Themes Of The Crucible
The Crucible: Themes
In Arthur Miller’s play, “The Crucible”, Miller’s main focuses were the witch trials, behaviors and actions as a result of the hidden deeds believed to be done by the people of Salem. This book includes religious beliefs and revolves around witch trials to go into depth of the accusations and the lies for the outcomes. The play is wonderfully worded with much context for a reader to fully understand the idea and the concept. There were many themes in the play, those explained in the following paragraphs were the ones that really stood out throughout the reading. A theme that had an impact to about every situation in “The Crucible” and could easily be said as the main one was ‘Religion’. Good Vs. Evil-Many wanted to blame others for their doings. Those who had nothing to hide were now hiding everything. The innocent had to lie about committing a wrong deed in order to live but with a bad reputation. An example out of the book to highlight the theme of Good vs Evil is as provided, “Hale:.. The Devil can never overcome a minister. You know that, do you not? (To Tituba) Hale: You have confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to Heaven's side. And we will bless you, Tituba.. You are God's instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil's agents among us. So speak utterly, Tituba, and God will …show more content…
This can relate back to the “Good vs. Evil” section above because of its problems with the beliefs and social standings of citizens. Those of high social standing could easily accuse someone below and underneath them with an act of evil with absolutely no reason and not one bit of evidence. People were given power depending on their wealth, gender and age. This could be an absorption as to why Abigail had so many people listening to her stories and accusations. Because she is a young woman, this gave her a voice that was able to control practically the whole city of
In Arthur Miller’s play, “The Crucible”, Miller’s main focuses were the witch trials, behaviors and actions as a result of the hidden deeds believed to be done by the people of Salem. This book includes religious beliefs and revolves around witch trials to go into depth of the accusations and the lies for the outcomes. The play is wonderfully worded with much context for a reader to fully understand the idea and the concept. There were many themes in the play, those explained in the following paragraphs were the ones that really stood out throughout the reading. A theme that had an impact to about every situation in “The Crucible” and could easily be said as the main one was ‘Religion’. Good Vs. Evil-Many wanted to blame others for their doings. Those who had nothing to hide were now hiding everything. The innocent had to lie about committing a wrong deed in order to live but with a bad reputation. An example out of the book to highlight the theme of Good vs Evil is as provided, “Hale:.. The Devil can never overcome a minister. You know that, do you not? (To Tituba) Hale: You have confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to Heaven's side. And we will bless you, Tituba.. You are God's instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil's agents among us. So speak utterly, Tituba, and God will …show more content…
This can relate back to the “Good vs. Evil” section above because of its problems with the beliefs and social standings of citizens. Those of high social standing could easily accuse someone below and underneath them with an act of evil with absolutely no reason and not one bit of evidence. People were given power depending on their wealth, gender and age. This could be an absorption as to why Abigail had so many people listening to her stories and accusations. Because she is a young woman, this gave her a voice that was able to control practically the whole city of