Immorality In The Crucible

The Strength of Morality Immorality exists everywhere, but distinguishing between morality and immorality causes problems. As one mistakes very dark gray as black, well disguised immorality can appear like morality. Some people know that something is immoral and these people will typically either continue to do it or refuse to participate. On the contrary, many other people will not know and will either get pulled onto the stronger side or try to stay neutral. Overall, immorality causes a society to collapse, either because it divides the people or unites them under the immorality. A divided society will collapse because of disputes and the people will not work together to keep the society how it needs to be, but a society that unites on
Act one of The Crucible begins with the confusion over what happened in the recent forest incident involving Abigail, Betty, Mary, Mercy, and Tituba. After a lot of questioning and uncertainty about the situation, all of the character except Abigail, Betty, Mercy and Mary leave the room. Through the discussion they had while alone, Miller reveals to the audience that the girls’ actions had nothing to do with witchcraft. However, the other characters suspected witchcraft as what they did, so the girls decided to take advantage of the situation and use it to not get punished for what they actually did, and the only ones who know are girls and the audience creating dramatic irony. Knowing that Parris would believe her, Abigail decides to pass the blame to Tituba claiming that “she made me do it” (Miller 1057). After the first accusation, the number of accused rapidly increased. This immoral act of accusing others to save themselves continued and by the second act “there be thirty-nine” people accused of being witches (1066). The witch problem got so out of hand that Salem created “a proper court” with “four judges out of Boston” all four “weighty magistrates of the General Court, and at the head [sat] the Deputy Governor of the Province” (1064). Sadly, Tituba, Abigail, and Betty only began the cycle of
Even though the characters following the immoral path did not have their lives ended early like those who chose the moral high ground, those who chose the immoral path brought Salem to near doom. The condemned brought Salem out from sure destruction, even though they had to make the hard decision to do so. Revenge and personal gain can only get a person so far and bring no long-term benefits. Therefore, immorality cannot be submitted to despite what the consequences of not conforming