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Cleave No Faith In The Crucible

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While most everyone can argue that it is important to stick to your beliefs, this becomes a problem when beliefs begin to hurt others. Reverend Hale, from The Crucible, makes the following statement, “Cleave no faith, where faith brings blood”. Reverend Hale is trying to get across that one should not stay attached to a belief if the belief harms others. This theme also applies in other literary classics such as A Tale of Two Cities, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Romeo and Juliet. A Tale of Two Cities is a prime example of how not following the previously mentioned theme can turn out. Madame Defarge believes the Evremonde family is terrible. Madame Defarge acts upon this belief in a way that brings blood. Madame Defarge decides to kill Lucie to help get rid of the Evremondes. Clearly, by killing Lucie, she would be harming other people by bringing blood based off her belief. Because Madame Defarge fails to follow this theme, she ends up dying after she gets into a fight with Miss Pross, who is Lucie’s governess. Madame Defarge fails to “cleave no faith, where faith brings blood”, …show more content…

George Ewell cleaves to the story that Tom Robinson raped Mayella, which causes Tom to be sentenced to execution. By spreading this belief, George brings blood to Tom which ends up costing Tom his life. Also, Scout’s views of the different people of Maycomb bring blood. For example, when Scout and Jem first have Walter Cunningham over for lunch, Scout is steadfast to the idea that the Cunninghams are worse off than them. When Walter proceeds to pour syrup over his meal, Scout makes an offhand comment about his behavior that not only makes Walter ashamed, but also earns her a scolding from Calpurnia. Scout had her belief that the Cunninghams were worse than them, and in doing so, she hurt Walter Cunningham’s feelings. As like in other books, George Ewell and Scout hurt others by sticking to their

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