Dishonesty In The Crucible Essay

Dishonesty and lying are huge factors in The Crucible and in society today. We are all guilty of lying or being dishonest at one point in time. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller in the 1952, is based in Salem Massachusetts. The book is centered around witchcraft being committed by local citizens in Salem. In the book John Proctor and Abigail Williams are the two main characters that are dishonest throughout the book. Witchcraft is known throughout Salem at the time because multiple groups of people have committed it, some of which have been caught. Other groups like Abigail’s have not been caught yet, they are being prosecuted and blamed for the uproar about witchery in Salem. In the end John is the one that confesses to being a liar and
While John is in jail he has a chance to go and talk to Elizabeth, his wife, she is also in jail. He has the chance to either confess to being part of Satan or he will be hung. John and Elizabeth were released to go and talk to one another about the consequences that John is facing. John ends up choosing to get hung because he has committed to many sins in his lifetime. Proctor says, “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.”(Miller 1331) This quote relates to John and his sins because he chose to be hung instead of confess for what he has
Abigail and John were the main victims of being dishonest and lying to all of Salem, in and out of court. Throughout the book Abigail is dishonest because she has committed witchcraft and will not confess to it in court. She causes the death of many other people, all because she did not confess to witchery. In the end of the book John is hung for his sins, and Abigail and some of the girls from the witchery group escape to Barbados to get away from their punishment, they would have if they stayed in Salem. Dishonesty is never the answer in any situation, but in The Crucible that is the only way to escape jail and not be