Watching innocent people get accused of being a Communist by a fool irked a man named Arthur Miller. Something had to be done so Miller wrote The Crucible which paralleled his situation with the Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible is a play in which some girls stir up trouble among the town with rumors of witchcraft. Fools in the town believed the girls and add to the rumors, leading the town of Salem to a disastrous outcome. Proverbs 27:21-22 says, "The crucible for silver in the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives. Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with the pestle, you will not remove his folly from him." When the crucible burns Hale, Danforth, and Abigail from The Crucible, they are broken
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Hale was unable fix the problem he originally fabricated because when Hale was stripped down to his core, he still made foolish statements, thinking that they were wise. Hale tells Elizabeth, "...and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up...God damns a liar less then he throws his life away for pride" (1326). Hale's guilt led him to become so desperate to save John and Elizabeth Proctor's lives that he admits he was a fool in the past, but says that God will be glad they lied to save their lives. Hale realizes that he was a fool, yet he follows himself up with another foolish statement. Everything was stripped away from him, but Hale was a fool at …show more content…
Abigail keeps up her act the entire play. When someone almost finds Abigail guilty, Abigail puts on a show and says, "Oh, Mary, this is a black art to change your shape. No, I cannot, I cannot stop my mouth; it's God's work I do" (1312). Abigail makes sure that no one questions her claims and even appears as the victim. She does not seem foolish at all. Abigail is very clever; she fooled everyone else into believing she was innocent. Abigail was foolish though because it was all for selfish gain. What lied at Abigail's core is that she only cared about becoming John Procter's wife and protecting herself. Hale, Danforth, and Abigail all are broken down into their core being throughout The Crucible. Hale spoke foolish ideas, Danforth was prideful, and Abigail was selfish. The core of a fool, is always a fool. These people damaged many innocent lives, just like the fool threatening Author Miller's generation damaged many of
Hale was unable fix the problem he originally fabricated because when Hale was stripped down to his core, he still made foolish statements, thinking that they were wise. Hale tells Elizabeth, "...and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up...God damns a liar less then he throws his life away for pride" (1326). Hale's guilt led him to become so desperate to save John and Elizabeth Proctor's lives that he admits he was a fool in the past, but says that God will be glad they lied to save their lives. Hale realizes that he was a fool, yet he follows himself up with another foolish statement. Everything was stripped away from him, but Hale was a fool at …show more content…
Abigail keeps up her act the entire play. When someone almost finds Abigail guilty, Abigail puts on a show and says, "Oh, Mary, this is a black art to change your shape. No, I cannot, I cannot stop my mouth; it's God's work I do" (1312). Abigail makes sure that no one questions her claims and even appears as the victim. She does not seem foolish at all. Abigail is very clever; she fooled everyone else into believing she was innocent. Abigail was foolish though because it was all for selfish gain. What lied at Abigail's core is that she only cared about becoming John Procter's wife and protecting herself. Hale, Danforth, and Abigail all are broken down into their core being throughout The Crucible. Hale spoke foolish ideas, Danforth was prideful, and Abigail was selfish. The core of a fool, is always a fool. These people damaged many innocent lives, just like the fool threatening Author Miller's generation damaged many of