In Miller's "The Crucible" the pride of the people of Salem leads to a massacre of innocent lives. Pride is delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship. One of the main characters, John Proctor, has pride in his beliefs of purifying the Church of England. His wife, Elizabeth, has pride in her ability to use the trials as an ultimate revenge against Abigail Williams. John Hale is the "expert" on witches his pride springs from his extensive knowledge, but later in the play he recants and loses all his respect. Hale is the chemical that cause the conflict to come into full swing between Elizabeth and John Proctor. .
Elizabeth Proctor is first founds singing to her children in her kitchen in the opening of act two. This is in contrasts with frenzy at the end of act one. Elizabeth is trying to make her husband turn in Abigail as a witch. She seems sly about it and this exposes her pride. She has pride that she is able to punish Abigail for hurting her. Not this is an unjustifiable pride, but Elizabeth picks on john to do her dirty work to the point John says, "You will not judge me more, Elizabeth .Let you look to your own improvement before you judge your husband anymore"(act 2). The act of the accusation will prove to Elizabeth the affair is over. Elizabeth has a strong sense that she is the only one safe in the issue, for she has done no wrong, who is to accuse her or anything? But Elizabeth's immunity to the trials cause her to get taken to court for owning poppets, which in fact, are owned by her servant, Mary Warren.
John Procter is a strong man, who thrives at the chance to be right and known. But by the end of the play he questions himself saying, "Who is John Proctor, Who is John Proctor?" (act 4). The trials to John Proctor are a time of change. When Reverend Hale enters the town John leaves in disgust, he knows the girls are lying. John's pride springs from his feeling of being smarter then the rest of the town.
Using information from Arthur Miller's essay, "Tragedy and the Common Man", both men can be defined as common, and both men can be defined as tragic heroes. ... (Miller, The Crucible, Act IV). ... Both men portray this trait and die to preserve their pride. ... (Miller, The Crucible, Act IV). ... (Miller, The Crucible, Act IV). ...
Arthur Miller, who wrote The Crucible, a play depicting the tragic events that occurred in Salem, was "profoundly, angrily concerned with the immediate issues of our society." ... This anger with the events that transpired during the middle of twentieth century was what motivated Miller to write The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller's The Crucible reveals the human tendency to point the finger at others when one feels threatened. ... (Miller, Crucible 876) Her outburst at John is clearly caused by a sinister threat that Abigail utters in Act One. ... (Miller, Crucible 858) Although there is nev...
"Arthur Miller presents his audience with a thought provoking view of the individual in relation to the rest of society." Discuss this judgement of "The Crucible." ... John Proctor would not give up his pride by making a false confession to save himself. ... Although she's not in every act throughout the play, her presence and influence dominates the whole play. ... I think that Arthur Miller thought that by presenting the characters as individuals rather than a close community he could show that when things got a bit tough they would rather lie to protect themselves and save their own...
In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, many characters make selfish choices that hurt others, even to the extent of their deaths. ... He is full of pride about his own station in life, and makes decisions based on that pride.We cannot drug test random people, or search every student's locker, just because we're suspicious. ... Ultimately, Danforth is the greatest villain of The Crucible. He drives the court to executions by presupposing the presence of witchcraft. ... No one is more responsible for the tragedy that is depicted in The Crucible....
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox While under the pressure of the government, author Arthur Miller, describes the corruption and false ideals of the Salem Massachusetts witch trials in his play The Crucible. ... In the play, Miller portrays the idea of witches making a compact with the devil. ... Despite the fact that the Puritans are unable to hold God as the main concern in their lives, some are able to keep pride through their good name. ... Emanuel Swedenborg once stated, "Conscience is God's presence in man". To go with their stubbornness, The Puritans of Salem lack the presence of God in t...