Corruption In The Crucible

Imagine living in a society where you are guilty till proven innocent, instead of innocent til proven guilty. Due to the bias preference of the word of “God” in the story The Crucible By Arthur Miller, it is greatly implied that many of the casualties such as John and Elizabeth Proctor to name a couple was due to the restricted theology of church and state. In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls goes dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris. These girls are who create most of the controversy, as they lie to get through most circumstances. A specific individual is Abigail Williams, playing the victim for example as she blames Tituba in page 43 saying “She makes me drink blood!” leading to Tituba to being pulled to the side in page 44 and yelled at “you will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to death” making her give in, in order for him to spare her life. leading to further unjustifiable atrocities.

Do you feel that your leaders ever fail to use their authority in the way you believe they should? James Madison believes that government is power, and since humans are in charge of the right, it always has the ability of being misused. Communities revert to chaos when the authority figures abuse the influence they have. Madison’s argument is correct because people in general need strong rulers, so if the privilege given to the superiors is exploited, society begins to break down.

This literary work also talks about selfish people in a court case who will not confess the crimes they have committed in the past. In the crucible, Arthur Miller uses the characters, Mary Warren, John Proctor, and Abigail Williams to show selfishness distorts the search for truth. First, Mary Warren can be selfish at times and this cause there to be problems when the hunt for the truth begins. There are multiple instances in The Crucible where she denies

“The Crucible,” written in 1953, criticizes the events of the Salem witch trials in 1962. Mainly throughout the story characters betray each other by putting blame on each other. The characters also say that they believe that some of them have been in contact with the Devil, and eventually they take it all to court. In the play, Arthur Miller uses characters with contrasting traits, or foils, to make a point about integrity and reputation. Through Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor, Miller is saying that integrity is more important than reputation because integrity shows that you have self pride and that care about yourself more than you care about what others think of you.

The play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, during the Salem Witch Trials. At these witch trials, the people of Salem, such as the slave Tituba, use other innocent people as scapegoats to avoid being hung for the practice of witchcraft. Due to this belief of witchcraft, authoritative figures in the play, such as Judge Danforth, abuse their overwhelming amount of power. Miller conveys the theme of corrupted power throughout the play when he uses irony and figurative language.

“The arrogant are wise in their own eyes, but the wise will recognize their lies” (Anonymous). This quote accurately describes how the events in the Salem Witch Trials unfolded. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, places the reader into the city of Salem, Massachusetts. Arthur Miller tells a fictional story based on real events of how people who were wise in their own eyes used others to better themselves in a community based on honesty. Three characters from the story stand apart in their arrogance. Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Reverend Parris were conceited and cared only about their personal gains. These characters used their power to blame, but not to be blamed or accused of alleged witchcraft which resulted in the deaths of several townspeople. Arthur Miller used these characters to illustrate how simple lies and rumors can spread and become an unstoppable force. With these simple but powerful accusations, well respected citizens soon became the targets of these characters manipulation.

Life teaches one very valuable lesson: with power comes the abuse of power, which results in hysteria and fear. Fear comes in many forms; fear for loved ones, fear for health, fear of losing reputation and fear of reprisal. Throughout history, a powerful few have abused their power. An example of this dilemma occurred in the 1950’s when Senator Joseph McCarthy started accusing innocent people of being communist sympathizers. Contemporary author, Arthur Miller, visited this concept of corrupt power and disapproval of McCarthyism in his classic, The Crucible. Good Night and Good Luck, a movie which was about the hysteria McCarthy caused to innocent lives, and The Crucible have one major thing in common: the corruption of power. This thematic idea reveals that the corruption of power can not only affect and impair mainstream society, but also the people which live within it.

Greed is a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed. Throughout the whole novel, The Crucible, the result of greed is found to be the main dilemma behind the chaos throughout the book. From Reverend Parris’ constant greed for money, to Judge Danforth’s greed for power, all the way to Mrs. Putnam’s greed for a child, the role of greed destroys the town and the people of Salem, Massachusetts. Many citizens who are thought out as saints are taken over by greed, and the result is their life and the lives of others is often ruined. Arthur Miller presents the role of greed through the use of money, power, and love.

