Lies In The Crucible

Both texts, the Crucible by Arthur Miller and Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, revolve around the main theme of deception. Both pieces of literature go about this theme in varying ways. In the Crucible, one group of people believe that they have the power- this being Danforth and the courts- when in reality they are all being played by the girls- most prominently, Abigail. They let Danforth and the other judges believe that they have the power, when the girls are making all of the decisions. The girls decieve everyone by spinning lies and stories to get everyone to believe them.

In society, we are blind to lies that are taking place around us everyday. Small lies, big lies, lies right in front of our face, and we are oblivious to almost all of it. This is shown really well in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Throughout the play, which takes place during the witch trials that took place in Salem, lies make up a big portion of the plot. Some of these types of lies that are used are described very well in Stephanie Ericsson’s essay The Ways We Lie. These variations of lies amplify the outrage created, through McCarthyism, and the Salem Witch trials that take place in the play The Crucible.

In the 1600’s women and men were blamed for witchcraft that apparently happened in the small towns. Everyone was blamed when a child started acting up because everyone thought that someone was putting their spirit amongst them. This is all shown in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller shows the life in a small village of people with a church and kids. Kids acting really weird because of ‘witchcraft’, and all of the women being accused of witchcraft because of what it says in the Bible. Reverend Parris shows in the play The Crucible that the Bible doesn’t lie, but also people don’t lie or try not to lie when their lives are put on the line.

In ‘The Crucible’ there were many themes displayed throughout the play. The more noticeable ones being: Lies and deceit, Jealousy, and religion. These themes played major parts within the play.

In a 2002 study by the University of Massachusetts, 60% of adults cannot have a ten minute conversation without lying at least once. For most people, no matter if they are morally good or bad, lying is an easy, and maybe seemingly harmless, thing to do. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, lying is a main theme throughout the play. As characters are faced with life or death circumstances, morally good people have to either lie to save themselves and others, or face the unjust consequences. Lying is generally seen throughout society as immoral, however, it is acceptable to lie when faced with a life-threatening or dangerous situation.

“One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths” this quote was said by Al David. The only one lie can change all the truth, no matter what the reason why that the person wants to lie. After that lie already come out, no one will believed the truth that had come after because they already believe in “lie” that we already said in the first place. Most people lie to protect themseleve because nobody wants to get in the trouble. I believe that when you are young, you must have break your parents’ ceramic cup and told them that your cat break it.

The universal theme of “lying is apart of everyone’s nature,” is evident quite often in,

Arthur Miller in The Crucible implements many conflicts that define the plot. The people of Salem were in a state of paranoia after suspected witchcraft by some of the villagers. This state of paranoia caused many other conflicts in Salem. Many villagers attempted to lie their way out of witchcraft conviction which led to conflicting sides and drama. Because lies will eventually catch up to you, Mary and the girls were facing big consequences for attempting to cover up the witchcraft they were involved in.

Lying is a bad thing that people do everyday. It might be a small white lie or a huge lie but people lie everyday. Lying is usually used to get someone out of a situation, whether it be good or bad. In the crucible, abigail accuses mary of lying in her testimony because she wants her own ruse to keep going. She still hopes that somehow, these false accusations will help her win john proctor in the end.

Children are taught that lying is bad, that telling the truth no matter the consequences will always outweigh the instant benefit of telling a lie. So we grow up knowing that lying is bad and mostly avoid lying; however, the psychologists assert that “untruths that are somewhere on the spectrum between totally unconscious and partly conscious, untruths that people tell not to others but at times to themselves as well” are not a rare occurrence (Banaji and Greenwald 21). This idea that our unconscious mind can also have a completely different identity than the one that we outwardly portray demonstrates our ability to have preferences and biases that can have detrimental

The crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in 1692. It takes place in Salem Massachusetts. It’s a fascinating play that is all about drama. It’s about a side chick who wants a married man all to herself. She tries to kill her off, but it had a twist I bet she wasn’t expecting.

This is Abigail’s turning point by choosing to give up on telling the truth and

Geoffrey Silk AmLit Ratti November 23 2015 A Lie Is An End A society works best on trust and honesty. Without that, there is no base to fall back on. It is just building on an old unstable platform that will give at any moment.

Everyone lies, no one can avoid it. If someone says they have never lied before, they just did. Lying has been a controversial topic of human nature, whether it is considered “evil” or not. It has often been taught that telling the truth is the best thing to do, but this is not always the thing to do. World War I poets express this idea in their poems, literature has described this issue in plays. Even today there are articles written about this topic. Lying is a habit that has become part of society, however, there are cases where concealing the truth seems to be the most appropriate thing to do.

A lie can only be stretched so far before it snaps and breaks those who are in front of it, when those who are in front are innocent of anything. The very belief that a child has the power to act as a hand of god is a lie, the very essence of that lie is witchcraft, those who are deceitful among all else fail to realize what may befall those caught in the crossfire of the lies they tell. Abigail is a child who claims she is the hand of God, but uses that power to say deceitful lies to get to what she wants. The essence of a rumor can only be stretched so far before it snaps and those who were hurt are gone.