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The Crucible: Tragedy or Not?

Is The Crucible, by Arthur Miller really a tragedy? In my opinion, if people get hurt and the whole community falls apart - then it is a tragedy. For one reason or another, it can be said that the blame for this tragedy lies with the entire Salem community. Many different emotions and even specific characters are brought into the play and each one holds part of the blame—therefore bringing down the entire of the community and causing people to turn against each other and all principles they once believed in.

John Proctor, however, stood up for his pride and principles. It is obvious that he would rather sacrifice his life in order to keep his sense of personal dignity. “I have given you my soul, leave me my name. . .” Although John Proctor may not have been a man free from all sins, I believe that he was a man who would do anything to save the name of himself, his family and his friends. He eventually acquire


Many lies were told, many lives were lost, but in the end, I think that this was not as great of a tragedy and most would think. After all, the real tragedy would be if we let this happen again. I feel that Rollo May concludes this thought best when he writes, “the tragic right is a condition of life, a condition in which the human personality is able to flower and realize itself”.

d a “profound respect for the human being and a devotion to his rights and destiny”.

Even though the blame for this tragedy lies on the shoulders of the entire community of Salem, I do believe that Abigail and the girls initiated the tragedy with all their talk about spirits and the devil during the opening act. Then, they deny everything in the courthouse, even after Mary Warren confessed that the whole story was a lie. In the end she manipulated Danforth and the court and convinced them that they were only involved with witchcraft because of M

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