Reverend Parris Logical Fallacy: Their Eyes Were Watching God

A logical fallacy is a faulty reasoning used to persuade. It is always done on purpose and targets people’s ignorance and stupidity.

Either/or Fallacy An either/ or fallacy is a complex issue reduced to only two alternatives, neither of which is acceptable. Reverend Parris quoted,”There is either obedience or church will burn like hell is burning.” This is either/or fallacy because Proctor had just criticized Parris for his focuses on deeds and mortgages.

Ad hominem(to the man) An ad hominem means that it shifts the argument away from the issue to a personal attack on the person involved. Parris quoted,”Such a Christian that will not come to church but once in a month.” This an example of ad hominem because Parris is trying to bring Proctor’s religion into question, to try to discredit what he is saying. Another example of an ad hominem is when Proctor quoted,”How do you call heaven! Whore! Whore!”, meaning that Abigail has just cried to the Lord to save her from Mary’s spirit, and Proctor reveals that he and Abigail are having an affair, which has nothing to do with the subject at hand.
The people who used false quotes in “The Crucible” are Francis,”These are all covenanted Christians, sir.” and Danforth. Danforth quoted,”Then I am sure they may have nothing to fear.” because he ignores the fact that the girls may be lying, and want vengeance, so any christian good and bad could be