Examples Of Damnation In The Crucible

Although “good and evil” have varying meanings to different people, the words are defined by both morality and actions. Good and evil aren't black and white concepts since there are different sects on the two topics. Evil is both inherent and not; some people are influenced to do bad things that shape them into “evil” beings. The dictionary definition of “good” is defined as being morally righteous. One of the separate sects is the idea that “good” people themselves can turn “bad” and vice versa. In addition, Influence is a very powerful thing that can end up controlling and changing the way someone acts and thinks. In the book, “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the concept of judgement and influence convey senses of “evil” in Salem.

The swiftness of judgment of many people led to unfair trials. Many people from the play were considered guilty until proven innocent, and even then it was hard to prove innocence. You either conformed and said that you did witchcraft, or kept your dignity and went to the gallows. The fears of evil encroaching upon the people of Salem in The Crucible led to coincidences turning into witchcraft, harsh judgment of the accused, swift judgment of the accused, and many lives being ruined.

During World War II, Hitler used his power to persuade the government to make him the chancellor, which gave him more control over Germany. This lets him manipulate the people so they would think that same way as he did. The people believed this because they did not understand what Hitler was going to do with the Jews, during this time they used the Jews as a scapegoat to blame for their problems. Many situations have a scapegoat that people need to blame to help them deal with their problems. In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller the town used witches as their scapegoat. In the New York Times article Extended Forecast: Bloodshed the people in Tanzania used witchcraft as their scapegoat. Finally in the Quartz Magazine article Fear of the Government Makes Americans More Likely to Reach for a Gun the government is creating scapegoats out of the certain people and events. Some people need to find a scapegoat to blame for example, in The Crucible, the New York Times article Extended Forecast: Bloodshed, and the Quartz Magazine article Fear of the Government makes Americans more likely to Reach for a Gun the people had to find a scapegoat for the problems that they faced.

A classroom of children stood around a broken picture frame. The children all had a shocked expression on their face, knowing that they were about to be in serious trouble. The picture contained their teacher’s family, and they knew it would be a big deal when she found out. When the crash happened, none of the students saw what happened. It was too busy, because they were huddled around the teacher’s desk, putting the present they got for her on it. The smashing of the glass cued the teacher to whip her head around, and she demanded that class to tell her what happened as she began to carefully pick up the broken pieces. She then explained that if no one had anything to confess, they would all get equally punished. At this point, all the hands raised. Not to admit guilt, but to point fingers at other kids. In The Crucible, when the girls are dancing in the woods, they did not think it was a big deal, but when some of the girls started to get ill, just like the glass breaking, they knew they would get in trouble. This led to a witch hunt to avoid the persecution of playing in the woods. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the character’s accusation of others, rather than accepting fault, exemplifies the human tendency to avoid persecution at all cost.

You did it, you must have! Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" in his writing it significantly illustrates human cruelty in the name of righteousness. Inspired by the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, Miller's play, The Crucible, focuses on the inconsistencies of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behavior that can result from dark desires and hidden agendas. Miller bases the play on the historical account of the Salem witch trials; a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. A modern day example that can be recognizably compared to the Salem Witch Trials is racial profiling that manifested in the 1700s. Racial profiling is the use of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or national origin by law enforcement agents as a factor in deciding whom to investigate, arrest or detain absent evidence of a specific crime or criminal behavior. Throughout the play, there are numerous instances of human cruelty in the name of righteousness that outline the basis of the Salem witch trials and Racial profiling in today's society. In both of the stories, The Crucible and Racial Profiling individuals use their authority to commit hanice interrogation techniques to get what they want from innocent citizens.

The world has seen numerous accounts of persecution throughout history. In the Salem Witch Trials, one of the most wicked persecutions to occur, the people accused more than two hundred people of witchcraft and executed twenty people with only spectral evidence. For this reason, many view this period as a very merciless time. Similarly, the possessions at Loudun parallels with the Salem Witch Trials. The nuns of St Pierre du Marche accused Urbain Grandier, an appointed priest, of bewitching and assaulting them in 1634. Their proof also came from spectral evidence: the nuns’ hallucinations, fainting, and dreams. Two other priests of the church, Mignon and Pierre Barre, saw these accusations as a perfect way to have Grandier removed. Mignon and Pierre did a series of exorcisms on the nuns to have them cleansed from the Devil. After a few months, the people discovered a note showing Grandier’s compact with the Devil and he was immediately placed in prison. Grandier, placed under extreme torture, never confessed to witchcraft as he knew of his innocence; he was later burned at the stake. Grandier’s refusal to confess demonstrated his test on moral principles and self-respect when faced with difficulties.

