Peer Pressure In The Crucible

Peer pressure can be used in many ways. Animal Farm is an allegory by George Orwell. It is about farm animals that weren’t satisfied of how their farm is run so they rebel. They make 7 commandments being “All animals are equal” the most important one. The book shows how total equality is hard to achieve and power corrupts. The novel uses peer pressure to control and manipulate what is happening on the farm. It is evident on how the action of the animals changes. It is evident on how Boxer’s way of thinking changes. It is also evident in the actions of the sheep and what it does to the other animals. Peer pressure plays a big role in this novel.

Miller’s concept of not allowing the individual escape from his social obligations into his private self applies to Proctor in terms of his past affair with Abigail Williams. As he tries to move on from this dark piece of his past, it only seems to come back and haunt him. When he has a run-in with Abby towards the start of the play while he goes to check on Betty, he establishes that he “may think of [Abby] softly from time to time. But [he] will cut off [his] hand before [he’ll] ever reach for [her] again” (22). He confesses to thinking of Abby, but by no means does he wish for them to be together from that point forward. His love and respect for his wife stands stronger than any childish temptation Abby throws his way, even after all that

Power is the ability to influence an individual or a series of events, most humans crave power and the ability to be in control of others. In Salem Massachusetts the Puritan lifestyle gave individuals few freedoms and little power in one's daily life. They were not allowed to do anything that resulted in enjoyment, an individual's life was not devoted to one's self and well being but only to God. The Puritan lifestyle was a very restricting one, this caused Puritans to crave the power they could not grasp, until the Witch Trials in 1692. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, many characters including Abigail Williams and Mary Warren use the Witch trials to obtain power that they did not possess before the trials occurred.

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month”. This quote explains that an individual is responsible for their own actions and the consequences that occur as a result of those actions. In The Crucible, John Proctor is more responsible for his own death than Elizabeth Proctor or Mary Warren.

Trials are a vital part of human discovery. This is due to the fact that trials lead people to what is right, what is wrong, and what they can or cannot handle. A severe test puts someone under intense pressure; this can make or break who they are, and what they value. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is named for the great trials fabricated, and endured by the characters of the drama. It shows that when under intense pressure, people can either rise to the occasion, or let themselves be quelled; this is exemplified in Parris’ blatant narcissism, Hale’s modification of his values, and Proctor’s almost steady ethical compass.

Humans want to be like other humans. Likeness breeds security, and with this, people will go to great lengths to conform to their peers. This concept dictates a large part of everyone’s daily lives in the society built around them, as demonstrated very clearly by Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible; a story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. In this case, because people conformed to what people around them were saying and doing--accusing people of witchcraft and executing them--twenty two lives were lost. After considering how the events of The Crucible portray conformity and the place in society conformity occupies, it becomes quite clear that conformity, while it has it virtues, can result in many societal issues that can be easily

In the Crucible, Arthur Miller writes of the hysteria during Salem Witch Trials, hoping that the world will never do anything stupid again because of hysteria. During the Salem Witch Trials there were many people that chose to act as individuals, rather than a community. Judge Danforth, Reverend Parris , and Abigail Williams had the power to stop, and even prevent the trials, but chose not to because they did not care for anyone except themselves. Judge Danforth could have stopped the trials when he found out that he was wrong about the whole thing. Also, Parris is the reason the trails took place, and Abigail Williams fed the flame of hysteria throughout the trails. These three individual contribute to callous

Each person can be likened to a coin -- one side of the coin represents public life, while the other side represents our private lives. Both may influence us, however one self is fraught to triumph over another. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller illustrates the contrast and controversy between public and private life, through the historical event of the Salem witch trials. Miller paints a picture of the natural man and the internal war between privacy and reputation. He alludes that one's private self will nearly always become evident, whether it be through exposition of the private life into the public, or through the internalization of private values into public actions. Unfortunately, which self triumphs is not always up to us, our reputations often rest on the actions of others. The Crucible by John Miller clearly shows individuals' grappling with each self, and eventually which one triumphs.

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a rich and enticing play set in the late 1600’s describing the epic horrors and emotions through the events of the Salem witch trials. The Crucible, focuses primarily on the inconsistencies of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behavior that can result from dark desires and hidden agendas. The play begins with the discovery of several young girls and an African American slave, Tituba, in the woods just outside of Salem, dancing and pretending to conjure spirits. The Puritans of Salem stood for complete religious intolerance and stressed the need to follow the ways of the bible literally without exception. The actions of the women in

It is 1692 in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts; fear and hysteria are running rampant. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the residents of Salem are allowing their grudges and personal rivalries to distract themselves from the truth. The witch trials are escalating, more and more people are being accused, and the tensions are high. The Putnams have different motivations and grudges that are driving the accusations. Ann Putnam is using the trials to harm the women she deems responsible for the deaths of her seven children. In contrast, Thomas Putnam is driven by his greed for wealth and land to accuse those he is envious of. A young girl, Abigail Williams, is a devious teenager seeking revenge on the innocent wife of her past lover.

The Crucible is a complex and intriguing novel with events, characters and themes comparable to almost every period of human history. It is common for humans to fear change and what is unknown, in the play The Crucible this is witchcraft and the devil, in more recent times it can be seen in post World War Two and Cold War United States, through McCarthyism. The themes in the crucible are as important to people in the 21st century as in Salem in 1692. These include justice, reputation, hysteria, intolerance and empowerment. All of these are common themes throughout human history. The characters in The Crucible are also important to people of the 21st century as they can teach us a little bit about people around us and their reactions when

The Crucible teaches us any lessons that we will encounter somewhere in our lives. It teaches us that people are scared of other people being different than them. It also teaches is that when it comes to people obtaining what they want their morals won't matter at all. These lessons are shown throughout the story, our history, and our everyday lives.

In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts a small group of girls joined together to go in the woods at night to meet a slave woman name Tituba. Tituba is a slave of Reverend Parris. During their meeting all the girls are dancing

How many times has one action by one person influenced crowds of people to follow? This scenario has taken place numerous times throughout history. This psychological occurrence is known as “mob mentality”: when a group of people is influenced by a person’s actions to change their behavior and think as a group. During the time period that The Crucible by Arthur Miller and “Half-Hanged Mary” by Margaret Atwood took place in, the people worked together to deal with any threat to their beliefs. The communities relied on the judgment of their peers, hence why mob mentality was an important aspect of both works. In both pieces of literature, the authors illustrate the hysteria the people of Salem and Northampton experienced, and how they dealt

She would soon lead the girls to follow her every word. Her manipulative ways began in act one when she made the threat to “bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder”(Miller, 19). When the infamous Salem Witch Trials began, herd mentality was shown as a young Mary Warren risked getting in trouble at home as she pleaded that she must go to Salem because she was “an official of the court!” (Miller, 50). If Mary would have come to her senses and stepped away from the herd at this very moment, the trials could have been seen for what they really were a whole lot sooner.