Examples Of Lying In The Crucible

Odria Boghozian AP Lang Period 6 10/17/17

Is it ever justifiable to lie?

It is proven by writers in the past years of literature that almost all people lie. The writers’ stories and articles tell a story of real life experiences and/or quite often they write fictional stories to show how a person might lie. Although it is justifiable to lie under some circumstances, however, there will be opposers who would believe that it is not justifiable to lie under any circumstances. Writers from different backgrounds have been introduced to the english language to share to their readers what they believe in by using rhetorical strategies throughout their writing(s). As we have read in The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller evidently

Miller writes the play that involves plot twists that create tension making the play be read by a variety of readers. We are introduced to many characters throughout the four acts in the play that lie to receive the satisfaction they desire for by bringing others down. One of many characters in specific is Abigail Williams who is a pathological liar that catches the eye of the readers when they are reading the play. Williams is someone who is untruthful and her true character is revealed in the beginning of the play indicating that she is a liar when in Act 1 she confesses to Reverend Parris that when he saw Mercy Lewis naked running in the woods during Tituba’s conjuring of the spirits was false. She confessed by telling him, “No one was naked! You mistake yourself, uncle!”(Miller 11). William’s dishonesty won’t affect her at all in the rest of the play since she was being dishonest to hide Tituba’s conjuration in the woods. She wasn’t confessing in order to keep the awful truth a secret, therefore it is justifiable to lie under some circumstances. In Act 3, where Elizabeth was brought into the Salem meeting house, Elizabeth confesses that her husband John Proctor didn’t commit lechery. She tells Danforth in the meeting house, “No, sir,”(Miller 113) when asked by Danforth if Proctor did indeed commit the crime of lechery. This act is where it is applied that it is

Hughes starts his short story of him being saved from the sin which was caused by him losing trust in the existence of Jesus because there wasn’t enough evidence. Hughes made his story realistic through the use of quoting and dialogue. Towards the end of the story, he includes a one sentence paragraph which he builds suspense by writing that. He believes that lying isn’t justifiable under any circumstances but it is arguable because Hughes as a twelve year old expected to see Jesus. Before being proven wrong he said, “Still I kept waiting to see Jesus,”(Hughes) even though his aunt said that he would see Jesus spiritually. He wasn’t lied to directly it is just because Hughes had a higher expectation from Jesus and whenever he didn’t see what he was hoping for, he changed his perspective and decided to turn his back. Whenever Hughes’ aunt was asking Hughes why he didn’t want to be saved he includes the use of biblical allusion when his aunt says, “Oh, Lamb of God!”(Hughes). He uses biblical allusion to connect to what his story is about to create suspense. It is justifiable to lie under some circumstances, for example Hughes’s aunt wasn’t aware that her nephew would believe her when she said he would see Jesus, she didn’t mean it literally when she said that but for a twelve year old boy to hear that hope will make them believe anything they