How Is Society Portrayed In The Crucible

William Ellery Channing said “The great hope of society is in individual character.” The fate of society rests in the hands of the people who live in it. There are so many different types of people in the world, and each person impacts the world in a different way. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, was written in the 1900s about events that happened in the 1600s. His purpose was to call out people’s actions and show the reader that hundreds of years later, nothing has changed. Many of the characters only care about themself and their own reputation. They do not care about what is actually going on in the society, as long as they are not looked down upon. It is hard to put other people before yourself, which is why most people do not do this. We criticize the way people acted in The Crucible, yet we act the same way.

The need for a positive self image causes people to do anything they can to make

Some people are abused by family members, or the people who they live with. Imagine going home everyday and being scared for your life, knowing that at any moment you could get punished with abuse. In The Crucible, Proctor abuses Mary Warren, who works for him. Proctor “throws her to the floor, where she sobs, ‘I cannot, I cannot’” (Miller 503). Proctor abuses Mary Warren when his wife, Elizabeth is taken to court by pushing her to the ground and grabbing her by the neck. Although it was partially Mary’s fault that Elizabeth was being taken to court, she did not deserve to be abused. It makes Proctor feel better about himself to make someone else feel bad.

People think it is okay to abuse someone who is a slave or in a lower social class. They do not realize that abuse can really hurt someone both physically and mentally. People often turn to abuse when things do not go their way. Some people will do anything to make themselves look better, even if it means hurting someone