Selfishness Can Lead To Madness One hundred and forty-one people were accused and nineteen were hanged during the Salem witch trials that occurred in 1692. Imagine living in a society that is chaotic and full of lying gossiping people who are quick to discredit others to save their own lives. Image a society that is wrongdoing. Imagine having people lying to get themselves out of trouble, and to get things their way. That pretty much sums up what The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about. In The Crucible, some people who claim to be pious, benevolent individuals are not behaving in a Christian like way like a good puritan should. A group of girls is discovered dancing in the forest adjacent to their town of Salem they are accused of witchcraft.
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It is clear that the pretense of purity was a blanket of a fallacy that enveloped the society in the town of Salem. The actions of just one individual can create mass hysteria among an entire group of people. For instance, Abigail Williams and her accusations are the quintessence of this principle as shown within the lines of the play. In addition Danforth did not want people to know he was wrong, so he protects himself selfishly by saying witchcraft exists. Moreover, Parris abuses his power selfishly by lying and saying he did not witness witchcraft even though he saw it with his own eyes. To make himself look like he has a good reputation. In its entirety, this shows that the town of Salem is full of egotistical people whose mission is to protect themselves at any cost. Not just themselves physically but also their reputation in society today. People in society today need to know that lying to cover up for yourself can lead to many problems in not just The Crucible but also in today's society. You can easily fix things by simply telling the truth rather than selfishly protecting yourself and putting innocent people's lives in
It is clear that the pretense of purity was a blanket of a fallacy that enveloped the society in the town of Salem. The actions of just one individual can create mass hysteria among an entire group of people. For instance, Abigail Williams and her accusations are the quintessence of this principle as shown within the lines of the play. In addition Danforth did not want people to know he was wrong, so he protects himself selfishly by saying witchcraft exists. Moreover, Parris abuses his power selfishly by lying and saying he did not witness witchcraft even though he saw it with his own eyes. To make himself look like he has a good reputation. In its entirety, this shows that the town of Salem is full of egotistical people whose mission is to protect themselves at any cost. Not just themselves physically but also their reputation in society today. People in society today need to know that lying to cover up for yourself can lead to many problems in not just The Crucible but also in today's society. You can easily fix things by simply telling the truth rather than selfishly protecting yourself and putting innocent people's lives in