The Crucible Lies And Deceit Analysis

Arthur Miller makes the claim “Lies and deceit can cause the worst trouble in a community”. This can be seen when Sarah Good, an old lady who is believed to be a witch, is asked to recite the 10 commandments to prove she isn't a witch. In the play titled The Crucible ,by Arthur Miller, Mary Warren, a young housemaid, is talking to Proctor and Elizabeth, a christian couple, and she states that, “Aye, but then Judge Hathorne say, ‘Recite for us your commandments!’ - leaning avidly toward them - and of all the ten she could not say a single one. She never knew no commandments, and they had her in a flat lie!” This means that Judge Hawthorne only judges by the peoples ability of reciting the 10 commandments, and if they fail, they are assumed
to be witches. This proves the claim ,"Lies and deceit can cause the worst trouble in a community" because not only did Sarah fail on reciting the 10 commandments, now because of this, people will think negatively of her and they will now assume she is a witch due to false assumptions made by Mary Warren and Judge Hawthorne. Although many people may believe that lying will not lead to problems that cannot be correctly solved, there are things that are just out of control and can destroy people or a community.