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Examples Of Irony In The Crucible

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They say when you tell one lie, more lies are told to back it up. In the movie, The Crucible, the Puritans are shocked by the devil being brought into their town. In this paper, you will learn that there is a great amount of irony.
If you had to live in a Utopian, where sinning is one of the worst things you can do, do you think you would lie? After the accusations started, many people took it as an opportunity to gain money, land, or just simply get back on someone. For an almost “perfect” society, this seems very ironic. Also, while watching the movie, seeing the looks on the faces while innocent citizens were being hanged was almost sickening. Doesn't the Bible state “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even

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