No More Reputation
Arthur Miller's allegory, The Crucible, an allusion to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 gives the audience a deep understanding in history with the structure of a classical tragedy. The play takes place in Salem where it's ran by a theocracy--a combination of state and religious power! Manipulative characters with hope and willingness ready to cease the madness of the witch trials illustrate the plot throughout the historical play. John Proctor playing as a tragic hero is accused of having an affair with Abigail in which she thought it was "true love" and his actions have a great impact on the disputes and events that go throughout the play which lead up to the Salem Witch Trials. These actions cause problems for John himself, the church and his wife Elizabeth.
Miller begins with a suspenseful scene where Reverend Parris' daughter Betty is sick and with an unknown sickness. The doctor comes in but cannot find a cure which leads into thinking it's unnatural cause since Parris discovered the dancing in the woods with Abigail and the "others" including Betty. Parris didn't want to say …show more content…
Proctor is seen as a Christian man with all the good morals a Christian should have but he thinks twice about turning in Abigail since affairs/adultery are not permitted under the ten commandments in which he forgot. Turning in Abigail will now then ruin his name and his reputation that he loves will be completely gone and he will confess in committing a sin. "You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor" (Miller)! This quote is when Abigail and Betty are talking and this explains how later in the play, the affair of Proctor and Abigail was finally
Arthur Miller's allegory, The Crucible, an allusion to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 gives the audience a deep understanding in history with the structure of a classical tragedy. The play takes place in Salem where it's ran by a theocracy--a combination of state and religious power! Manipulative characters with hope and willingness ready to cease the madness of the witch trials illustrate the plot throughout the historical play. John Proctor playing as a tragic hero is accused of having an affair with Abigail in which she thought it was "true love" and his actions have a great impact on the disputes and events that go throughout the play which lead up to the Salem Witch Trials. These actions cause problems for John himself, the church and his wife Elizabeth.
Miller begins with a suspenseful scene where Reverend Parris' daughter Betty is sick and with an unknown sickness. The doctor comes in but cannot find a cure which leads into thinking it's unnatural cause since Parris discovered the dancing in the woods with Abigail and the "others" including Betty. Parris didn't want to say …show more content…
Proctor is seen as a Christian man with all the good morals a Christian should have but he thinks twice about turning in Abigail since affairs/adultery are not permitted under the ten commandments in which he forgot. Turning in Abigail will now then ruin his name and his reputation that he loves will be completely gone and he will confess in committing a sin. "You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor" (Miller)! This quote is when Abigail and Betty are talking and this explains how later in the play, the affair of Proctor and Abigail was finally