Lying In The Crucible Analysis

As Vladimir Lenin once stated, “A lie told often enough becomes truth.” This quote indicates that if you constantly repeat a lie, eventually people will come to believe it. I definitely agree with Lenin. A lie won’t stay a secret forever. Lenin’s quote remains true and evident in Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible. There are many characters Miller uses to prove this quote true through the literary elements Characterization, Theme, and Setting. Some characters include Abigail, John Proctor, and Thomas Putnam.

People are often told that lying is the wrong thing to do; it is evil, inhumane, and overall terrible. Despite this fact, lying has been shown to hand people multiple benefits. These benefits can be anything from getting out of doing house chores to looking cool in front of classmates. Because of this, many people use this form of deception to remove themselves from unwanted problems in the community. The Crucible, a play written Arthur Miller, portrays a disrupted society where people are accused of witchcraft for any abnormal activity. The accused witches are either forced to “confess” to their involvement with witchcraft or be executed in the gallows. The characters in the play display to the readers that lying provides protection towards people in different ways.

Abigail Williams makes rumors to protect herself, for revenge, and to try and take Elizabeth Proctor’s place. She is mischievous and lies a lot to protect herself. Parris asks Abigail, “Then you were conjuring spirits last night”, and

Abigail Williams is not just another young girl. She is a child who seeks forbidden lust in a fanatic society and that what causes her anger and aggressiveness. Abigail does not attain her love so she seeks vengeance by falsely accusing people of witchcraft. Just like Thomas Putnam, when he could not attain his interest, he seeks to remove Giles Corey who opposes him to get the land. There is also Mrs. Putnam who envy Rebecca Nurse for Nurse has all her children unharmed while Mrs. Putnam has buried them all and Ruth is sick, so she accuses Nurse of hurting her children by sorcery. Abigail desires revenge because she is so angry for her reputation in the village, that is why she threatnes the girls if they confess "I will come to you in

In the book, The Crucible, Abigail Williams is an orphan and under the care of her uncle, Reverend Parris. Abigail is portrayed as a liar when she accuses her friends of witchcraft and blames them for crimes they have not committed. One example of Abigail’s foolish actions is when she and John Proctor have an affair behind Elizabeth’s back, John’s wife. Elizabeth finds out and does not want John seeing Abigail. Abigail takes matters into her own hands when she tells the court judge that Elizabeth Proctor is a witch. Abigail does this so Elizabeth will be arrested and eventually killed and Abigail can have John all to herself. Abigail’s actions affect people around her when she accuses them of witchcraft. Abigail is motivated by lust, and she

Some people think a lie will just fade away and nobody will find out but little do they know the truth always comes out. Lying only makes a situation worse not better and in this play it shows why lies can put you in a serious or dangerous situation. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller relates to the salem witch trials and is based on a small village that believes there are witches running around the village using witchcraft to turn people against god and sell themselves to the devil. In the beginning Mr.Parris, the father of Betty Parris is kneeling down beside his daughter Betty because he believes that the girls has used witchcraft and caused his daughter to behave strange. This leads him to question Abigail to find out what went on in

Every American over 10 years old has been lied to at least once.The reason may not have been to deceit someone with ill intent, but it’s still lying nonetheless. In “The Crucible” Abigail lies for her own agenda and in no way has good intentions. Most media nowadays are the same way. Drama spreads like wildfire, and often starts just because of speculations. While the repercussions may not be as extreme as those in The Crucible, it’s still important not to presume everything you hear is true.

Abigail Williams is the niece of Reverend Parris. From the beginning the audience can get the idea that Abigail is not a truthful person. At first, Abigail tells her uncle, Parris, that did not do any sort of witchcraft in the forest. She said her, betty, and the others were only dancing. Once Reverend Hale starts questioning the event in the forest, Abigail then begins to reveal what she said actually happened in the forest. She also begins to show cowardness when she confesses they were doing witchcraft. She then changes the story that their servant,Tituba, had forced them to drink blood and do the witchcraft.

Many people go through their lives willing to lie at any given moment while some chose to always tell the truth, no matter the situation. Winston Churchill once said that, “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end there it is,” which means that he believes that no matter matter what happens, the truth will always be the truth and nothing can compromise that. Some choose to follow this theory and some do not. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many of the characters choose not to follow Churchill's belief. The play discusses how the young girls chose to react to their prosecution in the Salem witch trials and what their claim against it is. Abigail Williams reveals her true nature in the trials showing that she is skilled in manipulation, always vindictive, and is very power hungry.

