The Importance of the Crucible Have you ever lied to someone? Some of the people in the town of Salem had to lie to save themselves from being hanged. In The Crucible the most important lesson to be learned is not to let fear make your choices. In The Crucible people used fear to decided who is apart of witchcraft, who gets hanged from being involved in witchcraft, and some in the town let the fear of their reputation get in the way of their decisions. In the town after people were accused of witchcraft, people let fear overtake themselves and became afraid of the people in the town. The citizens in The Crucible took one girl's word for who was involved in witchcraft, and people were hanged for the lie that the girl told. The people in the
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A man named Proctor was accused of witchcraft and his wife had just found out she was pregnant. He wanted to live for his wife and the kids they had, but then he would have to lie and say that he worked for the devil. He was asked to sign his name on a paper saying he helped the devil. “(Danforth). (with great relief and gratitude). Praise to God, man, praise to God; you shall be blessed in Heaven for this. (Cheever has hurried to the bench with pen, ink, and paper. Proctor watches him.) Now then, let us have it. Are you ready, Mr. Cheever?” (205). In the end Proctor decided to be hanged instead of lying to save his life. If people listened to reason instead of fearing those accused of witchcraft maybe more people would have not been hanged. A man accused of knowing people involved in witchcraft was killed from people trying to get the information out of him. “(Elizabeth) Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. (with a tender smile for the old man) They say he give them but two words.”More weight,” he says. And died” (203). He did not lie and give out others name just to save his life like others had. Instead he said to put more weight on him because he would not make anyone else get accused. Others gave out people's names even though those they named might get hanged. Some even let the fear of their reputation being ruined affect their
A man named Proctor was accused of witchcraft and his wife had just found out she was pregnant. He wanted to live for his wife and the kids they had, but then he would have to lie and say that he worked for the devil. He was asked to sign his name on a paper saying he helped the devil. “(Danforth). (with great relief and gratitude). Praise to God, man, praise to God; you shall be blessed in Heaven for this. (Cheever has hurried to the bench with pen, ink, and paper. Proctor watches him.) Now then, let us have it. Are you ready, Mr. Cheever?” (205). In the end Proctor decided to be hanged instead of lying to save his life. If people listened to reason instead of fearing those accused of witchcraft maybe more people would have not been hanged. A man accused of knowing people involved in witchcraft was killed from people trying to get the information out of him. “(Elizabeth) Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. (with a tender smile for the old man) They say he give them but two words.”More weight,” he says. And died” (203). He did not lie and give out others name just to save his life like others had. Instead he said to put more weight on him because he would not make anyone else get accused. Others gave out people's names even though those they named might get hanged. Some even let the fear of their reputation being ruined affect their