Accusers In The Crucible

In Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1700s, many people were being accused and sentenced to death for being a witch. People were being hung even though they had nothing to do with being a witch. No matter what they would say to defend themselves, it would not matter because they would just be “lying” about not being a witch. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many people were accused and killed for being a witch and could not defend themselves. John Proctor was one of those people and was sentenced to death for committing adultery, refusing to hand over his signature to be posted on the church doors, and lying.

Firstly, in The Crucible no one feared each other and everyone lived in harmony and no one questioned one others faith in God and they had a sense of safety which led to the trials. When the first person is accused it immediately sends everyone into a panic and they start accusing who even remotely fits their “description” of what a witch would be like. An example in Act II is Proctor talking about how the girls only accuse some people and not others.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a short story that has characters that I connect with in my daily life. One character I connect with is John Proctor, he shows that following what everyone believes doesn't make it right without proper evidence. In “The Crucible” Danforth calls witchcraft an “invisible crime” which means witchcraft can’t be caught in the act but instead must be solved by talking with the victims affected. The problem with that is almost everyone wasn't being truthful and had revenge to fulfill against other people in Salem. John Proctor was one of the only people that was sceptic of witchcraft even existing.

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible features many forms of logical fallacies. Many characters accuse others of witchcraft as it is an easy explanation for hardships; fallacy known as scapegoating. The Putnams decide witchcraft causes the death of their children and the strange behavior of their daughter: “There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep himself in the dark” (Miller 15). The fallacy adds to the already growing tension in the scene over witchcraft. Instead of following more probable causes that fall outside of the Putnams’ control, they place blame on witchcraft, an enemy that can be fought unlike more probable natural causes.

The year is 1692. Throughout the small, Puritan, seaside community of Salem, rumors and accusations fly like gusts of ocean wind. Neighbors turn on neighbors, and even the most holy church-goers are accused of being the devil’s servants. The Crucible details this real-life tragedy of the Salem witch trials, in which nineteen members of the Salem community were hanged for alleged witchcraft. Abigail Williams, a seemingly innocent girl, accuses dozens of Salem’s citizens of witchcraft through the support of her mob of girls and the complicity of the court officials. The title of this play gives significant insight into the experiences of several of these Salem citizens. Although a crucible is often used in chemistry for heating up substances, the title of the play carries a much greater weight. In his famous play The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses the title of “crucible” to signify the severe and unrelenting tests of faith and character that many of the community members endure throughout the Salem witch trials, which he achieves through the use of figurative language and fallacies of relevance and insufficiency.

In stories set in the past such as “De Las Casas” and “An Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” witch hunts are apparent and open people's eyes to see how they are still evident in today's society. America is seen as a place for freedom, but in several cases Americans still participate in witch hunts, but they are termed today as bullying, racism, and stereotyping. In several of the stories we read, witch hunts were prevalent in the way people within them are viewed. Moreover, there is a different type of witch hunt, as narrated in The Crucible. This type of witch hunt is a classic one. The Crucible is the quintessential tale of an individual accused of witchcraft and ultimately executed. However, this is not the type of witch

The Crucible took place in Salem, Massachusetts and the people there were insane. There was very little margin for error when walking the paths there. Anyone could be accused of witchcraft at anytime for any reason, and there’s not much you can do about it. Keeping your head down, and not making eye contact with people was a good idea in Salem, as this was the rule in the town. This place was so messed up that judge Danforth states in court, “You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. This is a sharp time, now, a precise time—we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Now, by God’s grace, the

In The Crucible, the townspeople are afraid of witches and will punish anyone that is potentially one, even if they are innocent. “I have seen too many frightful proofs in court—the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!”(Hale). The people of Salem will take every chance they get to eliminate a potential witch, and all they

Although he made mistakes John Proctor was Christ-like. John Proctor had a wife that loved him, he also had two boys. During this time period girls would go and stay in families houses so they could get taught how to cook clean and raise a family, like a maid. Before Mary Warren the Proctors

The idea of witchcraft seems preposterous now, but it pulled me into its issues with its bony hands. The renowned play and film The Crucible, by eminent author Arthur Miller, is a great tale of deceit, religious persecution, justice/injustice and paranoia, which shows the ignorance and the perplexing nature of the 17th Century Puritan society. The mysterious world of witchcraft and witch hunts is the centrepiece of this story, which parallels to the Senator Joseph McCarthy communist ‘witch hunts’ in the 1950s. Similarly, I can create a link to contemporary issues in society, whether it takes place in the school playground or politics. As we can all recall, abusive power was a severe problem in the villages of Salem. It afflicted on a person’s ideologies and how they were represented and symbolised by others. My curiosity is conveyed through Abigail. This protagonist is seen as inhumanly diabolical, as she does not express any remorse, via the motif of manipulation and accusations. This is all refracted through the lenses of my own attitudes, values and beliefs of an egalitarian society. So today I am here to explain and engage with you why I entirely believe this story, from many years ago, can reproduce the same apprehensions of abusive power in society today.

If someone told you that your light in your room is flickering, because of witchcraft and not the simple fact that the light bulb is burnt out, would you believe them? Well in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible they did if something out of the ordinary happened and couldn’t be explained they turned to witchcraft. People were being accused without any proof which leads us to the theme of this play that is to not believe false accusations or accusations that have no proof. The author, Arthur Miller is trying to convey in this story that the government can sometimes get too powerful over the people and rule the people in ways just to benefit themselves. In today’s world there is a lot of debates about whether or not

And last of them is Reverend Parris, he is the new minister of Salem’s church. All he wants is a good name, nothing less. Parris is power hungry and ready to eat up any opportunity that is in sight for him to become more of leader. John Proctor is not really motivated toward the witch trials but he was drawn into

In the play The Crucible, the author Arthur Miller displays an unfair treatment of humans when it comes to justice. Characters who live in Salem, Massachusetts, receive improper punishments for their sins of witchcraft and are being accused of crimes they did not commit. The justice system in the play is based on the maxim “guilty until proven innocent” which portrays unjust human rights due to executions of individuals without evidence. The accused characters attempt to defend themselves in court but it is ineffective because the only way to survive is to confess to witchcraft. Miller presents a cruel approach in justice systems and proves them to be unjust through the characters Giles Corey, Tituba, and Rebecca Nurse, who all suffered

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historical play set in 1962 in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. As you may know, you've all placed your trust in the words and actions of someone close to you. And what do they do? They betray you! It's rarely justified, and can happen to the best of us. Based on authentic records of witchcraft trials in the seventeenth-century this play explains how a small group of girls manage to create a massive panic in their town by spreading accusations of witchcraft. These rumors in turn are the causes that many citizens are hung for. This essay will show how the lies and betrayal of a few individuals eventually leads to the downfall of Salem and its society.

The crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, a story about adultery, false accusations, and forgiving. The story is a real life based event that happened in the 1600’s when people were falsely being accused of being “Witches”. Along with the false accusations, it led to punishments such as death. In The Crucible, John Proctor’s reputation around the town is known as an Adulterer, he was also victim of false accusations brought against him, and he was forgiving of his sins.]