Who Is To Blame In The Crucible
Truthfully, no one likes to take the blame for something they didn’t do, and John Proctor from “The Crucible” shows that people should be responsible for their actions, not someone else’s. “I speak my own sins: I cannot judge another”, this is what John says to Abigail, a girl in Salem who has an obsession with him. Not only that, but she was one of the main causes for the witch trials that occur in Salem at this time. What John is saying is that he will not blame others for his own actions; he will take responsibility for what he does. He chooses to be the bigger man and accepts his consequences, he even chose to be hanged rather than lie about his actions. Not only that, but when he had an affair with Abigail, he placed the blame on himself
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Arthur Miller was the original writer of “The Crucible”, and what he wrote shows his beliefs about what was going on at the time, The Red Scare. At that time, the U.S was afraid like Salem, but instead of witchcraft fearing townspeople, there were communist panicked citizens. At the time, Senator McCarthy was responsible for starting the wildfire of fear, making people fear communism, making it seem like a disease that plagued the world. Many people were trapped in the common fear, but there were some who saw the truth of what was going on, one of these people was Arthur Miller. Through his play, people learned what their fear and and actions was causing, how sudden and frantic actions are not the answer.
All this translates directly into “The Crucible”, how most of the townspeople were scared and afraid of anything that seemed like witchcraft, and they killed whatever scared them. However, just like real life, there were few such as John Proctor and Giles Corey who stood against the common crowd. What Arthur Miller is showing to everyone is that resorting to the blame game and living in fear is not the answer.He tells the people to be calm, and consider not the greater good set up by the government, but to pay attention to what the individuals have to say for
Arthur Miller was the original writer of “The Crucible”, and what he wrote shows his beliefs about what was going on at the time, The Red Scare. At that time, the U.S was afraid like Salem, but instead of witchcraft fearing townspeople, there were communist panicked citizens. At the time, Senator McCarthy was responsible for starting the wildfire of fear, making people fear communism, making it seem like a disease that plagued the world. Many people were trapped in the common fear, but there were some who saw the truth of what was going on, one of these people was Arthur Miller. Through his play, people learned what their fear and and actions was causing, how sudden and frantic actions are not the answer.
All this translates directly into “The Crucible”, how most of the townspeople were scared and afraid of anything that seemed like witchcraft, and they killed whatever scared them. However, just like real life, there were few such as John Proctor and Giles Corey who stood against the common crowd. What Arthur Miller is showing to everyone is that resorting to the blame game and living in fear is not the answer.He tells the people to be calm, and consider not the greater good set up by the government, but to pay attention to what the individuals have to say for