Examples Of Imagery In The Crucible

Parris is bound to his own greed for power that he dismisses his daughter, Betty’s, well being to avoid the criticism of the town. He is so blinded and most of his actions are for personal gain and in ways to benefit him. For instance, when Parris was in court during John and Elizabeth’s depositions. Parris claims “This is a clear attack on the court!” (Miller 107).

Arthur Miller´s book The Crucible was set in a village called Salem. The people in Salem were Puritans and strong believers in the church which acted as a government and accused many of being witches. A woman named Abigail was crazy for a village settler named John Proctor and used the church to accuse many of women of being witches including Proctor's wife. The people wanted to accuse anyone of witchcraft to keep the attention away from their wrong doings in which when all the accused were hung everyone saw the wrong that they were doing they suddenly had regret along with Abigail, In the process of her greed she got John Proctor hung as well as many other respected people in their village. Arthur Miller was by far the best writer to give to the imagination and create a truly outstanding story using imagery, conflict and characterization to set the era as well as having more unique characters.

For the duration of the story, Parris is looked upon as someone whose only concern is him being overthrown, without any remorse for his own daughter or his niece. He only thinks of them as being “thankful for being permitted to walk straight,” and he has no interest in “children, or talent with them” (Miller 3,4). The true test between his reputation and his integrity is shown before and during the witch trials. Instead of worrying about his daughter who is supposedly near death, Parris is concerned about how his “enemies will bring [the forest dancing event] out,” and how his “ministry’s at stake” (Miller 10,11). Subsequently, to save his name by taking the burden of justifying the forest incident, he complies with his niece’s false accusations, and as a religious figure, sets chaos in Salem.

Later he explains the secrecy is only because “There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit” (Miller 10), as if his position is more important than informing his followers that their lives could be in danger of possession. While holding back some truths to protect from hysteria is necessary, Parris reveals that his essential reason for holding back the reality of Betty’s state is because he doesn’t want to threaten his own position. The reason is shallow and perfectly illuminates the root of his selfish motivations. Parris lies in a similar manner when he claims that “I can only say sir that I never found any of them naked” (Miller 105) as he is testifying in a court he so claimed to be of the truth and utmost importance in protecting Salem. In the first act of the play, Parris clearly reveals to Abigail that he “saw someone naked running through the trees” (Miller 11), affirming to her that he very intimately knew what the girls did in the woods.

Parris is seen as a liar and selfish. He only cares about himself and his daughter. Apparently, Reverend Parris discovered that his daughter was involved in witchcraft in the woods with the rest of the girls. His reaction was very different and pretend not to have seen anything. Reverend Parris is only worried about his reputation in the town.

In 1692 hundreds of people were sitting in jail for being witches, but none of them were really witches. An author named Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible based of the true events of the Salem witch trials. In the play some girls get in trouble for dancing in the woods. They claim the witches were making them do these bad things. The girls accused a lot of people and got a lot of people of hang for being witches.

He cared greatly about his family and wife even though Elizabeth was often distant towards him. In the end of the play, Proctor chooses to die rather than sign his confession, ratting out his friends and ruining his good name in the town. He did this to protect the reputation of his children so they won’t have to grow up with a lying father. Lying went against Protctors’ views and that ideal is prevalent throughout the entire play. It is revealed that as soon as he had an affair with Abigail, he confessed to Elizabeth the next day because of the guilt he was carrying around.

This quote shows fear over reason, Parris is more focused on telling everyone it wasn’t his kids that were involved and trying to convince people not to speak of the word witchcraft, as if it was bad luck. Parris has no reasons, proof, or evidence to show that the people under his roof were not involved in witchcraft. So, Parris has to play everything based on his fear speaking for

I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Miller 153). This quote truly demonstrates Proctors character as a whole, as he is willing to be hung for the sake of proving his worth to the court. Specifically, Proctor knows he is truly innocent, and wants to make the courts aware of his innocence. His unwillingness to confess to witchcraft, is because of his personal beliefs regarding reputation.

Proctor is widely respected in the Salem community. However, he has a secret that threatens his reputation. He cheated on his wife Elizebeth Proctor with Abigail Williams. As a result, he has a strong internal conflict regarding his integrity. Proctor is a benevolent man at heart, however he has sinned according to puritan law.

Notwithstanding his daughter’s “sickness”, Parris predominantly worries that his “ministry’s at stake” (20) as he “cannot have anyone” discover “such corruption” of witchcraft in his house (21, 22). To avoid this “disastrous charge”, Parris perpetuates Abigail’s “deceit” in accusing the innocent, transposing to the audience the destructive

In Salem, a small town where it is believed that evil souls are roaming, teenage girls are given the authority to determine whether one is possessed with evil spirits. Not having any way of proving the accusations wrong the church heads are blinded into the girls’ trap. Abigail Williams, the main teenage accuser, turns to Reverend Parris to believe her every word; the only clear reason Abigail is trusted is due to the fatal connection to Reverend Parris and with them being related there would be no reason for her to lie… or so they think. This Puritan society is lead by Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale believing the wicked lies “I have seen too many frightful proofs in court—the Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare

Puritan Era. What was going on through that time? Every situation happened for a reason. Puritans era is coming into sight. The main imagery within Jonathan Edward's “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Margaret Atwood's “Half-Hanged Mary, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's “The Ministers Black Veil” all revolves around sin and situations because no one can stop the future.

The Preservation of One’s Reputation Warren Buffett once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” A reputation is one of the most important things a person has. It measures one’s worth, honor, and integrity - something we all strive for.

In Chocolat and The Crucible, Harris and Miller use a variety of textual conventions to create central characters who rebel against their surroundings. Both Harris, author of Chocolat, and Miller, the playwrite of The Crucible, integrate vivid imagery to establish the time and specific scenery of the settings of their creations. This is used in combination with narrative style, symbolism and nature imagery to accentuate the non-conformity of the protagonists, Vianne Rocher, and John Proctor, against their individual societies. Harris and Miller incorporate literary rich descriptions of their sceneries to demonstrate their protagonist’s rebellion against the time and setting in which they exist. Using sensual imagery; the author and playwrite