Revenge In The Crucible

A dramatist who explores the theme of revenge throughout his play is Arthur Miller in ‘The Crucible. There are different characters in this play that carry this theme of revenge, Abigail being one in particular, as she seeks revenge against Goody Proctor. This is due to Goody Proctor firing Abigail from her job after she had found out Abigail had had an affair with her husband. This seventeen-year-old girl also has an endless capacity for dissembling. John Proctor, Reverend Parris, and the Putnam’s are also characters in the play that are out to seek revenge for their own reasons. It could through the theme of revenge, be said that Miller tries to enhance your application of the play.

During the Civil rights movement many leaders faced many adversities, but one leader named Malcolm X wrote,“Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time” hence he tries to say that there is no better way to develop skills than an adversity. At the present time, when people are faced with a challenge they either give up or take the easy way, thus leading to potential going to waste. Although adversity can bring harm, it helps introduce us to ourselves and our unknown skills with the potential to improve them.

The play “The Crucible” demonstrates great themes of spite from many different characters. In a time of such chaos, these vengeful decisions led to many persecutions during the time of the witch trials. For example, Ann Putnam was jealous of Rebecca Nurse, because she had so many kids. This envy turns vengeful, and Ann accused Rebecca of witchcraft.The court believed this accusation because Rebecca delivered her babies,and only one of them survived. Rebecca could not have actually had anything to do with the death of her babies, of course. Francis Nurse in Proctor’s home says to Reverend Hale, “My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr. Hale...For the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam’s babies” (Miller 174). Ann

Superman once said, “There’s a right and a wrong in the universe and that distinction is not hard to make” (Superman, Kingdom Come). Justice, being pivotal in society often fails to meet its purpose. In an idealistic world, justice has been portrayed as a divine fairness, where the nefarious have been punished and the ethical live a moral life. Pragmatically speaking, justice has constantly been played into the hands of power, suborn and greed. Desperate times call for desperate measures, forcing vulnerable humans to drive to consequential lengths to meet their aspirations. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, comments on the biased view of justice in Salem and how the court models the role of justice as guilty until proved innocent, similar to the case of Giles Corey, which is barbaric.

Throughout the endurance of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, vengeance plays a prominent role in the actions and fates of various characters. In many ways, vengeance fuels the need for retaliation. Disputes among neighbors has bred hatred and then witch trials brought out the vindictiveness of Salem's population. This leads to the deaths of many citizens in Salem by false accusations to the court. Citizens of Salem were utilizing the court system as a means of "extermination" for people who had interests or beliefs, that were contradictory to their own. As Miller states himself, "This predilection of minding other people's business was time-honored among the people of Salem, and it undoubtedly created many suspicions which were to feed the

Slapping, punching, pushing, shoving, kicking, and ultimately killing are all forms of violence that occur in a person’s lifetime. In Arthur Miller’s book, The Crucible, the act of public violence is presented. People in the community had come to accept violence as a way of life in Salem, Massachusetts. This is very much the same level of acceptance for violence in today’s society. In fact, this level of violence occurs frequently throughout the book. Community members are accustomed to violence way back in 1692, as well as in 2016. Miller points out this savage need for violence.

Revenge clearly attributed to the downfall of many characters in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. A few of those who wanted revenge included Mr. Putnam, Reverend Paris, and Abigail Williams. They all were presented with the opportunity, and they did not hesitate to use it. Innocent lives were lost during the times of the Salem Witch Trials due to these few people. “The Crucibles” by Arthur Miller still serves its purpose to this day as a warning of what can happen if revenge goes too far.

Crucible True or False Have you ever compared someone from todays world from someone in a book or a long time ago? In the book “The Crucible” Abigail lies and blames a lot other stuff she did on someone else and she reminds me of Adolf Hitler of what he did to the Jews. She reminds me of him because Adolf killed millions of Jews and blamed, lied, and hurt a lot of people for what he did to not just the Jews but everyone in the world, and changed the world today. Abigail at the beginning of the play we found out that her and John Proctor had an affair, and later we find out that, that comes up in the court case.

Another trait that is needed to make a supernatural horror film is the “unknown” evil. This trait is present as the antagonist or “bad guy” in the film, but usually is not a person. The “unknown” evil is the unseen glimpses of the effect of a demon or ghost. The importance of the “unknown” evil is for the hints or fragments of dangerous, life-threatening occurrences that happen to the characters. In the film Insidious, the “unknown” evil is the unexplainable coma Dalton is in.

Sky Slates Several characters in The Crucible by Arthur Miller want and give forgiveness all throughout the play. The first character to show they want forgiveness is John Proctor. He wants to be forgiven from Elizabeth for his affair with Abigail. Proctor says “I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you” (Miller 54). Proctor doesn’t go anywhere if he knows it will disappoint or make Elizabeth mad because he wants her to forgive him.

“Revenge Martini. Shaken, Not Stirred” It’s about to get real psychological. When we’re kids, we’re told basic truths that we hardly ever understand until the human experience begins to make them relevant. For example, to hear the phrase “sharing is caring” as an infant-who, at this point in life, has never had to “share” anything- ultimately proves unproductive and naive.

:”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”, said by Martin Luther King, Jr. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in 1953 introduces us a story of this kind that injustice brought by a character named Danforth brings the social malfunction of Salem accompanied by a breakdown of humanity and faith. In our modern society, the public requires the power and presence of laws and justice system to protect their rights. However, when the structures become shackles and the judges mute off their voice of the truth, it leads the tragedy and misery to the people.

In the crucible the main conflict between the the villagers and then the devi is that people cause pain and worry to another while there are possessed The first main theme in The Crucible is Good vs. Evil in the village they have the people are salem are always fighting with each other of who's telling the truth and who lying and religion view based on you if you’re good or evil on this because if you got to church and pray then you good person and god on your side if you hardly go to church that means the devil is possessing you if you have the devil inside you then you get treated different because people will think you have been tainted by the devil and that you need to get punished or abandon it and switch to christian so that god can help you that the village is based of a system of satan vs god in the book when tituba accused of witchcraft the townspeople people made her confesses she was doing witchcraft when they made her confessed she said that

When one is done wrong in a particularly hurtful or offending way, getting revenge is sometimes thought of as the most satisfying way of regaining ones sense of self worth. This plan, however, holds an immense possibility of backfiring in ways never dreamed of. In fact, the outcome of the situation at hand is sometimes made worse than it might have been if this course of action is taken. Arthur Miller demonstrates this in his tragic play The Crucible, by showing the reader that although giving in to feelings of vengeance is easy to do, choosing the path of forgiveness often leads to better results in the long run.

Revenge is a strong action that someone commits when they experience something that hurts their soul. Revenge was completely justifiable in the drama Hamlet by William Shakespeare, in the poem Hatred by Wislawa Szymborska, and in the article Blocking the Transmission of Violence by Alex Kotlowitz. In Hamlet, revenge was evident since it led to the death of seven people. The revenge was also completely justified throughout the course of events leading to the deaths of the main characters.