The Crucuible
The CrucuibleThe Crucible
In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, it is clear to the reader that many of the characters are obvious examples of hypocrisy in how they teach virtues that they themselves do not possess. Throughout the play characters including, Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris, and Judge Danforth show these qualities. In this essay the reader will be made aware of the characters hypocritical way’s through examples in the play. The reader will also be made aware of the reason for why so many people cried witchcraft.
Abigail Williams, niece of Reverend Parris, shows how she is a hypocrite in many ways. An example of this is her relationship with John Proctor. In the play Abigail say’s how she loves John and would do anything for him (i.e. trying to kill John’s wife Elizabeth so she might be with him instead.) However, when she is faced with a problem she flees and doesn’t even think about John. When Abigail says, “It’s she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now!”(p.22) It is obvious that Abigail feels she loves John and that he loves her just the same. However, later on in the play Abigail leaves Salem and John when she feels that she’s in danger. This shows how Abigail’s actions contradict her proposed feelings for John and prove that she is a hypocrite.
Another character who shows their hypocritical side is Abigail’s Uncle Reverend Samuel Parris. Parris the minister in Salem is perhaps the most hypocritical character in the entire play. Parris’s constant referrals to his salary and being given the deed to the town’s meeting house are often factors in his continuous meshing of his version of Godliness and who might take part in witchcraft. An example of Parris’s hypocritical ways is when Rebecca Nurse a highly respected woman in the village says to Parris, “I go to God for you sir.”(p.39) After hearing of his plans to bring Reverend Hale a prominent with hunter to the village. To which Parris responds, “I hope you do not mean that we go to Satan here!”(P.40)
Which shows Parris’s easily offended ego and...
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