Can disastrous consequences happen when people act irrationally? That theme is in "the Crucibles", a story where the Salem Witch trials are taking place in Miller's perspective in correlations to McCarthyism. In addition, there are many different ways that Miller shows that theme. Miller displays that theme through Proctor and Abigail's relationship, their motivations and the actions made by Proctor and Abigail as a result of those two components. Miller displays that theme through Proctor and Abigail's relationship, their motivations and the actions made by Proctor and Abigail as a result of those two components.
The relationship between Proctor and Elizabeth is one way that Miller displays the theme that terrible consequences can …show more content…
Interestingly, proctor shows that by trying to help his friend Giles in court and by trying to stand up for his wife in court. Unfortunately, Danforth is irrational given that he declares that Proctor was in contempt of the court when he is only trying to help his family and that leads to Proctor being imprisoned and eventually leads to Proctor getting hanged to death. Next, Abigail's main goal in the story is to get rid of Elizabeth.Abigail shows the desire of that goal when she says that Elizabeth is "a bitter woman, a lying , cold, sniveling woman..."(Miller 11). Her motivation for that goal is her obsession of being with John Proctor. Basically Abigail acts irrationally for that motivation since that she wants to get rid of anything that is stopping her from being with Proctor, where Elizabeth is the significant person in Proctor's life as proven when Proctor decides to stop his affair with Abigail in love for his wife. Both of Proctor and Abigail's motivations lead to the disastrous consequence of Proctor being guilty in court where Abigail states that a spirit is coming out of Mary Warren and Mary then responds by saying that Proctor is "the Devil's man"(Miller 110). Instead of Proctor and Abigail's motivations, the actions they made is another way that Miller displays that
The relationship between Proctor and Elizabeth is one way that Miller displays the theme that terrible consequences can …show more content…
Interestingly, proctor shows that by trying to help his friend Giles in court and by trying to stand up for his wife in court. Unfortunately, Danforth is irrational given that he declares that Proctor was in contempt of the court when he is only trying to help his family and that leads to Proctor being imprisoned and eventually leads to Proctor getting hanged to death. Next, Abigail's main goal in the story is to get rid of Elizabeth.Abigail shows the desire of that goal when she says that Elizabeth is "a bitter woman, a lying , cold, sniveling woman..."(Miller 11). Her motivation for that goal is her obsession of being with John Proctor. Basically Abigail acts irrationally for that motivation since that she wants to get rid of anything that is stopping her from being with Proctor, where Elizabeth is the significant person in Proctor's life as proven when Proctor decides to stop his affair with Abigail in love for his wife. Both of Proctor and Abigail's motivations lead to the disastrous consequence of Proctor being guilty in court where Abigail states that a spirit is coming out of Mary Warren and Mary then responds by saying that Proctor is "the Devil's man"(Miller 110). Instead of Proctor and Abigail's motivations, the actions they made is another way that Miller displays that