Revenge and jealousy is a very powerful form of motivation where someone will do everything to pursue their own personal gain. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller illustrates and demonstrates the extent that personal vengeance can have on a society where townsmen accuse their own. The trials in the Crucible take place against the back drop of a deeply religious and superstitious society, and most of the characters in the play seem to believe that rooting out witches from their community is God’s work. However, there are plenty of feuds and rivalries in the small town that have nothing to with religion, and many Salem residents take advantage of the trials to express long held grudges and revenge on their enemies. In the Novel there are key people in the town that manipulate the trials the most. One of these characters is Reverend Parris. Reverend Parris, a paranoid and insecure figure, begins the play with a precarious hold on his office, and the trials enable him to strengthen his position withi
This theocracy system of government is a very fragile thing because people can easily manipulate under certain circumstances. This again happens later in history during the cold war. Where many people were being accused of being communist. Arthur Miller and his friends were accused of being communist. But not under real proof but just the mast hysteria of people accusing different people. This shows how few people can manipulate the very way people live!
n the village by making scapegoats of people like Proctor who question his authority. He and another character John Proctor have had confrontations before. John Proctor had been singled out because he does not attend Church as often as the other townsmen do. Throughout
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