The Crucible

Selfish Actions Lead to Chaos in The Crucible Reverend Samuel Parris, Abigail Williams, and Thomas Putnam are all characters that show self-seeking actions throughout the entire play of The Crucible. These people contribute to making Salem a corrupt society. A functioning community would have everyone working together, and in this case, working to diminish the Salem Witch Trials, but their community is filled with disorderly happenings which is shown in the characters of Parris, Abigail, and…

The Crucible is a fun tale which tells of the Salem Witch Trials. These, of course, involved much bloodshed. Put simply, the Salem Witch Trials arose because some girls were accused of witchcraft and stated that they weren’t witches but that these people are, and they pointed out some other people who then pointed out more and more, confessed, or were hanged. The entire event was chaos, and, obviously, none of them were really witches considering the fact that witchcraft is nonexistent.…

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good” (Martin Luther King Jr.). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is story about how tragic results are created when unresolved conflicts are not settled. Revenge, mistrust, and fear are three tragic results of unresolved conflicts that Arthur Miller portrays. Revenge is a tragic outcome because it causes people heartbreak and agony. Truly, Mrs. Putnam blames Rebecca Nurse for the death of her…

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, interpersonal conflict and private turmoil give rise to the Salem Witch Hunts. Among the private agonies that Miller’s characters face is the inability to express their sexuality. Sexual repression is defined as a state in which a person is prevented from expressing their own sexuality. Sexual repression is often associated with feelings of guilt or shame being associated with sexual impulses. Sexual repression plays a negative role on the characters throughout…

It is hard to say who is the one to blame for what occurs in The Crucible, with that being said many people can be blamed and the blame falls more on certain people than others.The main reason all these things started happening in Salem was because a group of girls go dancing in the woods with a slave named Tituba. A minister named Reverend Parris witnessed these girls dancing in the woods. Reverend Parris’s daughter Betty falls into a coma and a witchcraft expert is called by the name of…

“God is dead!” This quote was spoken by John Proctor when he was being accused of witchcraft by Mary Warren before being arrested. John Proctor was a sinful man of Salem who was told the truth of the trials. While trying to save the women accused, with his wife, he simultaneously had to expose the truth of the trials. In the end, he was hung with Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse. John Proctor and I both have similar traits such as we are both outcasts in our towns, are hardworking, and are…

In the “Crucible” written by Arthur Miller, an important motif that has developed within the play is witchcraft. This motif of witchcraft builds up to the overall theme of mass hysteria, and how it leads society to use it for their personal gain and to spread fear. The developed theme of hysteria from this ideology of witchcraft has turned Salem and its people into chaos. An important character within the book, Abigail, however is the cause of this chaos. Her hysterical fear becomes means of…

Reputation is an important theme in “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller. There are several instances where John Proctor, Giles Corey, or Rebecca Nurse were willing to risk their own lives to maintain their innocence. They were willing to be pressed to death by giant stones, hang on the scaffold in front of the entire town, or be branded a witch to save their reputation or the reputation of those they cared about. John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey all died to maintain their or others’…

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…

How important is your reputation for you? Many people assume that your reputation is one of the most important things that you can have. In the book the Crucible, there are many people who think that their reputation is the most important thing ever. There are three characters that you can see do this through the book. Are reputation really that important that you doing anything to keep a good one, even if you know that you have done badly, or you try hard to convince people that you still have…