Examples Of Greed In The Crucible

girls did or they will go against her. Mary is not only scared of the girls, but she is also scared of what the judges would do if they found out what she did. Mary has to hide the truth about what really happened with the girls in order to not get killed or hurt.

to Abigail and part of him still wants to be with her. But John is not

To start off, Abigail gets all the girls to lie along with her. This sparks when Mary Warren goes

The limit on individuality is one of the many causes for the Salem witch trials, Abigail’s choice of accusing other individuals of performing witchcraft was a result of fear to punishment for her secret demonstration of individuality. At first, Abigail used witchcraft as an escape goat of her possible punishment. As the trials scaled higher levels, she found satisfaction from the trials because she went from being just another powerless member of society to becoming her own individual and holding the most dangerous and grand power of all. “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices” Voltaire. As soon as Abigail gained the individuality that she longed for, her dignity deteriorated to the point of committing injustices.

The sudden change in Mary’s opinion of both the girls and John Proctor, exhibits her apparent inability to stand firm against the manipulative powers of Abigail. While this trait could seem negative, passed off as fickle, Mary was able to keep her true identity a mystery to Salem.

Abigail is not only a liar she is selfish. She tells lies that hurt others in order to help herself and she is devious. In the court room she announces, "I want to open myself! . . . I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil, I saw him, I wrote in his book, I go back to Jesus, I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah

As John Proctor is facing death, he realizes what he has done is wrong. John Proctor decides to confess to the court of his affair with Abigail, after confessing to

Proctor says to her, "You're coming to the court with me, Mary. You will tell it in the court." (Miller 80). This is to prove that he is not in volved in witchcraft. He does not want his name to even be associated with the thought. He there fore makes Mary testify to the court about her doll and therefore clears the accusation that he was doing what we consider voo-doo. Furthermore, at the end of the play Proctor is persistent by saying that no matter what anyone says to convince him differently, he would rather die an honest man and save his name. John Proctor took pride in his name. It took persistency to make his intent clear to others.He eventually dies for his cause. Therefore making him a martyr.

There are many conflicts that arise due to decisions characters make. The characters in The Crucible by Arthur Miller all have one thing in common corrupting the entire town and is all at fault for most of the actions decisions, and conflict displayed in the book. This corruption can be described in one word: Greed. Driving the town to go after one another greed in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is the true antagonist of the book, for it provokes most of the conflict in the book. This can all be proven with definitions and impacts of greed tot all of the characters, examples and how it relates back to the plot of the book.

     Abigail William’s aggressive personality easily persuades the other girls to follow her footsteps, and back up anything and everything she says. This personality also frightens people in the courtroom to question her truthfulness, or her relation with John Proctor. Due to her forceful behavior, the girls support Abigail, and therefore become entangled in her web of lies, sins, and murders.

Abigail seems to only want to save herself and not tell them the whole truth about what has happened. I hear Abigail telling

First of all, Abigail is an adulterer. In the story it says "I am waiting for you every night"

As a matter fact, she tries to fulfill her needs by abandoning other people who rebelled against her. Abigail falls in Stage 2 in Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral decision, “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch your back” (1). She helps those who stood by her side, but she eliminates people who stand against her. She accuses Kathryn of murder and of witchcraft, and she jeopardized her life because Kathryn was a wall between herself and John. Abigail’s bad moral decision ends up hurting a person that she was in love with, that was John. Abigail is a selfish girl and lies to cover the the truth. “She lies! She sends her spirit into me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer” (26). Abigail knows Tituba would reveals the truth, and she realizes it’ll affect her relationship with the court. So, she blames everything on

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller dishonesty plays a huge role in the major conflicts. The plot of the story revolves around dishonesty. It is the lies spread by the people of Salem themselves that stand as cause for the trials in the first place. And it is the lies of Salem citizens that keep those trials going.

all faith in him, she feels that he does not want to prove Abigail is