The Crucible Theme Analysis
The Crucible
In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many themes are represented throughout the play between many different characters. Jealousy is the most important theme in this play sense it basically starts the conflict of the Witch Hunt in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail Williams, the niece of Reverend Parris, Used to work for the Proctor family. She was fired by Goody Proctor due to her affair with her husband, John Proctor. Because of Abigail Williams jealousy towards
Elizabeth, she creates a hysteria of witchcraft in hopes to get her killed for the opportunity of being with John again.
Early one morning twelve young girls between the ages of 10-17 went in the middle of the woods where they met Tituba, Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados. …show more content…
They all gathered around a fire where they danced to Tituba’s Barbados songs and threw charms into a pot. Those charms were made to cast a wish of getting the girls a man of their choosing. Reverend Parris walked into the woods soon after Abigail drank chicken blood to make her charm more effective to get John, where he caught them dancing and some of the girls were even naked. The girls ran off screaming once they saw him and Betty “took fright” and became unconscious.
The word got around about Betty not waking up and the rumor of witchcraft began to spread like wildfire. Mary Warren, one of the girls involved, comes into the room with Abigail where Betty lays in a bed inert. Mary becomes a nervous wreck and yells to Abby in a panic,
“…I just come from the farm; the whole country’s talkin’ witchcraft! They’ll be callin us
Gilcrease 2 witches, Abby” (Miller 14). Betty gets up screaming “I want my mama” (Miller 150), and makes a scene to cause a great disturbance in the village.
Sense the village is so small; everyone begins to be a part of this hysteria fairly fast.
John
Proctor comes down to the village and becomes involved once he hears the Abigail Williams was part of it. Throughout the play, 15 innocent people were being blamed for witchcraft and were soon hung for false accusations. Giles Corey refused to confess the name of the man who discussed with Thomas Putnam about accusing people to be hung so that he could gain their land. Thomas Putnam is a wealthy land owner who he and his wife Anne Putnam lost all of their babies but one, Ruth Putnam. Giles Corey made a foolish mistake to mention something strange about his wife which later caused her to be executed as well.
Abigail’s plan to get Elizabeth Proctor killed led to John Proctor getting executed himself. Mary Warren saves herself from being killed by falsely accusing that she saw John working with the Devil. Since John didn’t confess to false accusations, he stuck with the truth of being innocent and was hung. Jealousy can lead to tragic events that can hurt more than one person. Starting dramatic conflicts to gain allies ends up in a worse predicament than you can ever imagine, take life the way it’s given to you and don’t try to change it for your
own
happiness.
In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many themes are represented throughout the play between many different characters. Jealousy is the most important theme in this play sense it basically starts the conflict of the Witch Hunt in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail Williams, the niece of Reverend Parris, Used to work for the Proctor family. She was fired by Goody Proctor due to her affair with her husband, John Proctor. Because of Abigail Williams jealousy towards
Elizabeth, she creates a hysteria of witchcraft in hopes to get her killed for the opportunity of being with John again.
Early one morning twelve young girls between the ages of 10-17 went in the middle of the woods where they met Tituba, Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados. …show more content…
They all gathered around a fire where they danced to Tituba’s Barbados songs and threw charms into a pot. Those charms were made to cast a wish of getting the girls a man of their choosing. Reverend Parris walked into the woods soon after Abigail drank chicken blood to make her charm more effective to get John, where he caught them dancing and some of the girls were even naked. The girls ran off screaming once they saw him and Betty “took fright” and became unconscious.
The word got around about Betty not waking up and the rumor of witchcraft began to spread like wildfire. Mary Warren, one of the girls involved, comes into the room with Abigail where Betty lays in a bed inert. Mary becomes a nervous wreck and yells to Abby in a panic,
“…I just come from the farm; the whole country’s talkin’ witchcraft! They’ll be callin us
Gilcrease 2 witches, Abby” (Miller 14). Betty gets up screaming “I want my mama” (Miller 150), and makes a scene to cause a great disturbance in the village.
Sense the village is so small; everyone begins to be a part of this hysteria fairly fast.
John
Proctor comes down to the village and becomes involved once he hears the Abigail Williams was part of it. Throughout the play, 15 innocent people were being blamed for witchcraft and were soon hung for false accusations. Giles Corey refused to confess the name of the man who discussed with Thomas Putnam about accusing people to be hung so that he could gain their land. Thomas Putnam is a wealthy land owner who he and his wife Anne Putnam lost all of their babies but one, Ruth Putnam. Giles Corey made a foolish mistake to mention something strange about his wife which later caused her to be executed as well.
Abigail’s plan to get Elizabeth Proctor killed led to John Proctor getting executed himself. Mary Warren saves herself from being killed by falsely accusing that she saw John working with the Devil. Since John didn’t confess to false accusations, he stuck with the truth of being innocent and was hung. Jealousy can lead to tragic events that can hurt more than one person. Starting dramatic conflicts to gain allies ends up in a worse predicament than you can ever imagine, take life the way it’s given to you and don’t try to change it for your
own
happiness.