Argumentative Essay On The Crucible

Woah nelly, The Crucible sure was something alright. It took place back when The Puritans were still a thing, and they spend their time hunting witches, spooks, ceiling monsters and hanging people for being in cahoots with the devil him(her?)self. It’s all fun and games till some ladies lose their chill in the forest and then, to protect themselves, accuse everyone else of being in cahoots with the devil. This sounds like something that would never in a million years happen on our doorsteps, especially when the “accusers” sound like a dried vulture's claw being scratched against a chalkboard, and truthfully, this really isn’t the case.

The reason this shouldn’t be the case is because everyone in “The Crucible” is depicted as someone who took more than the recommended dosage listed on the side of a pill bottle. The Puritans were absolutely real but this was a long time ago, back when the separation of church and state wasn’t around. Salem must’ve been one of the absolute worst places to live at this time. Other religious communities must have been laughing their butts off at how things run in Salem. It’ s like “where did you learn how to run a religious community? At the… toilet… church?” But Salem was an important lesson in how hysteria and hypocrisy can lead
In the “Play’s tale of morality and mass hysteria still relevant today” article, it compares the time rules and restrictions of “The Crucible” to events such as the September 11th attacks. Honestly, this is something North Korea and many other religious communities would do. Even The Puritans would be looking at these guys like “Woah now. Calm down.” Is The Crucible still relevant today though? I’d say yeah. It shows how greedy, intolerant, and gullible people can be when they don’t think these type of things through. It also show just how deadly hysteria can be if it spreads in the wrong