Colton Schmidt Ms. Nikolai Sophomore Academy April 18, 2023 Issues From The Crucible That We Still Face Today In Arthur Miller's play “The Crucible,” many innocent people were executed for no reason. The Crucible is a powerful and timeless play that highlights the issues of mass hysteria. Even though this play was set in the 17th century, the themes and lessons are still valuable today. Some of the main problems that are still present to this day are the abuse of power, religious extremism, and the importance of individuality. Firstly, the play depicts the main issues of individuals wielding power. In the play, the main character who held the most power was Abigail Williams. She had the most power because the judges and all the townspeople would believe anything she stated. Throughout the play, Abigail becomes more and more overwhelmed with her capability. At the end of act one of The Crucible after Tituba confesses to being a witch Abigail sees that it was a false confession. She knows that if she confesses to being a witch also then she would also be forgiven. After doing this she falsely claims “I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”(Miller 48). This leads to a huge outbreak …show more content…
In The Crucible, the whole play is a great example of religious extremism. In the same scene after Tituba and Abigail falsely confessed to being with the devil for what they were doing in the forest Abigail declares "I want to open myself!... I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus;"(Miller 48). Throughout the play, religion is used as an excuse for a mistake or wrongdoing as explained in the quote. A real-world example of not as server religious extremism is different religions fasting, discrimination tours other religions, and