Examples Of Disastrous Consequences In The Crucible

Danforth starts the play with a lot of arrogance. He believes his side of the trial is correct, and only his side. Through out the trials, he starts to see faults in Abigail’s story and begins to question his court decisions. Danforth knows that Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, is an honest woman and would never lie in court. Since he believes some truth in Proctor’s confession, he decides to bring Elizabeth into the court. When Proctor exposes himself to lechery with Abigail, she has no choice but to give in. Danforth illustrates the theme by deciding to call Proctor guilty and sent to jail. With Proctors statement, she knows she has no choice but to confess before Elizabeth confesses and she will be punished in a worse manner. As act two progresses, Danforth shows that having a lack of knowledge can lead to irrational

“...we will burn, we will burn together!” (Miller, 91) John Proctor exclaimed as he was condemned to hang by his fellow townspeople. In Arthur Miller’s fictional play, The Crucible, a variety of characters including Mary Warren, Abigail Williams, and John Proctor either suffer or commit wrongs as a result of the pressures of their Puritan community. These wrongs include wrongful accusations and falling into the trap known as peer pressure to avoid punishment. The events of the crucible demonstrate how societal pressure causes a sort of mob mentality that causes people to hurt peers.

Many themes are prevalent throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. Throughout the play, Miller has made it clear that lying and deceit have corrupted even the best person. Characters such as Abigail and John fall victim to this compulsive force at one time. Miller writes and gives examples of how people can fall prey to this force. Throughout Miller’s play The Crucible, through the characters of Abigail and John, he conveys his message that lying is used in order to save oneself regardless of moral consequences.

Danforth is the presiding judge during the witch trials. He is viewed, by the town, and by himself, as a holy man of God. Because he has more power during witch trials, he allows witchcraft rumors to continue. Throughout the play, there are many times when Danforth is put in a situation to stop madness, but he never does. In Act IV Danforth says, “You have most certainly seen some person with the Devil. Mister Proctor, a score of people have already testified they saw this woman with the devil”. Danforth is using the girls' testimonies as solid evidence. By doing so, he is allowing witchcraft rumors to spread, putting him in a greater position of

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many characters’ behaviors are called into question. Similarly, people in today’s society often base their actions on one of two things--vanity or honesty. Reverend Hale addresses this dilemma when he states that people who won’t falsely confess are committing a greater crime than witchcraft by willfully giving up their lives. Abigail Williams chooses vanity over honesty. She, as well many others in the story, chooses to put herself first. Individuals in today’s society are motivated by their own desires rather than caring about the desires of others.

However, that backfires and leads to his death “PROCTOR, breathless and in agony: It [Abigail] is a whore! DANFORTH, dumfounded: You charge—? ABIGAIL: Mr. Danforth, he is lying! PROCTOR: Mark her! Now she'll suck a scream to stab me with but—” (Miller, III.374-384). In this case when society was faced with two stories, but they only believed the one that suited their values, it went to the extent of witchcraft being more believable than dancing and fooling around in the forest. In Society vs The Individual In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible written by Jean‐Marie Bonnet, she states “The crucible presents us with a small village falling prey to a collective fear that witchcraft is about, lurking in some of its citizens.” (Bonnet, 32). She refers to how the towns fear of witchcraft leads to the wrongful death of so many citizens. Sadly the town does not necessarily want to punish those citizens, it is more along of the lines of making a statement saying they are not afraid. However, in the process of this, they end up judging those that do not follow their

Throughout the play Abigail is always scheming. When something unaccounted for happens and interferes with her plan, she is resilient and quickly creates a new plan of action. In particular, Abigail displays her manipulative personality with Parris and Hale. She allows them think that Tituba is the real cause of what happens to Betty and Hale believes Abigail as he asks Tituba, “When did you compact with the Devil?” (44). Abigail blames Tituba for many incidents allowing Hale to think that Tituba is the problem when, in reality, it is Abigail. Abigail also manipulates Mary Warren into turning against Proctor. At the end of the court session, Mary becomes panicked and tells Abigail, “I’ll never hurt you more!” (119). Abigail uses her quick thinking to keep Mary on her side; making herself look better with more support and therefore, staying out of trouble. Finally, she overall manipulates the whole court system by allowing them to perceive her as a saint who can do no wrong, such as witchcraft. Proctor attempts to make them realize that they are being blinded by her actions and exclaims, “Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers?” (77). Abigail continues to lie and manipulate everyone, and in return she keeps herself from being

