Analysis Of Arthur Miller 's ' The Crucible '

A theme in The Crucible is that a society ruled by theocracy and status based on religion is bound to fall apart. Salem 's strict adherence to the Christian shurch is evident in everything the citizens do. They use measures of a person 's knowledge and adherence to the religion as a means of judging their character and also their status in society. They believe "God [was] provoked so grandly by such a petty cause" (121), which is why the "jails are packed" (121). If the citizen did anything to make God angry, they were punished. This is why the judges were so relentless and naïve in putting the accused women to trial and convicting them. They believed "the law, based upon the Bible, and the Bible, writ by the Almighty God,

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a tragic play set in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, where Miller uses the Salem Trials as a metaphor for the 1950s McCarthy hearings. In Salem, people value their good names. The Puritan community acts as a theocracy in which there appears to be no right to privacy, and people must conform to a strict moral code. The theme of reputation, lying, and deceit are shown in Abigail, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Mary Warren, and other characters. In the play’s dialogue, Miller uses Biblical allusions, situational irony, and dramatic irony to develop these themes.

In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the people of Salem, Massachusetts prove time and time again that they care more about their reputations than the events that are taking place and how these events are affecting the people around them. Having a good reputation can be a good thing but when being concerned about your reputation clouds your judgement, that is when it becomes a dilemma. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses having a good reputation, the character of Parris, and how reputation and The Crucible tie into modern life to enlighten the reader that even though having a good reputation is great, it should not cloud one’s ability to see the harm they are doing to others.

Reputation is something that one holds above their head to keep their good name safe. Everyone has their own reputation that they have made up for themselves in their own mind. Not only have they made one up for themselves but others make one for them too. There are several people in the Crucible who value their reputation over the truth. Having a good reputation on one’s name is good in the small town of Salem. It helps to have a good name because it makes people want to help with business. There were three important people in the Crucible who valued their reputation the most, John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Parris.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an interpretation of the Salem witch trials of 1692 in Puritan Massachusetts in which religion, justice, individuality and dignity play a vital role. These factors define the characteristics of many of the most significant characters in the play. Some of them being John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Reverend Hale, Danforth and many others. The Salem witch trials were a result of the lack of expression of individuality and the fact that no individual could expect justice from the majority culture as a result of the deterioration of human dignity in the Puritan society of Salem.

How many people have you met in your life that is stronger because of a difficult experience they went through? Most people are because we take these difficult experiences and grow from them and become better people. This is the exact case is expressed in the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The story begins in Salem, Massachusetts 1692 right in the middle of a period of witchcraft hysteria. During this time many people were accused of being witches and wrongly convicted by judges Danforth and Hathorne. The characters in the story are struggling because of a girl named Abigail who gets caught practicing witchcraft and then starts naming and accusing others so that she doesn’t get in trouble; one of these people being a well-respected farmer, John Proctor’s, wife Elizabeth. The title, The Crucible, refers to a test, trial, ordeal, formation by fire, and vessel baked to resist heat, and the entire story is an allegory meaning it has a hidden meaning. John Proctor symbolizes a crucible by embodying the definition of one, as he went through a test and was formed by fire.

Reputation; what significance does this one word have that a Spanish proverb states, “He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living”? According to the townspeople in theocratic Salem, an individual was to become prestigious and sacrifice everything for a good name. There was no such thing as private moralities, instead, a person’s reputation was a public matter showcased for the town to judge and discern. Nothing is more unimaginable than having to lose an influential position. Throughout the play “The Crucible”, individuals base their actions on safeguarding or earning a standing. Miller uses the characterization of Reverend Parris and John Proctor to demonstrate that when one exclusively focuses on the preservation of their reputation, one is more likely t o use outrageous actions and deception to hide one’s faults.

Miller implements the characterization of Reverend Parris to further illustrate the theme of the play. Reverend Parris worries most about how the community views him, and goes to far lengths to keep his image intact. Miller uses Reverend Parris’s dialogue in Act I to demonstrate this when abigail says,“Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think you'd best go down and deny it yourself. The parlor's packed with people, sir – I'll sit with her.

Lying leads to terrible tragedies. Lying for so long will make it unpleasant to move on and the more difficult it will become. Just like how The Crucible ends. The Crucible is set in Salem, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. The story is centralized around John Proctor, a white, landowning Puritan who betrayed his wife, Elizabeth by having sex with Abigail Williams. Back in the day, everything was black and white, meaning if something isn’t about God then it must’ve been about the Devil, they were religious people and they would not accept the fact that he had sex with someone else outside of marriage. He denied that nothing ever happened between him and Abigail. While Proctor is not taking responsibility for his actions, he causes a big commotion: people getting arrested and hanged, Abigail and a group of other girls are being accused of being part of Witchcraft. In the fourth act, Proctor is stuck in a situation where he either says the truth about who is part of witchcraft or he gets hanged. Proctor does not confess because he does not want people to use his name in vain and he knows that if he confesses it will leave a bad example for his sons, he decided to die an honest man than to live a fraud. At the end, Proctor ripped the confession knowing that he will be hung. Throughout the play, Arthur Miller creates two themes: the past will always haunt you and as people run away from their problems, their problems will continue to follow

A bad reputation is something that humans never desire and universally fear. Humans naturally worry about what others think of them and how it affects the their life. A bad reputation can lead to many complications such as not being trusted and being falsely accused of certain wrongdoings.In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a good reputation is crucial to many of the characters. The characters in the Crucible keep their reputation guarded and are cautious to keep their name clean. Moreover they know that “possessing a favourable reputation increases the likelihood of being effective in [a puritan society]” (Cavazza 10-11). Characters feel as though their reputation is the one thing that matters in a Puritan Society, thus they go to the extremes to protect their reputation to save themselves as well as others.

Your reputation is something that affects the way people look at you. A reputation  can be viewed by the way you dress, your education level or the people you are associated with. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible many characters are faced with a challenge; they either have to Die to Save the reputation, or live with a broken reputation. Through every action and reaction each character ends up turning the reputation they deserve.

If you ask some people what the most important thing in life is, they will say it’s their reputation. Just about every character in the play The Crucible feels that their reputation with the ones they love is more important than even breathing. There is a saying by Benjamin Franklin that relates to this play very well, it states “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one to destroy it.” This phrase in many ways is very true, especially when reading The Crucible because the

At the beginning, characters’ mind always made conflicts happened. First, character who think the social status is most important than everything. For example, Reverend Parris is a kind of person who think the position is most important thing, “The child is desperate! It must come out—My enemies will bring it out.”(The Crucible page 10). So, this quote is showing Parris is a selfish person, while he talk to Abigail for more detail of the dance on forest which like witchcraft, his daughter Betty still cannot weak up, but Parris did not care about her, because he think he need defend his enemies to destroy his life, this is a reason of the conflicts happened between Parris and Abigail about the truth of “witchcraft”. Next, Parris was made a conflict to John Proctor because Parris believe John is a part of a faction attempting to usurp his power. For instance, “You people seem not to comprehend that a minister is not to be so lightly crossed and contradicted—”said Parris（The Crucible page 30）. So, the main

The small courtroom within the Salem meeting house used for the General court. The witch trials begin with more than 30 women who have already been accused, the hysteria and backstabbing continue to worsen. 1962

The Crucible by Arthur Miller was a historical fiction play about the prominent Salem Witch Trials. Miller was a well-known American playwright , essayist , and figure on the twentieth American theater. His most popular plays were My son , Death of Salesman , A view From the Bridge , and The Crucible, which is our focus. The Crucible can be defined by saying it was a severe test or trial. The Red Scare was a widespread fear from a society of the rise of communism.