The Role Of Fear In The Crucible

Fear can occur when a person has a feeling of threat or danger and sometimes harm or anxiety for oneself or another. Fear can often influence a person to take extreme measures and act irrationally. For instance there are a number of parallels between the treatment of of the accused during Salem Witch Trials and the treatment of Muslims after 9/11 ; In both cases people were being belittled and downgrading, and society was in a state of grief and shock and it all resulted in discrimination of the accused. Almost each person in Salem wanted vengeance for various reasons due to that people who were accused of witchcraft were constantly belittled and did not have a fair chances during the trials In Salem. Accusations flew like wildfire throughout the play there were many times where fear was a driving force that showed up on many occasions, For instance when John Proctor showed fears of being labeled an adulterer which keeps him from speaking up and telling the truth in the beginning of the play.
Again Abigail was very fearful of gaining a bad reputation or being shunned for being the leader of the events that happened in the forest, So Abigail accuses Tituba of witchcraft. Abigail is narcissist because she’s extremely selfish, Abigail only looked out for her own needs and if Abigail noticed that a person was getting in the way of that Abigail would not hesitate at accusing anyone who interfered with her needs or plans. For instance In act one Abigail said to her friends “ Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.”