The Crucible intolerance, hysteria, and reputation

Reputation in one of the implied themes in “The Crucible.” In the town of Salem everybody wants to keep a good name. Your name is passed from generation to generation and like everybody else, you want to keep it clean. Many characters in the play base much of their actions on their yearning to protect their respective reputations. For example, in the beginning of the play Reverend Parris is scared that Abiga

il will threaten his reputation and he will be thrown off the pulpit because Abigail was around Betty, his daughter, when she became ill. During this time they were “conflicting with the devil.” Also John Proctor is convicted of keeping a good reputation. He could have put an end to the accusations of the girls, by testifying against Abigail. But he did not want to tarnish his name. In the end of the play he also made a choice not to lie to the court and save his life, just to keep his name. "I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" Proctor says. By refusing to hand over his name his is hung.

The final theme in “The Crucible” is intolerance. Since Salem had been founded by puritans, the state laws and the church are very much related. Actually, if you made a sin you would be breaking a law. The reputation of your standards of

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