Examples Of Misjustice In The Crucible

Ever since the beginning of time people have been afraid of the unknown. This is because every time something new appears people immediately try to disregard it, making themselves open to ignorance. This is exactly what happens in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, when people started accusing each other of witchcraft. Because of the factors of the unknown the people of Salem are strucken of fear because they are afraid to go against what the majority says thus, making people unreasonable and brings misjustice to the accused. To begin, John Proctor tries to go against the flow of the river, by attempting to reason with the people of Salem. For example, in act ii the proctor questions the judge about how he accuses people by saying, “Is the the

Instead Mary warren sobbing, rushes to Abigail, “I love God, I bless God” (116). Mary Warren almost told the truth, that the witch accusations are fake but, instead runs to Abigail's arms for comfort and spurs more lies. This is significant because the one moment that someone could of potentially prevented future people from hanging due to a false claim, she backs out at the last moment due to her fear of what will happen to her. By keeping up the lie Mary Warren makes her position clear, that she is unable to open up to reason which, continues the never ending cycle of injustice due to people being too afraid to speak the truth against the majority. Another example, of the fear of the unknown affecting the judgment of the people of Salem is when Tituba, terrified and shaking, is being accused by Mrs. Putnam that “she must be hanged” (37). Mrs. Putnam accuses Tituba of using witchcraft to kill her children. The importance of Tituba being accused by Mrs. Putnam shows that the people of Salem are twisting the fear of the unknown in order to bring vengence to others. People, like Mrs. Putnam, will always try to shift their problems on others so that they might get false justice for their own actions. Moreover, it is clear that the people are too afraid of being accused of witchcraft to stop this from happening thus affirming that the fear of unknown overpowers people senses making them very unreasonable. To wrap up, the people of Salem are to afraid of being accused of something they know nothing about which, affirms that the fear of the unknown skewers justice, and