The Crucible Reputation Essay

Importance of Reputation “The Crucible”

Puritanical beliefs, dated back in the 17th century was notoriously one of the strictest religious ideologies of American culture. One of the greatest sin was witchcraft and adultery. In the crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character, Abigail is a master manipulation, as she is accused of having an affair with Elizabeth's husband John Proctor. Abigail accuses John’s wife of witchcraft and goes on to confess her love for him. In the end, Abigail leaves everyone behind. Similarly, to Abigail, Donald Trump, one of the candidates for presidency has a similar disposition with Hillary Clinton, his rival. Both Abigail and Donald Trump, are fighting to keep their reputation intact, and although they shift focus

and blame others, they lack any semblance of conscience while doing so.
Both Abigail and Donald Trump used their power to preserve their reputation. Ms. Williams is accused of practicing witchcraft and when Reverend Hale, who is also a judge, subscribes to her mis-doing, she begins to place blame on everybody. She becomes violent and is willing to defame Betty Parris, Mary Warren, Tituba at all costs. On the contrary Donald Trump is not the accuser, but he is accused of sexual misconduct, when he openly spoke about a woman's body parts and how he could touch them just because he is famous. To protect his reputation, he began speaking about Bill Clinton, his rivals’ husband's infidelities. In an attempt to swing the attention elsewhere, he charged it off as “locker room banter”. Both Abigail and Donald Trump used their power to preserve their reputation.
Donald and Abigail shift focus away from themselves by accusing others of their actions and changing the subject. Abigail Williams is the vehicle that drives the play. Abigail wanted attention, for she was unhappy and depressed with her previous life. She naively assumes that if Proctor's wife is dead, he will be free to continue the affair he originally had with her, and she would gain Proctor’s love and attention. Abigail convinces herself that Proctor loves her but cannot express his love because of Elizabeth is in the way. In act two she tried to kill Elizabeth with a curse. Abigail continues to review and reflect on her memories until they accurately portray her as the center of Proctor's existence. In like manner, Donald Trump incites an argument with Hillary Clinton, when he repeatedly brings up her husband’s infidelity. He focuses on some of his mistresses, such as Monica Lewinski, who he had an affair with while he held office. He also researched many of Bill Clinton’s mistresses who were not as popular as Ms. Lewinsky and invited them to be his guests at the second presidential debate. The idea was to transfer attention to the Clinton’s. His thoughts were that if he could be attacked over his comments that he “can do anything to women because he is a star,” all he had to do was point out the women with whom Bill Clinton had sexual relations. This tactic was surely a way to neutralize judgment of his own misbehavior.
Abigail and Donald has no sense of what is right or wrong in certain situations due to their lack of conscience.

Abigail condemns innocent people to die; those people merely serve as necessary instruments for her use in the fulfillment of her plan. She carefully selects these individuals in order to increase her credibility. Her lack of conscience leads her to blame others in order to avoid severe punishment for casting spells and committing adultery. By the same token, Donald Trump carries on in the same fashion, as he continually makes fun of the disabled, blatantly calls President Obama a Muslim, and berates women. Trump was seen mocking a disabled reporter while giving a speech, and when he was called out on it, he challenged those claims and said that he does it all of the time and it was not a big deal. He also started the birther movement, as he repeatedly asked that President Obama reveal his birth certificate. He was certain that Obama was a Muslim and he was a natural born U, S. citizen, therefore making him ineligible for presidency. Trump also spoke openly about Miss Venezuela’s weight problem. When he was asked why he humiliated her in public, he denied it and claimed he was trying to help her. He then began to swing focus and him, and alluded to her sex tape on Twitter. He savagely tried to ruin her

reputation.
While many thinks that Puritanical belief systems is obsolete, it is still relevant today.

Many years ago, some of our laws were highly dependent on religious doctrines, hence there was no separation of church and state. However, as time progressed, things changed and the First Amendment of the constitution, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…” gives certain freedoms that do not include the church. During Abigail’s time, religion was taken very seriously and individuals were punished for their sins. Therefore, a bad reputation could result in social as well as physical penalties. Maintenance of a good reputation is important when one is running for any political office, especially if one is up for presidency. It can affect one’s personal and professional life. Both characters are fighting to keep their reputation intact, and although they shift focus and blame others, they lack any semblance of conscience while doing so. In the Crucible, Abigail failed horribly and was unsuccessful in her attempt to reclaim Proctor’s affection. Nobody knows the fate of Donald Trump, but the odds tell us that he will endure an epic

fail.