The Crucible Comparative Analysis

Comparative Essay: The Merchant of Venice and The Crucibles Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and The Crucibles by Arthur Miller are very similar in a way, in which both ended poorly due to lies, rumours, and gossip spread among the characters throughout the two books. Through a close examination of The Merchant of Venice and The Crucibles, lies, gossip, and rumours played a major role in both texts because they affect characters lives, cause conflict in relationships, and create biased outcomes in the trials.

In the two plays, lies, gossip, and rumours affected many characters, and influenced the way they thought, behaved, and impacted their reputation. In the crucibles …show more content…
The main conflicts among the characters in the stories were between Antonio and Shylock, and Abigail and the Proctors. In The Merchant of Venice characters that were impacted by lies, gossip, rumours were Antonio and Shylock. Antonio owes Shylock 3000 ducats by a certain time, or Shylock will be able to cut a pound of Antonio's flesh. In the play Salerio and Solanio discuss about how Antonio’s ships have rumoured to sink at sea.”Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath a ship of rich lading wrecked on the narrow seas” .With that rumour Shylock is now able to get the revenge he was destined to receive, which made his and Antonio’s relationship even worse. The outcome of both books had been impacted by lies, gossip, and rumours because those things had great purpose throughout the play as it furthered the trials that took place in each. In the crucible Abigail Williams was able to manipulate the truth while in court, she used a method known as spectral evidence that allowed others to use against their opponent so that they could put the blame on