Revenge In Arthur Miller's The Crucible

835 Words2 Pages

The question that I will be answering is a very dark yet interesting question that can add and or take away from the story. The Crucible is very dark and talks about a very deep subject and is based on true events in history. This is a story about a girl named Abigail Williams who was caught dancing in the woods and was blamed for summoning demons with other girls. She also lost a guy that she loved named John Proctor due to him marrying a wife. She blamed her servant Tituba and she was going to be killed unless he confessed to being with the devil. She didn 't want to die so she confessed this caused all the girls to start to scream names to save themselves as well. This caused people to get prosecuted because of the girls lying due to the sense of the revenge in Abigail. People were later hung because of the girl 's selfish ways saving themselves. The title of the book I will be using as a reference from is The Crucible and the author of this book is Arthur Miller. Revenge to me in this story is very strong and crime is even stronger. Revenge in this story is how Abigail William 's wanted John Proctor back so she tries to kill Elizabeth Proctor throughout the whole story. Crime is
To her, this whole situation was Elizabeth Proctor’s fault trying to separate her from her true love. This causes her to try to kill her off the whole time which ends up in her greed for revenge to grow. This results in her being drawn away from him more and more. "Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be—" (Miller, 49). She truly does love him but she is trying to blacken his wife 's name to get him back with her. To sum this up she isn’t taking the right actions to get him back when instead she should realize that he doesn’t love her anymore and move

Show More
Related

  • The Guilty Characters in Miller's The Crucible

    830 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Salem Witch Trials, Who is Really Guilty? After all of the witch trials in 1692 concluded, a total of 20 people were hanged, all because of people craving attention and personal gain. There are three people depicted in Arthur Miller's The Crucible that are most responsible for this and they are, Abigail Williams, Judge Danforth, and Thomas Putnam. Abigail Williams is mostly responsible for the Salem witch trials because she was the first person to start accusing innocent people of witchcraft.

    Read More

  • Human Flaws in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

    919 Words  | 2 Pages

    Vengeance plays a key role in causing the mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail Williams, who?s probably most to blame for the trials, acts out of revenge. She and John Proctor have had an affair and when Elizabeth Proctor finds out, she throws Abigail out of their house. During the trials, Abigail is still in love with John Proctor and goes after Elizabeth out of vengeance. Elizabeth tries to explain this to John, who is in disbelief: she ?thinks to kill me, then to take my place? (61). Abigail?s main motive for destroying Elizabeth is revenge for being thrown out of the house and for having John Proctor, the man that she loves. Another character who seeks revenge is Mrs. Putnam, who has had seven children die shortly after childbirth and blames her midwife, who has many children. Rebecca Nurse is charged ?for the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam?s babies? (71). The trials are an opportunity for Ann Putnam to seek vengeance against Rebecca for having healthy children and grandchild...

    Read More

  • Courage, Weakness, And Truth In Arthur Miller's The Crucible

    1171 Words  | 3 Pages

    The statement,“The Crucible is essentially about courage, weakness, and truth,” is proven true numerous times, throughout the play. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller, about the true events that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, between the years 1692 and 1693. The Salem witch trials consisted of many hangings, lies, and complete mass hysteria. The citizens of Salem followed the religion of Puritanism, and the ideas of predestination. The root of the mass hysteria comes from their belief in the sense that in something happens then it must have been planned by God. In Miller’s portrayal of the story, Abigail Williams was the ringleader of the witch trials, and she used the idea of predestination to cover up her own sins. Abigail was a very manipulative girl and ruined many lives. John Proctor, Mary Warren, and Elizabeth Proctor were just a few of the victims in Abby’s game. John, Mary, and Elizabeth exhibit the traits courage, weakness, and truth, whether it was in a positive or negative way.

    Read More

  • The Many Challenges in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

    1080 Words  | 3 Pages

    ruinously impact a whole community, is very aptly titled. By definition, a “crucible” is “a severe test,” and the challenges faced by Miller’s characters are many. The historical events dramatized in the play reflect how core human values, including truth, justice and love, are tested under life and death conditions. The trials of the characters and the values they hold dearly come when their simple, ordered world ceases to be black and white and easily deciphered, and is turned upside down in the gray shades of ambiguity.

    Read More

  • Fear and Manipulation in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

    1015 Words  | 3 Pages

    Elizabeth Proctor is used in The Crucible to illustrate the powerful strength of what manipulation has over any living mortal. Typically an honest person under their religious faith would believe in telling the truth, but not while having an evil thoughts being whispered in your ear disguised as manipulation. Already knowledgeable of her husband’s previous affair with Abigail Williams, Elizabeth fears of ruining the Proctor name in the town of Salem, Massachusetts due to John’s affair and since John is a high authority figure in the church, it would ruining his name and people would not respect him as a preacher anymore. So in the process of saving the Proctor name, regardless of John admitting the truth by making the court aware of the recent affair he had with Abigail, Elizabeth denies those allegations because she fears that John will be upset to the utmost point, so she sacrifices herself to protect the Proctor name, even though she fears that she hopes that she made the right decision, as shown when she tried to clarify all statements be...

