Role Of Corruption In The Crucible

The Devil has returned putting children under his control is what many people believed in Salem village in 1962. In ¨ The Crucible¨ by Arthur Miller many people panicked from the witch hysteria which caused many to be accused of being witches, Judge Danforth decided what happens to the accused witches and is the most corrupted in Salem because his power of being a judge made him go overboard with his decisions on people. When he starts to realize he continues to avoid people from getting mad at him for putting innocent people in jail and killing them. To begin with Danforth became a megalomaniac a person crazy with their own power. As the Judge he gets to pick the punishment of the person accused making him feel superior to others.

I believe that Danforth, the judge, is to blame. He chose to listen to the girls as a verifiable source of information. He makes the ultimate ruling on who lives or dies based on their accusations. He created more fear instead of peace within the community. He didn 't question their credibility until someone else brought that issue to light.

Miller uses irony to demonstrate the flaws, the corruption, within the court’s justice system. In this case, it’s emphasized when Giles is found guilty; even though, he did have evidence to prove his accusation. He states, “if Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeits up his property that's law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece”( Miller 89). In addition, he has a witness that heard Putnam thanking his daughter after she cried out on Jacobs.

During “The Crucible” many characters are brought through the courts because of accusations of witchcraft or working with the devil. The word crucible is used to define a pot able to withstand great temperatures, giving it the ability to melt down tough metals such as iron and steel. The word crucible is also used to describe a severe test or trial. The title “The Crucible” is a metaphor to explain the way the courts went about their trials. During the Salem Witch Trials, when people were accused of witchcraft, the main goal of the courts was to get a confession from the accused.

In the Crucible, Arthur Miller uses fallacy of the false alternative to display how one’s limited perspective can lead to ignorance to greater possibilities. As trials are being conducted in the Salem meeting house, John Proctor enters bringing Mary Warren and a testament of ninety-one townspeople to claim the innocence of those convicted of witchcraft. Danforth questions Proctor’s intentions. He fears that his purpose is to undermine the court. He shares his concern explaining, “A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there is no road between.”

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Reverend Hale is still struggling with believing the truth but he finally believes in the third act. The third act takes place in court where John testifies. Hale now knows the truth and believes that justice will be served. Everything gets placed out in the open (it is a hoax, the affair, and the dancing in the woods) but Danforth and Hathorne do not believe it. “But it does not follow that everyone accused is part of it” (Miller, 215).

If you were put into a flawed society how would you act? The main character Abigail in the play The Crucible is in a flawed society and in order to survive she is mischievous and has to lie about things in order to survive. She wants John Proctor to herself and his wife dead. But along the way something called witchcraft comes along and it isn't that good. If you say you were doing witchcraft you're safe from hanging but if you refuse to witchcraft you will be hung.

n Arthur Miller's Story ‘’The Crucible’’ John Proctor tears up the confession that could save his life. This evidence that proves his act of tearing up the confession is believable. Even though he committed the crime of lechery the act at the end is still believable. The first act to show that Proctor’s action of tearing up the confession is believable, is when Proctor, Mary Warren, and Giles Cory go to save their wives.

“Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power.” Once said by William Gaddis about the the idea of people corruption with power. William Gaddis is getting at that power itself does not corrupt people it is what they do with it. Gaddis’s quote can relate to Arthur Miller’s book The Crucible because the story shows how power can lead to corruption in this time period around the Salem Witch Trials. First Danforth has the power to do what he wants when it comes to the court. Next, Abigail shows how manipulative she can be to people.