Theme Of Evil In The Crucible
“In matters of malice, the devil suits his actions to man's beliefs about them,” stated by Reverend John Hale. The way people perceive evil during 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts has caused them to deal evil deeds themselves. John Hale’s remarks of the witchcraft hysteria about how men’s view on the witch trials has cause them to immorally deal with them, as depicted in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is a play about a dispute over the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts of 1692 as one girl tries to destroy her love’s wife as she accuses everyone who tries to get in her way for witchcraft. Furthermore, Hale’s analysis about men’s perception of evil which causes them to do evil themselves is true as shown in The Crucible because of
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They could not avoid the belief of witches as witches are written in the bible as the devil's people. And anyone that denies that witches are real are tried with blasphemy and are accused of witches themselves. During Act Two, Hale visits the Proctors to discuss about court matters. Then, Hale questions Proctor why he has been missing church, why only two of their three children are baptized, and if Proctor knows the Ten Commandments. This exemplifies the strict measures that Puritans have to take and know. The accusations has caused the arrests of some of the most innocent people such as Rebecca Nurse. Proctor states that the “world has gone mad.” (Act Two) And indeed the world has gone mad after Abigail and the girls have immorally abuse their power and accuse dozens of people. The constable and the marshal enters and arrests Elizabeth with no real evidence of witchcraft other then the fact that she holds a poppet with a needle in it which signifies a desired murder of Abigail. These strong beliefs of witchcraft have caused society to view them fearfully, that in order to extinguish it they must take extreme actions to take care of the issue such as execution. However, either way if you do or do not confess to witchcraft, you will still be executed as what have happened with Giles
They could not avoid the belief of witches as witches are written in the bible as the devil's people. And anyone that denies that witches are real are tried with blasphemy and are accused of witches themselves. During Act Two, Hale visits the Proctors to discuss about court matters. Then, Hale questions Proctor why he has been missing church, why only two of their three children are baptized, and if Proctor knows the Ten Commandments. This exemplifies the strict measures that Puritans have to take and know. The accusations has caused the arrests of some of the most innocent people such as Rebecca Nurse. Proctor states that the “world has gone mad.” (Act Two) And indeed the world has gone mad after Abigail and the girls have immorally abuse their power and accuse dozens of people. The constable and the marshal enters and arrests Elizabeth with no real evidence of witchcraft other then the fact that she holds a poppet with a needle in it which signifies a desired murder of Abigail. These strong beliefs of witchcraft have caused society to view them fearfully, that in order to extinguish it they must take extreme actions to take care of the issue such as execution. However, either way if you do or do not confess to witchcraft, you will still be executed as what have happened with Giles