Marriage is the commitment between a person and someone they wish and want to be with. Many couples are prevented from being able to make that commitment. Same-sex marriage is something that is being brought up in countless ways recently in today's society. A term that is tied to same-sex marriage is LGBTQ which stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning. It was created as an abbreviation to the label “gay community’’ to create a more intimate diverse group (About the LGBTQ Community and Allies). Difference is something many do not know how to comprehend and wrap their heads around. It is challenging and troubling for many to simply accept one thing that is different. in The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is based around the Salem Witch

Recent studies suggest that women who live under constrained social customs are more likely to commit crimes, often times violent ones. In ¨The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, many people struggle with their actions because the rules of their strict Puritan Society make it impossible to handle their feelings and sins. One such character Abigail Williams struggled with handling an affair she had with a married man, which ultimately led her to commit horrible atrocities. Arthur Miller wrote this play to highlight the false accusations that occurred, partially against him, during the McCarthy Trials of the 1950s during the age of anticommunism in the United States. In ¨The Crucible¨ many people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged. One main character the played a role in these convictions while trying to get what she wanted even if it meant manipulating the court. Abigail should be responsible for the deaths of the people who were wrongly convicted or hanged in the play because Abigail was manipulative and dangerous, Abigail manipulates Danforth and the courts, and Abigail is violent.

In The book To Kill A Mockingbird my dominant theme is everyone should have equal opportunities because we all are humans no matter how rich or how different your skin color is. Harper Lee gives so many evidence on why no one is treated the way it should be. The whites are treating the colored differently even when the slavery ended in the history of America. First evidence during Tom’s trial in court that shows so much racism when you look at all of the evidence given on the case it proves that Tom is an innocent disabled man who has nothing to do with raping. Tom is a black man and being black in maycomb is a like disease, while the whole jury is made up of white people they claim Tom as guilty rapist. A crime he didn't and a crime he never

Do individuals interested in the facts and history of literature ever wonder how similar conflicts are solved in far contradicting time periods? In the plays, Macbeth by William Shakespeare and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, readers catch a glimpse of how two similar but different feuds are dealt with between the two communities. Whether it’s witchcraft or the ruling of twisted former general, the pieces of literature share a point with crime and dishonesty. With the theme corruption, these two pieces of literature display how wrong doings are taken care of and restored in two differing situations and time periods.

Have you ever felt so burdened or overlooked that it leads you to deception? How can one readily react to these feelings, and what can be done if we find ourselves submerged in duplicity far beyond any point of return? In order to better answer these questions, one must first look to both literature and history for demonstrations of such conceptions. Just one example of this being that of the well-known play and movie, The Crucible. As first written in 1953 by Arthur Miller, The Crucible is the powerful production and retelling of the erratic events which took place in the town of Salem during the late 1600’s. The story follows a group of young girls who, after being discovered in the woods dancing, decides it is best to charge the honest as partakers in witchcraft; and instill turmoil and distraction not just within Salem, but the entire region as well. One of the girls guilty of such accusations is that of Mary Warren; the tentative, disingenuous housemaid of John and Elizabeth Proctor, who during the progression of the story, felt ashamed of her actions and took the sand to confess not just her own, but all the girls’ fabricated behavior. However as the confession wore on and testimonies denying her statement true came forward, Mary ultimately gave to the pressure and returned to her previous actions of fraud and deception. Doings which only compliment her many viable flaws of a naive judgement, weak minded demeanor, and inability to stay true to her word; and that

The Salem Witch Trials: a time where the innocent were guilty and the guilty got away with murder. This horrendous event can be further explained through Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. Miller has won many awards in his time for writing many dramas that are very popular amongst the people and The Crucible just so happens to be one of them. It tells a story about a harsh time that many people faced when they were losing loved ones who were found guilty since they didn’t confess to a crime that they never committed. While reading the play, a person will find a theme of power. One specific character, Mary Warren, helps show this theme because as soon as she gains power, her character changes drastically. Throughout The Crucible, Mary Warren is portrayed as a very dynamic character since she begins as being very wimpy, then she gains confidence and becomes brave, and then she goes right back to being timid and controlled by Abigail.

The 2001 comedy film Legally Blonde tells the story of Elle Woods, an upbeat and optimistic sorority girl who, over the course of the movie, transitions from a simple college student with few professional aspirations into a successful law student. Elle initially presents herself as a stereotypical sorority girl: vain, superficial, and self-obsessed. As such, she consistently faces discrimination from her friends, family, and colleagues alike. The film wants the audience to view Elle as a woman who rises up above the stereotype through hard work and intelligence, and who proves herself as a capable individual in a discriminatory society. Because of this, some view Elle as a feminist icon, a person who empowers women to achieve equality to