Examples Of Fear In The Crucible

Fear and suspicion can cause many harmful outcomes, and possibly destroying a whole society. There are many different examples, but a very good example is in the story The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In The Crucible, fear was the main reason the village faced many witchcraft incidents, and it played a major role in placing many people in jail or getting them killed. Through one of the trials a women named Tituba gets accused of witchcraft by one of the girls, so out of fear she accuses many other people that have nothing to do with any witchcraft activities. And that was the process that was used by almost everyone in the community.

Accusing people of committing witchcraft to avoid jail and that was because they were scared, and they had fear. Another example is the fear of John Proctor who is forever under the judgment and doubt that Abigail will defame his name because of his affair with her. This means Abigail could ruin the life a normal good man because

Parris suspects that many of the people in Salem hates him and that makes him scared and want to lie to make himself look better. Elizabeth Proctor suspects that her husband still has feelings for a girl named Abigail, who he committed an affair with before. Because of suspicion the two don’t move on and they don’t forget about the past, and it causes both of them to go to jail and for Proctor to die later.

Furthermore, Marry Warren was afraid to testify in court when she was accused. Marry Warren says in terror “I cannot, they'll turn on me …and she is repeating, I cannot, I cannot!” She suspects no one will believe her and that Abigail and the girls may accuse her of bewitching them. In fact, most people were afraid to speak the truth because they will be viewed as suspicious themselves because they are speaking up against the court and the accusers which in turn threatens their