How Does Chaucer Use Verbal Irony In The Crucible

Although Samuel Parris was sought out to be a respected reverend, his personal and physical actions make him an ugly selfish man.

The Pardoner starts off his talent by saying a Latin phrase that makes him seem ironic to tell this tale. The phrase helps figure out the moral of the story, “Radix malorum est cupiditas”(Chaucer 170), which means the love of money is the root of evil. This tale is ironic for the Pardoner to start off his prologue of the tale. His sermon was about how he preaches about his relics solely to gain money not pardon. “I preach as you have heard me say before, and tell a hundred lying mockeries more.”(Chaucer 170). This example proves that the Pardoner tells lies about his relics and the

Church is a place one goes to worship a greater power. Just because one goes to church does not mean he has the right intentions. In the Canterbury tales Chaucer shows an excellent example of a person with not good intentions. Chaucer uses satire to illustrate church corruption throughout The Pardoner’s Tales.

Reverend Parris pocket hold several items which describe his characteristics. Reverend Parris holds a bible in his pocket for he preaches to his parish in Salem and describes himself as a servant of God. Parris keeps the mask of deception in his pocket because he disguises his thoughts and intentions from is people. Parris burns his pants with his tendency to tell many a white lie. Pointing fingers is rude and Parris continually points toward others to avoid blame because he is a coward. Parris uses his position of power to disgrace the character of others for his political gain so Parris has weighted scales in his pockets for he misleads the justice system in Salem. Lastly Parris carries his bloody hands in his pocket. Parris bloodied is

Salem is a town that is centered on their religious beliefs. The church is the basis for their morals and ethics, but discovery of the actions of the town’s girls impacts the entire town. Reverend Parris discovers the girls along with Tituba conjuring up spells, singing Barbados songs, and dancing naked. This begins a series of events in The Crucible by Arthur Miller where he uses irony to show that guilt can cause the most upstanding men to act uncharacteristically.

Geoffrey Chaucer, during the 1300s was a reformist, that being said, he used satire to change the views of the church he wished to reform. Chaucer had an agenda, this agenda was satire, directed to the yokels, the uneducated commoners. He targeted these people by writing in English. His writings were directed to these people because they would be those who were going to question the church. Natural instinct is to take what you know and share it, especially if the information is “juicy”. The information that Chaucer was showing to the yokels was indeed, “juicy”. The yokels would then be able to share this information, and hopefully, there would be a reformation of the church. In Carly Smith’s article she observes, “The goal for satire is always

With the incline of Hysteria throughout the village of salem the so called “Virtuous Puritans” became backstabbing in some cases greedy folk who were only in it for themselves. From Putnam to Parris they were profiting trying to gain something or save themselves from trial. Putnam himself would just outlandishly accuse many villagers most likely them all innocent just to gain land for his own greed gains. As a side note to keep himself from the danger of the trials. While he himself is a Puritan, he would want to strive for helping others instead of just helping himself. He was asked to bring witches to trial lawfully and with proof, but alas he just profited from the many accusations of his. In the truth the irony of this whole situation is that during these events the holy Puritans threw their beliefs out the metaphorical window. And in doing so turned their civilized village to and savage society.

I had to leave the anteroom. I could not watch it - the innocent persecuted, their voices silenced. The methodology of that court- the accused were guaranteed death even before they took the stand. Yet Danforth, Harthorne and the townspeople could not see this corruption; even I was unaware ‘til this day. Omnipotent God, how could this happen?

In the play the Crucible there are many central Ideas and themes . They show and develop over the course of the play making it more meaningful . This essay will express two main themes .

When many people think of “The Crucible” they think of the irony in the play. There are many different examples in the play, including the minister, the Puritan religion, and the killing of Salem’s finest people.

Is it always wrong to die for the truth, or leave because of a white lie? The Salem witch trials of 1692 are the needle in the haystack of this question. The trials began because some teenage girls danced in the forest, and fell "ill" after they were caught. No natural causes were found, so the doctor suspected witchcraft...which lead to Tituba, the girl's slave, being accused of bewitching them, and, to save her hide, she began to blame others. A storm of accusations, hangings, and lies caught the town of Salem, the question popping up years later;Is everything as true as it appears to be? Arthur Miller Playwright uses abundant examples of irony in The Crucible to accentuate that, perhaps, appearances just might be deceiving during the infamous

Irony is everywhere and in every walk in life. Irony was around back in 1692 and in the 1950’s. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, has irony throughout it. In Act II of The Crucible there are many ironies that help display the calamity of the Salem witch trials.

Instead of finding death, they find gold and end up killing each other over it. Their greed leads to their deaths. The Pardoner chooses this story because it “frees the pelf… and specially for [himself]” (Chaucer 170). His audiences do not want to be greedy like the men in the tale so they give the Pardoner their money, thereby freeing the riches as he says. He knows that he preaches “against the very vice [he] makes his living out of- avarice” (Chaucer 170), but because of its effectiveness he continues to preach it. He knows how to trick the people to buy what he is selling which makes them sinful, but also makes him a hypocrite because he is supposed to be this good preacher when he is going against his own words. The Pardoner has a clear knowledge of the irony of his own

In the Pardoner's Tale, one of the seven deadly sins expressed in the writing is greed. For instance, when it states, “And here is gold, and that in great plenty, that’s to be parted here among us three. Nevertheless, if I can shape it so that it be parted only by us two,....”(Line 483-486). As a result, the use of greed impacts literary elements such as character. Chaucer uses that sin to develop the characters by making them selfish or self serving. Therefore, showing how the use of greed plays a key role to the characters in unfolding the moral of the tale. This sin is used to show how some people can be so self centered that they won’t even consider the idea of possibly helping someone else when knowing they can benefit better elsewhere.

“ My hands and tongue go so fast/ that it is a joy to see my busy activity./ All my preaching is about avarice/ and such cursed sins, in order to make them/ give freely of their pennies-namely, to me;/ for my intention is to win money/ not at all to cast out sins” (Chaucer 70-76). This quote displays how corrupt the pardoner is. He is taking money from people and not doing his actual job in helping them redeem themselves of their sins. Also the Pardoner is lying to the community about his preachings and giving them false allegations for their money. The word medieval connotes to the word corruption in this quote by saying how the Pardoner doesn’t really care about anything but himself and will do whatever to get money from the people.