Abigail Williams, the “bad” girl, is introduced in the play as the ringleader who led different ladies to a taboo gathering; her principal reason was once so as to solid a spell upon Elizabeth Proctor, the spouse of John Proctor – with whom she had an affair when she lived with them as a servant. Naturally, what to John was once a small detour off the trail of righteousness was once to Abigail the doorway to a brand new world. Abigail is confused, and her reasoning illogical, but that 's no exclusive from the logically impaired point of view of many within the city of Salem, even essentially the most strong and

Abigail Williams was the most riveting character in The Crucible for being a manipulative unworthy person, always caught up in lies. She had ways with words for people to believe her and sometimes even lied without caring for the actions she would do. In Act 1, Abigail shows her true inner self saying “ … Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it…”(Act 1, p.18). This quote shows how Abigail is trying to take control of those surrounding her by being mentally abusing of them. She’s afraid of the fact that someone will snitch on her so she’s showing the power she has. She threatens with violence against the girls if they decide to go behind her back with telling the truth. Abigail had lied so many times one of them is when Goody Proctor fired her when she found out about her affair with her husband and this lie was to Parris. Abigail also lies to Reverend Parris about the night in the woods where she was dancing and practicing witchcraft with Tituba and Parris asked her so many times about the incident but she kept saying there was no witchcraft involved but the truth is there was. One of Abigail's biggest motivations throughout this whole play was to replace Elizabeth in being John’s wife, it’s practically her motive to be with him. She has plans to accomplish and it’s that. She was capable to even

Abigail Williams’ version of Christianity is one that she uses against others. She is the driving force in the play: with an attempted murder, adultery, and being accused of witchcraft; there is a good chance when something is wrong it has to do with Abigail. She lies and leads on Proctor to the point where, even though he is married, he begins to lust after her. He says to Danforth and Francis: “She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave! And well she might,

Many characters in The Crucible are faced by the formidable task of deciding between two options: confessing for an uncommitted sin and returning to an ordinary life and professing innocence, upholding their reputation as well as their own morals and values. In analyzing Miller’s story, it becomes evident that those who choose the former fuel a catastrophic chain of events, feeding on the hysteria which arises following the inciting events of the Salem Witch Trials.  Hence, The Crucible serves to illustrate that the existence of men who favor honesty and integrity, who acknowledge and concede their shortcomings and faults, is essential to putting an end to the vicious cycle of dishonesty and fabrication which allowed for the trials to even occur.  By willing to pay the price of their own lives, characters in the play aim to put an end to the baseless fear which fuels continued injustice. Proctor so strongly regards virtuousness and moral rectitude that he would sooner meet death than renounce his honor and taint his self-image in capitulating to the very court system which so tragically failed to pursue justice.  His desire to denounce the trials as opposed to substantiate the allegations against others accused drives his ultimate decision to hold to the truth despite his initial tribulations over the dire consequences of such a decision.

Jealousy and lying are two natural behaviors, that if not controlled, may spiral a situation out of control. In Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’, Abigail Williams was the antagonist that wanted to destroy the life of Elizabeth Proctor. Miller’s previous works, such as ‘Death of a Salesman’, follow the theme of the flawed ‘American Dream’, which states that hard work will lead to prosper in life. Similarly, in ‘The Crucible’, the Proctors worked hard throughout their lives, but despite all their efforts Abigail William’s envy and her talent of averting trouble puts John Proctor in a complicated situation; thus resulting in hardships faced by Salem. The moral integrity of John Proctor was contested. Either he could confess to save all or continue to lie. Consequently, ruining his reputation or having the weight of his friends’ deaths on his shoulders.

Some people think a lie will just fade away and nobody will find out, but little do they know the truth always comes out. Lying only makes a situation worse, not better and in this play it shows why lies can put you in a serious or dangerous situation. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller relates to the Salem witch trials and is based in a small village that believes there are witches running around the village using witchcraft to turn people against God and sell themselves to the devil. In the beginning Mr.Parris, the father of Betty Parris is kneeling down beside his daughter, Betty because he believes that the girls has used witchcraft and caused his daughter to behave strange. This leads him to question Abigail to find out what went on