The Role Of Reputation In The Crucible

It all seems like nobody wants to take the blame in Salem. What is everyone’s deal? Could it perhaps be that they don’t want their reputation to be ruined or their lives to be endangered due to witchcraft? The people of Salem are making up excuses to make themselves seem pleasing and innocent to others. They are putting the blame on everyone else but themselves. These statements have been carried on until this day. The ways of the puritans have transformed a lot but some of the “techniques” back then still remain.
In “The Crucible”, as the play opens up in act 1, Reverend Parris kneels down next to his “ill” daughter, Betty Parris. Rumor has it that Betty has been involved in some witchcraft. Because of Reverends paranoia, he had asked to keep Bettys “situation” undercover as he was scared that it may have an effect on his reputation. In my personal opinion, Reverend Parris’ responsibility should be his daughter. No one for sure knows that his daughter has been strictly effected by witchcraft. As a father, he needs to care about his daughters’ health and well-being instead of worrying about the outcome of the event.
Acts
In the days of the puritans, anything that wasn’t standard for their lifestyles were considered abnormal and linked to witchcraft. In Act 2 the deaths of Mrs. Putnam’s babies were blamed on the engagements in witchcraft. Martha Corey, however, was involved in some similar events as well. A man bought a pig from her and said that it died not too long subsequently; she knew it was because he did not know how to properly take care of the pig. Every pig he bought afterwards died, but he still accused her for bewitching him so that he wouldn’t be able to keep any of the pigs alive. People in today’s world still use this method to make their personal appeal look better. They’ll do anything to please others and bend the truth to make themselves look superior to