Over the course of history, the idea of righteousness has clouded people's thinking, leading to cruel and unnecessary forms of punishment. Arthur Miller's The Crucible significantly illustrates human cruelty in the name of righteousness. Inspired by the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, Miller's play, The Crucible, focuses on the inconsistencies of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behavior that can result from dark desires and hidden agendas. Miller bases the play on the historical account of the Salem witch trials, a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. A modern day example that can be recognizably compared to the Salem witch trials is racial profiling that manifested in the 1700s. Racial profiling is the use of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or national origin by law enforcement agents as a factor in deciding whom to investigate, arrest, or detain with no evidence of a specific crime or criminal behavior. Throughout the play, there are numerous instances of human cruelty in the name of righteousness that outline the basis of the Salem witch trials and racial profiling in today's society.

Every cause and effect has its advantages and disadvantages. When Abby is accused of witchcraft in the beginning of the play, this causes her to redirect the accusation onto Tituba resulting as an effect of scapegoating. After all of the spotlight is off of Abigail, one advantage is that she feels she is of higher power than everyone else. She replies to a question with “if I must answer that, I will leave and not come back again” (Miller 111). This scene implies that if she has to answer any question that is seemed to be lower than her or anything that questions her authority than she feels she can do whatever she wants and people will bow down to her and beg her to stay. Giving her the feeling of having power gives her an advantage to the

Additionally in “The Crucible” Act 1, there is a conversation between Parris and John proctor where Proctor is showing unchristian qualities. “PARRIS: There is a party in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a

The Crucible In the 1958 “The Crucible’’ there’s plenty of different universal themes that apply to everyone. But a very common and consecutive theme that re-occurs several times in The Crucible is “Lies and Deceit.” For a God following village there sure is a lot of lying and deceiving. One of the main examples of this theme would be Abigail.

The Crucible Can one’s evil deed lead to the evil deeds of many? Some may debate whether that is true or not. I believe so; our actions define who we are and who we will become. In Arthur Miller’s captivating play, The Crucible, he demonstrated the evil nature of greed and lust and the crucial aspect of making good decisions. It depicts how a man named John Proctor’s decision caused the terrible misfortunes of a small town called Salem.

In the crucible so far, Miller has used 2 definite types of character personas to represent good and evil. Corrospondingly, the evil is represented by the people who are using the exuse of witchcraft to inprisoin people they do not like. For example, when abigail grows jealous of Elizabeth proctor because of the cold shoulder mr proctor gave her after they made love. Being the supposed saint of salem, she uses this power to then use marry warrens doll to hide a needle into it, then stabs herself claiming “a needle were found struck into her belly,” was caused by elizabeths doll that marry warren gave her. (Miller 72)

In western culture, societies are very quick to judge individuals or invent stories in order to place blame on someone. More times than none, society is faced with one person's word against another’s, the unfortunate part is that only one word is true. Thus, society is then forced to decide who’s lying and who is not, based on opinions and assumptions that follow their own values and beliefs. This is exactly what happens to John Proctor and Hester Prynne in The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In both works, the characters are faced with cruel punishments, and isolation due to the harsh judgment made by their society.

In the Crucible John Proctor stood up for what he believed in and decided to rip up his confession because he knew it was a lie and he decided he would rather die than sin anymore. If he did not rip that confession up it would of been put up on the church and he believed that he could not do that to his family and ruin his name. The crucible has many examples of this throughout the play.

“Vengeance is walking in Salem.” (------) This is an important quote in The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, for many reasons. The Crucible is a story about people of a town named Salem accusing and being accused of witchcraft. Since the conditions in the town are not good at this time the people use an excuse for why bad is happening to them. What other way to do this than to accuse others of being witches and causing harm. The most important reason is that John is expressing that witches aren’t even the main focus of what is going on. The main focus in Salem is revenge and the witches are just a gateway to be used to attack others. As much as The Crucible may seem as an entertaining story about witches to the average reader, if you look deeper one may see the deeper meaning being portrayed by the story itself. The main elements that are trying to be shown in the story are human weakness, hypocrisy, and vindictiveness. These three elements are shown continuously throughout the story. It may go undetected by the common reader, but with a little bit of an open mind, he or she may really see what Arthur Miller, the author of the story, was really trying to get across.