Examples Of Peer Pressure In The Crucible

Usually in short stories , peer pressure is almost always involved. Peer pressure is the influence to do something by your friends. In the Crucible, Mary Warren was John Proctor’s maid and she gave into peer pressure when she was forced to plead murder on Abigail in court. This can relate to many occurrences in our world today.

Arthur Millers “The Crucible” was written in 1960 and is based on true events about the Salem Witch Trials that occurred back in the 1650’s. Throughout the play, many themes are present such as, reputation, religion, ideology, and accusation. The theme I have chosen is peer pressure as I think it is the most relevant. Peer pressure is a re-current theme throughout the play. It underpins the motivations of at least three of the main characters – Abigail Williams, Mary Warren and John Proctor - and it is the core sociological force that binds the “religious community” and drives their actions both towards a vision of “moral perfection” and towards the persecution of those who do not fit that moral vision; those of whom were accused of witchcraft.

In 1692 the life of the citizens of Salem was challenging, they had to go through life uncertain if they would live to see another day. The biggest problem the community experienced was when honest and innocent people were accused of witchcraft. If approached for witchery, the only way to live was to lie and accuse another innocent victim. However, lying only continued the cycle of accusations. If one was accused of witchcraft and did not confess, then they would be hanged for lying and deceiving the court of Salem. The events occurring in this town forced the citizens to lose themselves and turn on one another, causing a divide in the community. In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, the Salem community at the beginning of the play was loosely held together, but as the story progressed, the strings of unity began to break until the connections fell apart.

B. Establish Controversy : Love is a main idea that is repeated throughout The Crucible, a 1953 play by playwright Arthur Miller. The Crucible is a play set in Salem Massachusetts in 1692-1693 and is an allegory for McCarthy Hearings which took place in the 1950s. The play focuses on the 1950s human need for norm, the puritanical fear of witches and the inconsistencies of the Salem Witch Trials. Hysteria breaks out in Salem when the minister of Salem Reverend Parris catches his niece Abigail and daughter Betty in the woods with paraphernalia essential to conjuring spirits and Betty becoming mysteriously ill. Parris worries about Betty’s condition and summons Reverend Hale who investigates witchcraft and the suspicions of the illness but indubitably finds witchcraft imperceptible after reflection of the motives. This illness manifests fear throughout the residences of Salem and Abigail deviously exploits this fear by accusing villagers to vindicate herself from any accusations of witchcraft. In doing so she becomes the prime accuser for the Theocracy. Jealousy and grudges empower the hysteria which leads to the death of an abundant amount of Salem’s innocent population. One of the most noteworthy jealousy in the play is Abigail’s envy of John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor’s marriage because of an affair that took place.

In 1692, the Salem witch trials occurred in Massachusetts. 200 people were accused of witchcraft. 20 were executed for practicing witchcraft. After a while, the court admitted the trials were fake and gave the families of those convicted money. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible because during his time something like the Salem witchcraft was going on. In the Crucible, Arthur Miller uses three main themes, which are regret/guilt, seeking the truth and manipulation.

Trials are a vital part of human discovery. This is due to the fact that trials lead people to what is right, what is wrong, and what they can or cannot handle. A severe test puts someone under intense pressure; this can make or break who they are, and what they value. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is named for the great trials fabricated, and endured by the characters of the drama. It shows that when under intense pressure, people can either rise to the occasion, or let themselves be quelled; this is exemplified in Parris’ blatant narcissism, Hale’s modification of his values, and Proctor’s almost steady ethical compass.

Authority is something probably most people want to have. Authority is the power or right to give order and enforce rules. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, John Procter, John Hale, and Governor Danforth all show an immense amount of authority throughout the play. I know that Governor Danforth shows the most power in the play, especially with how many questions he asks to get answers. Miller really establishes who has the power throughout the story.

“I am not an angel,” I asserted;” and I will not be one till I die; I will be myself.” -Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. This quote talks about how humans are themselves and will always sin and always do what is human nature to whomever it is. The Crucible by Arthur Miller, in my opinion, is about how people can turn on each other so commonly. What I mean by this is that our jealousy, selfishness, and failures can get to us surprisingly so easily. People's’ jealousy, selfishness, failures, and peer pressure can affect you negatively in so many ways.

From The Crucible and my own experience there have been some types of jealousies, selfish ambitions, and peer pressures, etc. They are both the same from the story and into real life experience. So let’s start with The Crucible there is a lot going on in there because there is proctor and elizabeth and abigail and more there is jealousies and more. And in my life experience there has been the same thing like friend.From the author Victor Hugo he explained on society is a republic. Well it’s referring from the crucible where everyone in the story was in a part of jealousies. In my own life i’ve seen that there are people who have been jealous and prue pressured, etc. Well from The Crucible there was proctor and abigail and elizabeth but more

I’ve chosen to represent the theme Social Pressure in my creative piece; everything I’ve shown in my artwork has been chosen with the idea of conveying the concept of Pressure. I wanted to explore this pressure that the entire village of Salem must have felt during the witch trials where they had to choose to either give in to the devil, or to stand up but have everyone believe you’re against Christianity.

Character Motivation in The Crucible Imagine growing up in a Puritan society. Constantly having to follow the strict and normally harsh religious rules that were the very core of the Puritan life. You would think that you would have a mindset to obey these rules, due to the harsh punishments, that even included death. This was not so in the case of The Crucible. In fact, the character motivation was completely different from what you would expect from a Puritan society.

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.

The majority of this movie shows excellent examples of attitudes. Clarice Sterling’s first impressions of Dr. Lecter is biased because of everything she’s been told about him, prior to their first meeting. She knows he’s attacked and eaten his former victims, all whilst showing little to no emotional reactions to the brutal attacks. Dr. Frederick Chilton, the administrator at the hospital, warns Clarice of getting too close to Lecter, and to avoid allowing him to get his hands on any objects, such as a paperclip. The doctor then explains the hospitals hindsight bias, and explains to Clarice how Lecter was able to disfigure a nurse by biting her face when she was checking to see if he was breathing.

Human Relationships “I have not seen you since you were so little!” uh-oh the parents suckered this person into another mind scrambling family reunion. Where people they could have sworn saw them last month at Christmas swear they have not seen them since they were “this big”. That right there is human relationships at it’s finest. “Human relations is the skill or ability to work effectively through and with other people” (“Human Relations and You”).

Themes presented in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible are prevalent in today’s modern society, even though the Salem Witch Trials occurred over 300 years ago. These themes, such as deception, intolerance, selfishness, power hungriness, and hysteria, can all relate to both how society was in 1690 and in 2017.