Examples Of Poor Behavior In The Crucible

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.

The Crucible is a play written by Arther Miller. This play is based on the witch trials that took place in Salem. This is a tragic story that explores the influences of greed. In this play, greed causes tragedy because greed makes people dishonest, greed let people be ruthless, and greed causes betraying. First, greed makes people dishonest, because Abigail tell the lie, Parris lies to the court, and Danforth lies to himself. In addition, greed let people ruthless because innocent people are imprisoned, family is destroyed, and people lack of remorse. Finally, greed causes betraying because Abigail betrays Marry who is her friend, Marry betrays John, and Abigail betrays Parris.

The Crucible is a play with an abundance of themes. Each of the characters have a theme that contributes to the overall theme of the story as well. The Crucible shows unjust decisions controlled by manipulated courts and envious girls. The court officials put 200 people through the misery of being accused of practicing acts associated with the devil, and they executed 20. The theme that comes to mind after these actions are brought up is inequity. Abigail accused many people in the town of Salem of actions that they did not do. She made the marriage of John and Elizabeth Proctor unstable by still trying to steal John from Elizabeth even though John was trying to regain the trust of his wife.

There are many flaws that people have, do you have any flaws? In the novel, The Crucible, Abigail shows many character flaws. Abigail’s flaws are jealousy, lust, and remorsefulness.

“The arrogant are wise in their own eyes, but the wise will recognize their lies” (Anonymous). This quote accurately describes how the events in the Salem Witch Trials unfolded. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, places the reader into the city of Salem, Massachusetts. Arthur Miller tells a fictional story based on real events of how people who were wise in their own eyes used others to better themselves in a community based on honesty. Three characters from the story stand apart in their arrogance. Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Reverend Parris were conceited and cared only about their personal gains. These characters used their power to blame, but not to be blamed or accused of alleged witchcraft which resulted in the deaths of several townspeople. Arthur Miller used these characters to illustrate how simple lies and rumors can spread and become an unstoppable force. With these simple but powerful accusations, well respected citizens soon became the targets of these characters manipulation.

Many of the characters in Arthur Miller's The Crucible have specific human flaws that cause the tragedy of the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem villagers exhibit failings, including greed, vengeance, and fear, which eventually lead to the downfall of their town. Many villagers, especially Abigail Williams, take advantage of the opportunity to seek vengeance on others through the trials. Greed for power and land often holds precedence when the hysteria takes over. Fear of being arrested or put to death is the key motivation in turning others in as witches. From these three human flaws, the town of Salem falls into chaos with many innocent people paying the price.

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.

The McCarthy hearings (The Red Scare) in the 1950’s with the political issues that were happening during those years could be depicted as the 1692/93 Salem Witch Trials. Accusing people of being communists is the same as accusing people of being witches. Arthur Miller, the author of the play,The Crucible, that was based on the Salem Witch Trials is a good example of a morality play. In 1692, there were accusations against innocent people in the town of Salem. In The Crucible, a group of teens accuse others of witchcraft even though, they are trying to cover up their mistakes that had been caused. After John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams this had opened a full can of worms throughout Salem. The Crucible displays characterization and bold symbolism and is represented in good and evil morals during the Salem Witch Trials.

“The Crucible” has a wide range of characters, each having their own internal problems, which is often overshadowed by John’s main goal, to prevent Elizabeth from being indicted of being a witch. Whether or not anyone would like to acknowledge it, the fear of witches was surreal, as different people at different times believed different things. Due to this belief of witchery, people did things because they believed it was just, and as such, may believe that some characters did not the deserve the ending that Arthur Miller provided. This

No matter how brave or heroic a person is in his or her society, there is always something that surfaces that people would consider a character flaw. In the play The Crucible there are some truly heroic characters who deserve to be admired, and there are other characters who are filled with hubris and an overinflated sense of themselves. Some characters, such as Reverend Parris, care too much about their reputation, and this egotistic attitude can become the cause of their downfall. Others, like John Proctor, are not willing to live anymore because their reputation has been spoiled. And some characters, such as Abigail Williams, are so self-important that they believe they have the right to love and be with anyone, even if that person belongs to someone else. Having excessive pride about their positions in the society, killing themselves just because their reputations have been tainted, or believing that they are entitled to be with anyone of their choosing regardless of the circumstances are the situations various characters in The Crucible find themselves in. These characters believes that they must hold onto their reputations at all cost …

“Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.” Elizabeth Stanton. This is a very true statement, and the point that Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, was trying to make when writing the play. The Crucible, a play about the Salem Witch Trials in the 1600’s, had much more to it than most can see without deep critical reading and understanding of it. Miller’s purpose in writing the Crucible was to highlight human weakness, hypocrisy, and vindictiveness more so than it was to exaggerate the Salem Witch Trials.

Society during this event was focused on the outrageous accusations thrown into an everyday Puritan society. The Crucible depicts a town full of religious folks who, when given the opportunity, lied for their own benefit. The Puritans were very serious about their beliefs and had a strict code that every person was supposed to follow. Lying was not deemed acceptable in such a strict environment. Yet, the character Abigail lies and has women killed so she and her uncle, Rev. Parris, can live a better life. The Putnam family and a few other people in the play also lie. All of these people lied for their own benefit and no one else’s. Even though the Puritan society was hundred of years after Olaudah's life and not focused on expansion, the literature still reflects human greed. The world changes and the true heart of the people remain the

Who is to blame the for the Salem Witch Trials? In the story called, ¨The Crucible¨, by Arthur Miller, it tells a story of a small town in Massachusetts name Salem. One of the characters in the story is Rev. Parris. He is part of the reason that the Salem Witch Trials was such a petrifying event. He was one of the major characters in the town at the time of the witch hunt. The events in 1692 were horrific and sad, many lives were taken without any reason, they would have been stopped if Rev. Parris would’ve swallowed his pride and admitted that he was wrong.

Every human has an innate hunger to achieve a certain goal in life. And every action is deliberately taken in order to achieve that goal. This is perfectly illustrated in Arthur Miller’s allegorical play, The Crucible, in which multiple characters take various courses of action for their personal gain. These motives perpetuated the mass hysteria in the small Puritan community of Salem resulting in the inspiration for the play: the infamous Salem Witch Trials. However, the embodiment of this concept is not one that is unique to The Crucible. Similarly in modern society, people in difficult situations tend to act in a manner that satisfies their ulterior motives. However, this often results in the public obtaining biased and deceptive information, skewing the status quo in favor of the person as well as harming other people.

Jeremiah Martinez Professor DR. Kurt Fawver ENC 1102 November 12, 2017 Human Stupidity In the last months of 2017, there have been three terrorist attacks in the United States. Three different people and three different minds have committed these attacks against innocent people who were doing their daily activities. More than 80 people have been killed because these terrorists believed in something after they die such as in God, in the devil or in a fantasy life. In fact, it does not matter what these people believe in, but it does matter what they do because of what they believe. Believe in something can be harmful either for good or bad reasons, and humans do not understand this; they just believe in something and they are ready to face everyone who is against or not. Why do they act like this? It is their beliefs, and it does not matter if it is right or not, they are going to defend their beliefs. It is clear that humans have believed in something from centuries ago, and The Crucible story is an example. The Crucible, a story by Arthur Miller that took place in 1692 in the state of Massachusetts, was where people’s belief was putting in test. These people, The Puritans, did not only believe in having a good appearance around other people, but also in God and in the devil. For that reason, the role of Reverend Perris, Hale, and John Proctor had changed undergo in the course of the play. A president would like to look honest and pure in front of its citizens. It does not