The Theme Of Guilt In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

A theme is a central idea or insight that a writer tries to convey in a literary work. The Crucible shows multiple topics that each hold a theme throughout Act IV. For example, a main topic is guilt. The theme is personal guilt leads people to make extreme choices. At the end of the play, Proctor is hung because he chooses to hide what he knows about Abigail since he holds so much guilt inside himself for committing the sin of adultery. Proctor was a good man but chose to die so he lost the guilt of sinning.
Pride is also a topic in The Crucible. Everyone holds a source of pride in themselves, but pride can blind a person from seeing the truth. For example, Danforth refuses to postpone the hangings. He has already hung 12 people who have been