Paulina 1
The Crucible
Essay Assignment
Me. Moorhouse
English 11
Period 1
Imagine being accused of something in which you are innocent and that it is also something adulterated. This happened to a group of people who were accused of witchcraft in Salem around the year 1632. The people of this group were Puritans, who were people whose lives were devoted to the laws of God, so the Seven Deadly
Sins were present to them. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, he speaks of this subject, he shows us in his characters how they sin in lust , greed , laziness , anger , envy , and pride . Lust is a powerful craving for such as sex, power and money, greed is the desire for material wealth or gain. laziness is sloth and the avoidance of work, anger is the …show more content…
Woman. (She turns to him.) I'll not have your suspicion any more.
Elizabeth . (a little loftily). I have no—
Proctor . I'll not have it!”.
We can say that anger and pride get along in this part of the play, because Proctor is holding his pride with anger .
Lastly, we have sloth or laziness. This sin is not related at all to the rest, and it was hard to find it in the play. But we have Marry Warren, committing sloth . She was named by the court, an official. She got herself out of working in the Proctor's house, so we can see her say: "So I'll be gone everyday for some time. I'm an official of the court now they say." So she decides to take time of her job and just pretends in court. Paulina 5
So overall, this play, The Crucible has good representation of the Seven Deadly
Sins. We analyzed, by facts in the play of the characters dialogs and actions, that this sins are committed. The fact that this sins lead them to false accusations and severe punishments is great to show people nowadays how this still happens. Arthur
Miller lived something similar, he was accused of something he did not do and he was going to be punished. Thanks to his work, students in school are learning about
The Crucible
Essay Assignment
Me. Moorhouse
English 11
Period 1
Imagine being accused of something in which you are innocent and that it is also something adulterated. This happened to a group of people who were accused of witchcraft in Salem around the year 1632. The people of this group were Puritans, who were people whose lives were devoted to the laws of God, so the Seven Deadly
Sins were present to them. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, he speaks of this subject, he shows us in his characters how they sin in lust , greed , laziness , anger , envy , and pride . Lust is a powerful craving for such as sex, power and money, greed is the desire for material wealth or gain. laziness is sloth and the avoidance of work, anger is the …show more content…
Woman. (She turns to him.) I'll not have your suspicion any more.
Elizabeth . (a little loftily). I have no—
Proctor . I'll not have it!”.
We can say that anger and pride get along in this part of the play, because Proctor is holding his pride with anger .
Lastly, we have sloth or laziness. This sin is not related at all to the rest, and it was hard to find it in the play. But we have Marry Warren, committing sloth . She was named by the court, an official. She got herself out of working in the Proctor's house, so we can see her say: "So I'll be gone everyday for some time. I'm an official of the court now they say." So she decides to take time of her job and just pretends in court. Paulina 5
So overall, this play, The Crucible has good representation of the Seven Deadly
Sins. We analyzed, by facts in the play of the characters dialogs and actions, that this sins are committed. The fact that this sins lead them to false accusations and severe punishments is great to show people nowadays how this still happens. Arthur
Miller lived something similar, he was accused of something he did not do and he was going to be punished. Thanks to his work, students in school are learning about