It’s easy to look back on the past and think about how uncivilized civilization was. The way people think and the way they act depends primarily on the current beliefs of the time. The focus of the time gives way to the sway of the majority and can allow certain issues to bend into the disasters of history. In the play, The Crucible, Miller cautions his audience to consider the effects of their accusations and beliefs by applying characterization, moral examination, and irony to the story in order to stop the progression of an inhumane movement .
Miller’s primary purpose for writing The Crucible is to point out how corrupt society can become during a time of unrest. Comparing the Salem Witch Trials to the McCarthy trials introduces the audience to the possibility that in a hundred years or so, the following generations could look back upon the McCarthy Trials and think that people were just as crazy as they were during the Salem Witch …show more content…
Throughout the story, there is a plethora of opportunities for the story to end with justice and peace. However, every opportunity for redemption is missed. One of the most painful scenes to read was the one in which Proctor tells Danforth that “In her life, sir, she have never lied” (p.103) in reference to his wife. Elizabeth then promptly enters the room and lies to the judge about Proctor’s adultery. The repetitive faults of the characters has a way of driving the audience mad in an attempt to understand why so many people are incapable of recognising and delivering the truth. Millers point in doing this is to show the audience that they themselves have been not been recognizing the truth that is so plainly in front of them. Also, when Abigail unintentionally kills the man that she started the Witch Trials to gain, Miller asserts that all of the lying and pointing fingers will not achieve anything. It will only end in
Miller’s primary purpose for writing The Crucible is to point out how corrupt society can become during a time of unrest. Comparing the Salem Witch Trials to the McCarthy trials introduces the audience to the possibility that in a hundred years or so, the following generations could look back upon the McCarthy Trials and think that people were just as crazy as they were during the Salem Witch …show more content…
Throughout the story, there is a plethora of opportunities for the story to end with justice and peace. However, every opportunity for redemption is missed. One of the most painful scenes to read was the one in which Proctor tells Danforth that “In her life, sir, she have never lied” (p.103) in reference to his wife. Elizabeth then promptly enters the room and lies to the judge about Proctor’s adultery. The repetitive faults of the characters has a way of driving the audience mad in an attempt to understand why so many people are incapable of recognising and delivering the truth. Millers point in doing this is to show the audience that they themselves have been not been recognizing the truth that is so plainly in front of them. Also, when Abigail unintentionally kills the man that she started the Witch Trials to gain, Miller asserts that all of the lying and pointing fingers will not achieve anything. It will only end in