Theme Of Adultery In The Crucible

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a play set in the late 1600’s. The play is based on the events that occurred during the “Salem Witch Trials.” As a result, the council members bring the townspeople to the church to confront the problem at hand. In the play, a group of girls accuse townspeople of practicing witchcraft. One of the main characters, John Proctor, has an affair with a young girl named Abigail Williams. As a result of Proctor ending his affair with Abigail, Abigail accuses Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth Proctor, of using witchcraft to stab her. Therefore,as a result from the stabbing, Elizabeth is arrested. In an attempt to free his wife, Proctor self-admittedly confesses his affair. When the church council brings Elizabeth Proctor forward, she denies the accusations in order to protect John’s reputation. Following the accusations of witchcraft, proctor is then arrested. John is given the option to confess to witchcraft, whether it is true or not, in order to save his life. After signing the confession, John is informed that his confession must be made public. After

''The Crucible,'' is a 1952 play written by Arthur Miller as an allegory of Mcarthyism. The play follows a theocratic society in which the church and the state are one, and reputation plays an important role in Salem where private and public moralities are the same. In act one, the secret affair of John Proctor and Abigail Williams was revealed that led to conflict between John and his wife. Divorce was not permitted in the late 16th century, hence, the Proctors had to maintain their marriage causing discord within the Proctor household. At the start of Act 2, Miller creates a tense atmosphere of animosity portrayed by John and Elizabeth Proctor in their lack of affection, awkwardness, appraisal and guilt leading to affliction.

Women are portrayed in three distinctive ways in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Some are appeared as great, moral, upright people, while others are the opposite. Miller is not a feminist, his intentions are not to make women appear to be spotless, however, he is also not a misogynist, he does not condemn all women for the sins of their sex. He demonstrates a balance between various individuals, with a specific end goal to make the story more believable. There are three distinct women in the play with three different personas.

The Crucible is a historical play by Arthur Miller, and is set in the town of Salem during the late 1690s. The main characters are John Proctor, the protagonist, and Abigail Williams, the antagonist. The conflict occurs when Abigail falsely accuses others of witchcraft. This leads to hysteria in the town, with people turning in innocent people for witchcraft. Many people including John and Elizabeth Proctor are arrested and put on trial, despite their innocence. John Proctor is sentenced to death after refusing to denounce his friends as witches, forgiven by Elizabeth for his affair with Abigail, and restores his reputation of being a good man. The Crucible delves into the extent people will go betray others in order to benefit themselves

To go more in depth, The Crucible is placed in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Now most people know about the witch trials. But no one really realized the geography behind it. The characters in the story are impacted by the place they grew up and the way they grew up. They were isolated and did not talk to the Indians or the English. They lived by mountains and believed in the devil. While Betty Parris grew up in a small town, word got around about witchcraft. As no dancing was allowed and the

There are various ways you can portray women throughout, The Crucible. Women are raised with high expectations, morals, and majority are raised in a Christian household. Although there’s the other types of women that are the complete opposite. In The Crucible, women are viewed in many different ways based on their actions and behavior. In Margaret Atwood’s poem, “Half-Hanged Mary,” she views women the same way. The author in The Crucible, Arthur Miller, uses very important women to characterize the certain roles of women. The author of the poem, “Half-Hanged Mary,” also uses a woman to portray the roles of how women were treated in the poem, as well as the story, The Crucible. Both of these authors, Margaret and Arthur, compare the similar roles of women based on their well being and moral upbringings.

Abigail William is the biggest villain in the play tried to kill Elizabeth who was John’s wife. Also because she kept lying and getting many people kill. Abigail tried to kill John’s wife by drinking blood to get John Proctor. In Act 1, page 13 it state, “BETTY – You drank blood, Abby! You didn’t tell him that!... ABIGAIL- Betty you never say that again! You will never-… BETTY- You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!... ABIGAIL, Smashes her across the face: Shut it! Now shut it!” When Betty

In all four acts of the play, the false notion lead intertwined into each other, bringing innocent people down with them, including John himself. John had confessed to his prior sins with Abigail and told Elizabeth to tell the truth to the court, she didn’t realize that he had already admitted to his affair with Abigail. Elizabeth defends John in court by lying to save her and her family’s name. Elizabeth meant well, did she not? This is the common flaw in us all, we try to do good to protect our names to such an extent that it in the end, some lives have been taken for the sake of your good name in the village.

