The Importance Of Reputation In The Crucible

“The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.”(French proverb) Reputation is actions that follow you to whom you're known to be. Reputation can be viewed as the way you dress,the people you are associated with and sometimes people are given a reputation by the acts of the people in their family. In The crucible, reputation is an important theme because it determines one's ability to follow religious rules.
The Characters in the play The Crucible have a tremendous amount of pride. They are known as good citizens in the town, for one reason or another and they would like to uphold their good name. Reputation Is extremely important, where public and private moralities are one and are the same. In Salem, there is no such thing as a private act. Private sins are punished publicly. A person's name is equivalent to one's reputation and how they were known in the town. Having a good reputation is very important throughout the play due to witchcraft trials, where untrue accusations made in court could ends somebody's life. When Reverend Parris found out about the witchcraft he starts to panic. Abigail tries to defend her acting by saying it
A person’s reputation is important in a town where accusations of witchcraft and other finger pointing determines one’s ability to follow religious rules. “The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.”(French proverb) Reputation is actions that follow you to whom you're known to be whether it's good or bad. In a town where reputation plays an important role, many characters in The Crucible fear that the sins of other characters will taunt their name. Accusations of witchcraft leads to show what each character values the most which is their