The use of deception to attain one’s desires ultimately ends in the failure to achieve one’s goal. Imagine if you had something you wanted more than anything in the world. You would probably be willing to do whatever it takes to achieve this desire. This is exactly the situation characters face in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. To begin, characters desire different things, from a relationship to a good reputation. Secondly, in order to achieve what one desires, they must deceive others. Finally, despite the effort characters put into attempting to achieve their goal, it often ends in failure . When one has a great desire for something, one may deceive others to fulfill their objective, although this often results in failure.
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When John Proctor enters Parris’s house to find out what is going on with the rumours of witchcraft, he is left alone with Abigail for a moment, and she says to him “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (24). Several months before the setting of this book, John and Abigail had a secret affair with one another, which sparked an unnatural and unrealistic desire for a relationship with John in Abigail’s mind. However, Proctor does not desire the romantic relationship that Abigail wants and instead desires to rebuild his trust and relationship with his wife, Elizabeth. Secondly, characters desire to maintain and improve their reputation in the town of Salem. When Parris is praying next to his daughter, he tells Abigail, “I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character” (11). Reverend Parris has been working for several years to improve his name within the town, and now his reputation is at stake …show more content…
First, characters attempt to get a romantic relationship with others fails. When John Proctor and Abigail are talking in Parris’s house, Abigail insults Elizabeth, leading John to angrily retort “You’ll speak nothing of Elizabeth!” (23). Proctor, instead of forsaking Elizabeth, remains faithful to her. This leads to his arrest and eventual execution. Despite knowing that choosing Elizabeth over Abigail would lead to his arrest, he does it anyway. Second, characters reputations within the town are ruined. “Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house-a dagger clattered to the ground. You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!” (128). Reverend Parris’s reputation within the town of Salem is devastated, due to his part in the Witch Trials. When Parris went outside in the evening, a dagger fell to the ground, which means someone was skulking around his house with a knife, demonstrating that he is now so hated that people want to kill him. Once the hysteria died down, Parris was removed from office, left town and was never seen again. Finally, characters are still incarcerated. A cell in Salem jail, that fall. He [Marshal Herrick] hangs his lantern on the wall. Tituba sits up. (121). Tituba, despite her attempts to avoid punishment and deflect suspicion, is still put in jail, despite the fact that she did everything Reverend Hale, Parris and others told her to do. She effectively
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When John Proctor enters Parris’s house to find out what is going on with the rumours of witchcraft, he is left alone with Abigail for a moment, and she says to him “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (24). Several months before the setting of this book, John and Abigail had a secret affair with one another, which sparked an unnatural and unrealistic desire for a relationship with John in Abigail’s mind. However, Proctor does not desire the romantic relationship that Abigail wants and instead desires to rebuild his trust and relationship with his wife, Elizabeth. Secondly, characters desire to maintain and improve their reputation in the town of Salem. When Parris is praying next to his daughter, he tells Abigail, “I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character” (11). Reverend Parris has been working for several years to improve his name within the town, and now his reputation is at stake …show more content…
First, characters attempt to get a romantic relationship with others fails. When John Proctor and Abigail are talking in Parris’s house, Abigail insults Elizabeth, leading John to angrily retort “You’ll speak nothing of Elizabeth!” (23). Proctor, instead of forsaking Elizabeth, remains faithful to her. This leads to his arrest and eventual execution. Despite knowing that choosing Elizabeth over Abigail would lead to his arrest, he does it anyway. Second, characters reputations within the town are ruined. “Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house-a dagger clattered to the ground. You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!” (128). Reverend Parris’s reputation within the town of Salem is devastated, due to his part in the Witch Trials. When Parris went outside in the evening, a dagger fell to the ground, which means someone was skulking around his house with a knife, demonstrating that he is now so hated that people want to kill him. Once the hysteria died down, Parris was removed from office, left town and was never seen again. Finally, characters are still incarcerated. A cell in Salem jail, that fall. He [Marshal Herrick] hangs his lantern on the wall. Tituba sits up. (121). Tituba, despite her attempts to avoid punishment and deflect suspicion, is still put in jail, despite the fact that she did everything Reverend Hale, Parris and others told her to do. She effectively