While reading the Crucible there are several recurring themes, a few of which include sexual repression and patriarchy. Specifically, these themes which are seen so often throughout this play seem to be connected to the downfall of this small Puritanical town. Today I will bring to light the biased views and sexual repression that led this small town to its untimely demise. This paper will delve into the puritans daily way of life and beliefs and expose that sexual repression and patriarchy were the real killers in this play based on real events.

While discussing the poem When You Say Infidelity, I found that one of the ideas presented by Molly was extremely intriguing and was a perfect connection to The Crucible. Throughout the poem, infidelity is compared to a flower planted in a garden. Stenson describes the plant as “one that prefers shade” (Stenson), which in terms of infidelity means that the relationship is something that should be hidden and kept a secret. Although, infidelity is something “friends will recognize” (Stenson), much like in The Crucible. A rumor spread around Salem by Elizabeth, as to why Abigail was fired.

Morality is an important topic. People must live with their own choices and morality, meaning that each person needs to make sure that they are living their lives and making choices that they can accept. This is why morality is typically a theme in literature. Authors incorporate the idea of morality to make the reader think about their own choices and to illustrate the character arc. This proves true in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. The play follows characters on their difficult lives during the Salem Witch Trials; a point in history where everyone was questioned and accused or being morally corrupt and practicing witchcraft. Miller utilizes characters from all moral backgrounds, from those that are morally ambiguous, to those that are more righteous because they are secure in their beliefs. These characters show how the issue of morality can affect their lives. One character that is important to analyze is John Proctor. Proctor is a man secure in his faith and morality, living a great life with his wife and three sons. That is, until Abigail Williams starts working for the family and makes him question everything he has ever known. In The Crucible, Miller suggests that morality and the search for truth must be pursued on a personal level by allowing Proctor to become morally flawed, realizing his mistakes, and then fighting to defend what is right, even though it ruins his good reputation.

Guilt is often one of the hardest emotions for a person to overcome. Guilt is one of the few emotions that can hurt someone long after their integrity was damaged. Lying about something or someone, majority of the time makes a person ask themselves “ Did I make the right choice.” However, guilt can be a blessing and a curse. Guilt can show someone the truth behind their actions and make them act upon it. In contrast of that sporadically it makes situations worse. For example in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible one of the main characters John Proctor feels as if he would feel too guilty if he signed his paper confessing his satanic works.He refuses to have this paper hanged on the church door, his emotions overtake him and he rips the document into two halves. Contradicting that statement, Abigail Williams a teenage girl, blames her use of witchcraft on a clueless slave named Tituba and she has no disregard for her actions. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller seems to prove that habitually people would rather hold other people accountable for their actions other than themselves.

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a story that displays a tragic hero and many women who deceived about interacting with witchery. Proctor's life completely turned upside down when Abigail started all these lies and put the people he loved and cared to their death or jail.  John Proctor's fatal flaw was his great amount of pride, that continued a series of unfortunate events. Unfortunately, Proctor died for a crime he did not commit.

The crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, a story about adultery, false accusations, and forgiving. The story is a real life based event that happened in the 1600’s when people were falsely being accused of being “Witches”. Along with the false accusations, it led to punishments such as death. In The Crucible, John Proctor’s reputation around the town is known as an Adulterer, he was also victim of false accusations brought against him, and he was forgiving of his sins.]

“The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself” (Addams). Immorality is a very subjective concept, but sometimes it is undeniable. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams is shown to be the most immoral character through her constant disregard of others throughout the different events of the story, furthering the point that when in fearful situations people will only think about themselves.