The Crucible Essay, Research Paper
The Crucible
The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. It is
about a time of everyday people who use lying as a weapon while
saying they are pure and religious. This story is a prime
example of how people will do anything to get what they want,
even if it means hurting other people. This story is about a
handful of girls who use other people to save themselves. These
girls were caught dancing around a fire and what seemed to be a
magic brew. Although these girls were doing nothing wrong they
felt to be on the safe side to say that other people made them
dance and sign the book of the devil.
Although all the people in this play is getting betrayed or
betraying other people. One of the main people in this story was
Abigail Williams. She was mean and would do anything to get what
she wanted. She was in love with an older married man and she
was jealous of the wife. Abigail wanted nothing more in her live
then to find a way to get rid of his wife so she can take her
place. In the process of not getting in trouble for dancing in
the woods and trying to get the love of her live, she convinced
the other girls of hurting alot if innocent people. She got all
sorts of people thrown in prison such as Rebecca Nurse and Mary
Warren . She got all these people in trouble by saying she saw
them with the devil and accused them of witch craft.
John Proctor started to be a nice guy, but later in the book
when his wife
changed. He ended up being mean and started to abuse his power
to the household maid named Mary Warren who was one of the kids
telling lies. He told her that if she did not start telling the
truth about her and the other girls then he would kill her. By
saying this he showed that he doesn?t care for anyone except him
and his wife. Even though he knew from the beginning that the
girls were lying he let other innocent people die.
When Mary Warren went to the judge to tell the truth she
knew either way that she was ruined. She knew that if she told
the truth that the other girls would turn on her and accuse her,
but if she didn?t then she knew the John Proctor would do what he
said and kill her. She went to the court and just as she thought
the girls said they saw her as a yellow bird. The only thing she
could think of to take back what she said and get the girls to
stop was to say that John Proctor was into witchcraft and he put
a spell on her.
The girls finally stopped with their lies when they went to far,
they started to blame the mayors wife. After that the judge
finally relized that all of the girls have told nothing but lies
and innocent people died for nothing. That was the end of the
Salem witch trials. This story was a good example of how life
was back then, and how everyone thought they could have their
way. The Salem witch trials killed hundreds of innocent people
who died by nothing more than lies.