Guilt Quotes In The Crucible

There are many great plays that have been written throughout our history. Many of them are very specific in what it is trying to say. One of the most famous plays written is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is a play that is based off of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the late 1600s. During this time period, many innocent people were accused of witchcraft. This was due to the people’s lack of knowledge on how our universe works. Arthur Miler uses many different motifs in his play, but one of the most significant motifs is vengeance. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller presents the idea that vengeance is used to corrupt the minds of the community’s people.

#5 Forgiveness There is forgiveness in the book, because of how Abigail when she says that he has committed witchcraft like when she does that they kind of forgiven her but she still ran away. There is forgiveness in the book only in some cases. Like they never forgave Mr. Proctor but then they would have but then he ripped the paper up. Do people believe that there is forgiveness in the book, is it true?

Many people underestimate the powerful affliction that is guilt. People think that if they simply turn their back on what they have done and to the feelings of remorse over the wrongdoing, these feelings will eventually subside. However, this is not the case, as the moment one turns his or her back on feelings of guilt is the exact moment it sneaks up behind that person and eats him or her alive. In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter, which tells the story of two people who commit adultery and the aftermath of their crime. Almost exactly one hundred years later, Arthur Miller published the play The Crucible, also set in Puritan society, which tells the story of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Though written years apart,

Proof of Danforth’s guilt is shown when Danforth believes Abigail and the girls are incapable of lying during the trials. He dominates everyone in the witch trials, except for Abigail and is easily persuaded when it comes to Abigail’s stories. For example, as the girls walk into the court, Governor Danforth asks Abigail if there is any truth to the story. Abigail rises and says there is no truth. From the very beginning of the trials, Danforth shows favoritism towards Abigail's words. Danforth believes she is always stating accurate information. He later asks Abigail about the poppet that was sewn in front of her in the court trial. Abigail saw Mary Warren make the poppet, but she denied it and said it is a lie. The men in the court say she is lying (1201). Danforth is too trusting to accuse Abigail of doing something wrong because she is a child. Danforth is convinced since Abigail is a young girl, she is innocent and always

When Mrs. Putnam is introduced for the first time, she is described as “a twisted soul of forty-five, a death-ridden woman, haunted by dreams”, which is not precisely what you would call an emboldening description. Through her aperture lines, we can facilely optically discern that Mrs. Putnam is a very manipulative and assertive woman, who believes in witchcraft, as she instantly believes that Betty’s quandary has been caused by witchcraft. As far as Mr. Putnam is concerned, albeit his introductive description states “a well-to-do, hard-handed landowner, near fifty”, it does not tell us much about him. However, his description in page 22, he is called “vindictive”, instantly revealing more about his

In The Crucible, there were many important quotes that were said. Author Miller had a lot of highlighted scenes that made the play interesting. The play, in my eyes, is based on three important quotes.

Proctor starts his rather tiresome day by having to deal with the Brotherhood when they turn up at his house en mass before breakfast, armed with chains and baseball bats, ready for war. However, as we saw last week, he has an ace up his sleeve in the form of Senator Mitchum, so the unfortunate Calvin finds himself on the wrong end of yet another humiliating lecture on how the movement is heading in a different direction than the one he foresees.

I. “And there was no place to hide—no place across any river for a boatman to take us.” - John Conlan, page 166

Proctor pushes Mary Warren to confess that her fits have all been an act, and that all the girls who are supposed witchcraft victims are acting. Similarly, when Corey, along with Proctor, confronts Judge Danforth to save their wives, Corey goes from being distraught at the prospect of losing his wife to the gallows—a very real possibility at this point—to describing his litigious prowess by recounting a case that Judge Danforth’s father tried years before: “he give me nine pound damages. He were a fair judge, your father. Y’see, I had a white mare at the time, and this fellow come to borrow the mare—” (210-11). Danforth, instead he accuses Proctor of witchcraft and of trying to undermine his court.

In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character Deputy Governor Danforth believes there is witchcraft in Salem after seeing Abigail and her girls dancing in the forest. Abigail tries to take the blame off of herself and put it on other people, one of them being John Proctor. Mary Warren also tries to take the blame off herself and place it on John. Causing Danforth to draw conclusions that John has turned against God. Danforth truly believes that John Proctor has committed an act of injustice.

Scene 1 Jon - “Peyton we gotta get back to the Lander, the Android sounded worried.” Payton - “What's wrong?” Jon - “Garrett did you get that?”

Judge Danforth has sentenced many people to death for witchcraft. If it came to light that there really was no witchcraft and Danforth was just tricked by the girls, he would lose all of the respect that he values so much. Abigail also still hold the power to accuse people of witchcraft. If Danforth were to suddenly stop believing in Abigail’s story, there is nothing to prevent Abigail from saying that the devil has taken over Danforth. John Proctor had the power to defame Abigail with the fact that they had had an affair.

Malcolm X declares “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” This quote asserts that the truth is right. No matter the race, religion, morals, or beliefs the truth is the truth; there is no denying it. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Reverend Hale comes to Salem from Beverly with his great knowing of God’s word, along with extensive knowledge of signs of the Devil's work and witchcraft. Since Hale is compelled by the truth his decision to leave the court causes dishonesty by the end of the play.

Danforth only believes in what the victims have to say, not the people being accused of witchcraft. When Danforth is telling the others why he believes in the girls during court he explains that “The witch and the victim. None other. Now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself; granted? Therefore, we must rely on her victims – and they do testify, the children certainly do testify” (Miller 1301). Danforth is saying the girls wouldn’t lie because they are the victims. Danforth doesn’t see that the victims could lie. He knows the witch will not accuse herself.

Religious radicalism causes a sense of superiority and a need to punish those who stray away from standard behaviors. In The Crucible, Danforth views his position of judge as one of righteousness, and thinks that anyone who interferes with the law stands in the way of God. The flaws with the way he proceeds with his trials appear in his narrow-minded way of thinking. When told that citizens fear the court, Danforth makes the hasty generalization that, “there is a prodigious guilt in the country” (III. 98). Judge Danforth’s sense of superiority blinds him and causes him to assume that anyone who fears the court must have something to hide. Miller’s use of the logical fallacy of hasty generalizations to warn how even authority figures can suffer