Keeping Up With One's Reputation In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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In The Crucible, keeping up with one's reputation is a common theme. I believe a good name is more important than the truth. Although the truth may seem like the right thing to go by, your reputation determines where you go in life.
Would you rather have a good reputation or tell the truth? When asked this question, most would usually turn to telling the truth out of good nature. Some may say that they don’t care about what others may think of them, but that is not the case. When it comes to a life or death situation like in The Crucible, most will lie and try to keep a saintly reputation. Everyone within society is perfectionists. No one wants to be labeled as something that might interfere with their life in the long run. When accused of something, you either did it or you didn’t. Majority of the time, what you are being accused of is the truth. In order to maintain this good reputation that everyone sees so badly if it isn’t a good one, you must lie sometimes. …show more content…

If you were found to be guilty of either of these crimes, you would be killed. If you were known to do things out of the ordinary and things that weren’t necessarily seen as “good”, then you were automatically a suspect of these crimes. Even if you didn’t, so many accusations could affect your life. To get back into the safe zone, if possible, of not being a suspect, you’d have to lie as much and as good as possible. Having a good reputation or even not having a reputation could save your life. If in this time, someone were to accuse someone else that had never gotten into any trouble and was seen as a saint, it would be hard to believe that they had done these crimes and they could very easily get off the hook without even being questioned. So yes, I believe that having a good name is more important than telling the

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