The Crucible Persuasive Essay

our baby has stopped breathing. You check for a heartbeat. There is none. You rush your prized possession to the hospital and the doctors run scans to find out the cause. The professionals state, ‘bleeding behind the eyes and severe brain swelling’, all causes of a syndrome under the terms, ‘Shaky Baby’.
Suddenly you’re confused. You find yourself in handcuffs. Corrupted officials interrogate you for hours. They ignorantly blame you for the death of your baby. You’re put before a court. Strongly you defend your innocence, for the sake of you and your other children. The court is unanimous… 20 years for capital murder and child abuse. Arthur Miller’s, “The Crucible”, similarly shows how our fear can manipulate a society’s morals and values. Furthermore the play is based around an unusual event that occurs in this strict Puritan community and their society consequently states how the devil is responsible. However this leads to countless lives being torn apart and innocent people thrown into prison. Sound familiar? Furthermore through our fear of child abusers and such flimsy
He strongly states about the accused, “It is a lie, they are innocent” before they are executed. In which the prosecutor, Judge Danforth simply turns a blind eye and continues to condemn the criminals. Dangerously, our attitudes towards the innocent parents convicted are becoming filled with the same conformity and fear, with the need to blame someone for our actions. This exaggerated ideology of ‘protecting the innocence’, continues to blind us to the real justice, that is not persuaded by emotion that is influenced by our worldview or the media. By clearing our eyes there will be true justice and not a witch-hunt. We are societies own offenders, as the more we allow ourselves to be influenced and dominated by fear we will never find a