Theme Of Revenge In The Crucible

Revenge The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historic piece of writing that expresses the true effect that revenge can cause.Yet despite the time difference we see the same acts of revenge taken place in the crucible happening in the present day. There is no aging out of vengeances. Although vengeance can be seen as a way to gain power, it is actually a dangerous force due to its ability to take over one’s life, drives a person go to deadly extremes, and in some cases can tear apart a community.

Although in some cases vengeance is thought to be calculated action, it is a truly dangerous force because the need for revenge can over take one’s life. Revenge acts like addiction, the need to be have the last word becomes an uncontrollable compulsion.

Gaining validity would make accusing people of higher stand like Elizabeth easier since the girls would have the people’s trust. When she does accuse Elizabeth, John attempts to save his wife John admits to having an affair with Abigail and her true reasons behind her accusations he states to the court “She thinks to dance with me on my wife 's grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore 's vengeance, and you must see it.” (Miller 110). A whore’s vengeance is exactly what it is but people were to blind to see it. Acts of vengeance still apply in today’s world as people bring hatred upon each other because of their religions as a way to revenge actions that are associated with said religions. This happened to Sireen Hashem, a New Jersey teacher, who was fired after show a video about Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai in her history class. Hashem who is a Muslim American of Palestinian heritage received hate online from parents and even students. In an article published by The Daily Beast it talks about false accusations made against Hashem, one stating “Hashem’s brother was a terrorist, the student allegedly claimed in the Facebook post” (Weill). Terrorism is commonly associated with people of Muslim faith, yet when a teacher show a clip of a Muslim Nobel Peace Prize winner for educational

During the trials people were getting revenge on people that they feel have wronged them, so townspeople became scared of angering others in fear of being accused. There was immense power given to the girls which Elizabeth describes when stating, “Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel” (Miller 1269). The girls became in ways like an old fashioned mob, they were respected yet feared. People around them knew of their power, people also knew not to cross them in fear of the outcome which in turn created a place of fear and angst. A similar case in a Virginia school district people took revenge on a teacher for including Islamic statement in her teaching. After student brought the work home word began to travel which resulted in numerous emails, calls and comments on the school’s website. Although no threats were specifically directed towards teachers, students, or the school itself school district officials issued a statement stating “We regret having to take this action, but we are doing so based on the recommendations of law enforcement and the Augusta County School Board out of an abundance of caution,” (Balingit Brown). After being advised by law enforcement the district decided to close the school. Parents felt that the teaching was encouraging