Poor Behavior in “The Crucible” Who causes judgement and has a nasty personality? This is The Crucible where you, the reader, would learn about greed, wrath, and pride of the characters and the impact of poor behavior that every character share throughout The Crucible. People in The Crucible fight for land ownership in Salem. One example, for greed on land, is when Giles Corey states that Thomas Putnam is accusing his neighbors of witchcraft. In other words, Thomas Putnam disputes land boundaries with John Proctor.

Mankind can be split into two different groups; those who keep in tune with the music, and those who march to the beat of their own drum. These two groups of people are portrayed in works of fiction such as the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey and the historical play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Many characters in these works are attempting to change something for the greater good, but they must deal with the consequences that come with it as well. What is the personal risk of speaking out against supreme authority? The main character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, McMurphy, is a new patient in the mental institution. He becomes the face of mischief but also the face of change in the ward. The main character in The Crucible, John Proctor, also tries to change the court and save the lives of many. Religious attributes are the cause of disarray and redemption throughout the play. Proctor must decide what is more important, his life or his personal morals. McMurphy and Proctor are up against manipulative authority figures that abuse their power. Both characters fight this and risk personal consequences in the end. Arthur Miller would approve of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest because of the characters ploy to expose the corruption within the mental institution.

In the play, The Crucible, weakness is seen as an advantage to some. rev. Hail shows courage coming into salem and, truth shows that the court is corrupt in the town of salem. Weakness, courage and truth all have an impact on the characters and the outcome of events throughout the play.

In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller reveals his purpose through the characters. Miller’s characters send a clear message and warning to the audience that the cause of Salem’s “falling apart” is due to a loss of the “individual conscience.” It is indisputable that Reverend Parris stands out as the character who most recklessly disregards his moral conscience, which ultimately impacts the outcome of the play.

During the play, he often acts the same while present in a court case. Now as a judge each case is different, different people, different acts have been made, but Judge Danforth showed no change in fact he treated every case the same. Judge Danforth said, “You misunderstood me, sir, I cannot pardon these when twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just” (Miller 1222). When he says this it contradicts what he says and what his actions say. Everyone was convicted of being a witch but they were convicted of doing something different, but Judge Danforth treats them all the same as awful human beings when he really should treat it all different instead of the same. David Sundstrand

Abigail is introduced to the reader as a younger girl of Salem, about seventeen, who has been conjuring spirits and dancing satanically in the woods with her friends. Soon later, during a private conversation between Procter and herself, we learn of an adulterous relationship between the two. As the story progresses we are faced with a dilemma of whether to aid Abigail or Proctor. Here, for the for the first time we see Abigail’s true colors, as she begins to get trapped in her own lies. Instead of confessing to her falsehoods, she uses her innocence and youth to convince those aforementioned who believe in nothing but justice, to aid on her side. Why? Why does Abigail need to continue to lie? She has fallen into the pit named selfishness and narcissism. Abigail’s views now become contorted in order to keep herself up at any cost, even others reputation or life. This adds to Miller’s original idea that the Puritans deplored the unknown, and mystery to the point that they were willing to create falsehoods in order to answer these questions. This implies someone or something supplying these

The statement: “The Crucible is essentially about courage, weakness, and truth.”, is very accurate. There are many instances in the play where these themes are avidly shown in the actions of the characters. For example, characters like Mary Warren and John Proctor show signs of weakness. While signs of courage can also be found in John and Elizabeth Proctor it can also be seen in the actions of Giles Corey. One of the hardest issues that the characters in this play face is telling the truth but characters

Self-interest is a typical motivator behind the behaviors and actions of human beings, and disregards the feelings and desires of others. In the playwright The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it is evident that many of the characters only seek the safety of their own reputations and are willing to take advantage of others to get what they want. When it is revealed in the beginning of Act I that Abigail Williams had actually been engaging in witchcraft and drinking blood in order to kill John Proctor’s wife, despite telling Parris that she had only been dancing, she makes an extreme threat to the other girls when she says, “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some