of witchcraft. Danforth is the only head judge in the court,a strict mediator of the law. In the start of the play, he trusts the girls about coming clean about the the spirits in light of the fact that in his eyes, the girls could not lie about such a significant occasion. The girls are seen as casualties, but when Reverend Hale goes up against Danforth about the immobility of the matter. Now he does not believe the girls, but wants to secure his good name by proceeding to arraign the wrongly accused. Judge Danforth is believability is in question as the off chance he confess to the hanging of the innocent unjustifiably. He influences this message to be clear in Act four when he says to Hale “ I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang. Twelve are already executed… the village expects to see them (seven people who were named) die this morning… reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering.…” In this entry, Danforth influences it to be clear that he will not defer or exonerate the case, to some it will perceive him as conflicting. For him, these trials could ruin his reputation or make his career even more successful. Judge Danforth confirming his belief of witchcraft