The Truth about Lying
Lying is human nature; most will claim honestly is always important but truth be told that statement itself is a lie. Leonard Saxe, Ph.D., a polygraph expert and professor of psychology at Brandeis University, says, "Lying has long been a part of everyday life. We couldn 't get through the day without being deceptive." On an average people will tell a lie 4 times in a day and 60% of people can’t go 10 minutes without lying. Over the course of a week we would have deceived about 30 percent of those who we talk to one a daily basses. Most claim they would only lie in order to protect or spare one’s feelings. However, humans will hid the truth and bend it for personal reasons: we desire to protect ourselves, avoid …show more content…
In the play “The Crucible” characters gives prime examples of lying to either defend themselves or others from the law and judgment of others. The reverend of the town, Parris, tried to convince the townspeople that the happenings of a group being found dancing in the forest at night, a group of girls which involved his daughter and niece, had no correlation with witchcraft, in order to save his reputation. As for the young girls involved, they pleaded innocent, when they committed sin. The girls feared the thought of being hanged and dirtying their names, causing them to shift the blame on others, and creating an elaborate lie to deceive the town and court, causing the hangings and imprisonments of innocents. One of the imprisoned innocent was Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor, received attacks from Abigail, the niece of Parris and the mistress of Procter, as vengeance for her broken heart. John Procter knew Abigail’s true desires, and wished to exploit her to save his wife, but by doing so he had to ruin his good name and admit his affair, revealing “She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave (Act 3: 110)”. Naturally the court did believe such accusations and brought Elizabeth for questioning, when asked about the relationship between Abigail and Proctor all she could say was “My husband-is a goodly man, sir (Act 3: 113)” not wanting to taint her husband’s good name, unknowingly of his confession. Elizabeth could have walked as a free woman if she hadn’t lied about her husband. In fact,
Lying is human nature; most will claim honestly is always important but truth be told that statement itself is a lie. Leonard Saxe, Ph.D., a polygraph expert and professor of psychology at Brandeis University, says, "Lying has long been a part of everyday life. We couldn 't get through the day without being deceptive." On an average people will tell a lie 4 times in a day and 60% of people can’t go 10 minutes without lying. Over the course of a week we would have deceived about 30 percent of those who we talk to one a daily basses. Most claim they would only lie in order to protect or spare one’s feelings. However, humans will hid the truth and bend it for personal reasons: we desire to protect ourselves, avoid …show more content…
In the play “The Crucible” characters gives prime examples of lying to either defend themselves or others from the law and judgment of others. The reverend of the town, Parris, tried to convince the townspeople that the happenings of a group being found dancing in the forest at night, a group of girls which involved his daughter and niece, had no correlation with witchcraft, in order to save his reputation. As for the young girls involved, they pleaded innocent, when they committed sin. The girls feared the thought of being hanged and dirtying their names, causing them to shift the blame on others, and creating an elaborate lie to deceive the town and court, causing the hangings and imprisonments of innocents. One of the imprisoned innocent was Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor, received attacks from Abigail, the niece of Parris and the mistress of Procter, as vengeance for her broken heart. John Procter knew Abigail’s true desires, and wished to exploit her to save his wife, but by doing so he had to ruin his good name and admit his affair, revealing “She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave (Act 3: 110)”. Naturally the court did believe such accusations and brought Elizabeth for questioning, when asked about the relationship between Abigail and Proctor all she could say was “My husband-is a goodly man, sir (Act 3: 113)” not wanting to taint her husband’s good name, unknowingly of his confession. Elizabeth could have walked as a free woman if she hadn’t lied about her husband. In fact,