    Read More

  • Justice and Injustice in The Crucible by Arthur Miller

    924 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Crucible mocks the way society deals with justice. Salem is torn apart, due to the extent of Abigail's imagination and power. It shows the bias of opinions, as it was shown in the court, and how people tend to choose outcomes that suit them. In the end, injustice thrived upon the souls of the community, leaving many innocent people dead. Justice did not prevail, as the heart behind the case, John Proctor preferred to keep his self-respect and integrity, than live a life of lies.

    Read More

  • The Crucible: Hysteria And Injustice

    1618 Words  | 4 Pages

    It was easier for them to blame the devil for the problems of society than fix the problems of their own strict way of life. So the girls involved with Abigail, like Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren, named many people in the town as witches. These people were put in jail and would be hanged if they did not confess to the crime of devil worship or witchcraft. Another part of the developing plot is that John Proctor knows Abigail and her friends are lying, but he is afraid to say anything because eight months before he had an affair with Abigail and did not want to be seen by the town as a lecher, which means wife cheater. So, Mr. Proctor has to fight with himself to come out and tell the truth, or his wife might die because of Abigail saying she was a witch.

    Read More

  • The Differences Of Homelessness In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

    921 Words  | 2 Pages

    Did you know that 34% of the total population of homeless people are under the age of 24? In 2014 a survey was conducted where they found that most of the homeless youth was with their family, but 45,205 of them were by themselves. In America alone, there are more than 3.5 million people that have experienced homelessness. The Crucible by Arthur Miller has many similarities and differences to the homeless people in America. The witches in The Crucible were being treated poorly because of false accusations without any proof. Homeless people are treated poorly because society was once known to pretend to be homeless to get extra money, giving them a bad reputation. Society stands up for the homeless than they did for the witches in The Crucible.

    Read More

  • Arthur Miller's The Crucible

    1463 Words  | 3 Pages

    down, and tries to make out that she is the innocent victim in all the

    Read More

  • Arthur Miller's The Crucible

    546 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller. Initially, it was known as The Chronicles of Sarah Good. The Crucible was set in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. It talks of McCarthyism that happened in the late 1600’s whereby the general public and people like Arthur Miller were tried and persecuted. The Crucible exemplifies persecutions during the Salem Witch Trials. The people were convicted and hung without any tangible proof of committing any crime. Persecutions were the order of the day. When a finger was pointed at any individual as a witch, the Deputy Governor Danforth never looked for evidence against them or evidence that incriminated them; he ordered them to be hanged. This can be seen through his words “Hang them high over the town! Who weeps for those, weeps for corruption!” (1273), the people were persecuted aimlessly. The four main characters in the play, John Proctor, Abigail Adams, Reverend Hale and Reverend Parris, are caught in the middle of the witchcraft panic in the religious Salem, Massachusetts in late 1690’s. Persecution is the most important theme in the Crucible, the leaders and citizens of Salem attacks and persecutes one of their own without any tangible evidence against them.

    Read More

  • The Moral of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

    3010 Words  | 7 Pages

    The Moral of Arthur Miller's The Crucible In the 17th century a group of Puritans from England immigrated to America to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. The white settlers arrived in New England in 1620, and Salem, Massachusetts had been in existence for about forty years by 1692. Salem developed as a theocracy. This was based on the coexistence of religious prayer and hard work. Entertainment, such as dancing, or any enjoyment at all was perceived as a sin.

    Read More

  • What Does Revenge Play In The Crucible

    1003 Words  | 3 Pages

    Revenge is a channel of hatred and anger fueled by an action of someone who crossed a person in some way. In The Crucible, because John Proctor had an affair with his old servant Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor fired her. Abigail then took it one step farther and cried witch on any one who got in her way of love including John's wife. Grudges and personal rivalries played a huge role in the witch trial hysteria because people want to acquire other people's land, to ruin people's names, and it was the only "Christian" way to get revenge.

    Read More

  • Examples Of Revenge In The Crucible

    598 Words  | 2 Pages

    In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a portrayal of how revenge runs in among people to discrete them and ruin each other’s image. Leading accusation after accusation, they end up with personal gain of some sort. Jealousy possesses the habitants in Salem to turn on each other in order to achieve their own intentions.

    Read More

  • Arthur Miller's Purpose for Writing The Crucible

    873 Words  | 2 Pages

    Parallels between Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, and his article Why I wrote the Crucible, can easily support Miller’s reasons for writing this classic play. Miller’s purpose in writing both the play and the article was to emphasize the similarities between the 1692 witch hunt and the 1950’s Red Scare. Miller simply wanted to convey the message of fear over reason, express himself in a new language of old English, to warn of mass hysteria, and most importantly compare his life in the 1950’s to the irrational trial in 1692. Miller’s reasons are numerous, and while they are all stated flat out in his article, they are also clearly stated and understood in the play.

    Read More

  • The Theme Of Violence In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

    975 Words  | 2 Pages

    In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it has a variety of different themes that could come from the novel. The one specific theme that stood out to me was hostility. This theme stuck out to me because hostility happens a lot in the real world as well as it happens in books, plays and movies. I have found many news stories of things that have recently happened, and a lot of it has to do with hostility and violence.

    Read More

More about Revenge In Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Open Document