The Crucible Vs Today Essay

The United States may have “pressed the rewind button on matters of social progress, this may be one of those moments”(Herbert 1). Salems society in 1692 as shown in The Crucible by Arthur Miller and today's society are not all that different; which could be seen as rewinding history. Most people go about their lives not questioning what is happening around them. They choose to look at it as the new norms of society. There are only a few who are willing to question what really happens. Nonetheless, there are still new ideas as time goes on. People of new generations are bond to bring new ideas, and perspectives to the table. People in society may think that as time goes on our society changes, but what they do not realize is that it has not changed that drastically because the social norms rarely change. Our society is fairly similar to Salem because people go about their lives only really doing what is expected of them. …show more content…
One main difference is “a holiday from work meant only that they must concentrate even more upon prayer”(Miller 4). In today's society we do not focus our society around religion, which is one of the things that was a main focus in Salem’s society. In Salem 1692 there society was church and state together. In today's world we separate the judicial system and religious beliefs, so that they will not bring a bias outcome to certain situations. We have new ideas, and perspective on how we should run our society. Another element that has changed is the judicial system. In 1692, you could accuse someone of a crime without even having evidence. “I saw Goody Sibber with the Devil”(Miller 45); as shown in The Crucible. It takes a lot more to accuse someone of a crime in today's society because we have new perspectives on situations. The main differences between the two societies are religion, and the judicial system; mainly because with new generations we have received new