"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that,
you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett. Reading through The Crucible written by Arthur
Miller, I have came to understand more about human society and its dark side. In this play, you
will see how caring too much about reputation can lead to hypocrisy and even the destruction of
your own reputation through the two main characters - John Proctor and Reverend Parris.
Arthur Miller did a great job portraying each characters and reflecting human's dark side.
Proctor and Parris are the counter-parts of each other. Neither Proctor nor Parris wants to listen
to one another. Proctor is an upstanding, powerful man with both build and
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Next, we will see how both of them are affected by reputation. Proctor tries to conceal is affair with Abigail for
he is afraid his name would be blacken if he is discovered. Another thing is in act IV, he found
out after signing his name on the proclamation, the Judges are going to show the town people
his sins, so he tore the paper in order to protect his name. Unfortunately for him, he was hang in
the end. For Parris, like I have mentioned before, he does not want anyone to know his
daughter and niece conjoured witchcraft. He wants to appear well in front of others. He afraid
that his enemies will use that to go against him, steal his position and ruin his reputation. As a
consequence, he conceals every sins he has until the end and causes many deaths of innocent
people. He is a hypocrite if I say so myself.
In conclusion, what did we learn from these two characters in The Crucible? I have
learnt that caring too much about reputation will not always lead you to a happy ending. Proctor
caused his own death and Parris will remain as a hypocrite for eternity. How did they affect the
people around them, you may ask? Well, Elizabeth was heartbroken, Giles Corey