Theme Of Honesty In The Crucible

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In Arthur Miller 's book “The Crucible” there is an inadequacy of honesty which is a very important trait for everyone to learn. In this essay I am writing to prove that the paucity of honesty is negative and was very prevalent in Salem and that very few people remained truthful throughout the Salem Witch Trials. The dishonesty in The Crucible would soon lead to the deaths and imprisonment of many residents in Salem. Those accused would lie and accuse other people to stay out of trouble from the authorities, but this took the life of many innocent victims. In Miller 's book Dishonesty is expressed by almost everyone included in The Crucible such as Abigail, Mary, and Elizabeth. My first example of dishonesty In the Salem Witch trials Abigail is lying about Abigail also lied many other times throughout the play always in her own self interest. My second example from The Salem Witch trials is Mary she tries to be a goody two shoe about almost everything but she to turns out to be a liar along with everyone else. Mary lies when she says “you 're the devil 's man Proctor” she to is actually lying after she realizes that everyone is starting to think that she is a culprit in the court and that she may be getting charged so she then decided to blame proctor to save herself and to ensure she gets away clean and clear. Mary also lies many other times throughout the crucible all in ways that she really didn 't need to lie up until the very end when everyone was being tried in court. My final example of dishonesty is Elizabeth proctor a woman famous for her honesty and absence of mistakes throughout her entire life in salem. Elizabeth has been notorious for being a good example lady in salem and a very kind person also. She also was looked up to by many but as the the trails unfold she to falls victim to dishonesty. “ My husband- is a goodly man, sir. ("Then he did not turn from you. Look at me! To your own knowledge, has John

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