The Crucible Reverend Parris Character Traits

In 1692, the village of Salem was overrun with people that cared only about themselves. This led to hundreds being arrested and 19 people sentenced to hang. One person that cares only for himself is Reverend Parris in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Reverend Parris’ avaricious, assertive, and egocentric personality makes the reader view him as a terrible person that may be seen as a catalyst for the witch trials. People with avaricious personalities tend to be strongly disliked throughout their community. Reverend Parris is a very greedy person because he was appointed to Reverend. Reverend Parris, “preach nothin’’ but golden candlesticks,”Page number , avariciously, until he was bought golden candlesticks. This shows the reader that he thinks he is better than everyone else and that he needs special attention. Reverend Parris also tries to bargain and get himself more pay without thinking of others. This begins an argument when Parris says,”I regard that six pound as part of my salary. I am paid little enough without I spend six pound on firewood.”Page number
Parris thinks he deserves Free firewood, a free house, and an extremely …show more content…
Parris is the one that does the agitating in the story, for example, “Then you will confess, will you not? It were attacking spirits made you faint!” Parris is accusing Mary Warren of lying and is trying to push her to her breaking point in order to get a confession. Belligerently, he does this multiple times throughout the story to different characters. Another example of his ability to overbear others is when he tells tituba; “Parris, pressing in on her: Who? Who? Their names, their names!” These examples show how Parris has the power to send people over the edge to confessing in the story. Their reactions to him pushing represents a catalyst in a chemical