John Proctor's Struggles In The Crucible

The inability to remain economically stable has released fear among people, making them indulge in irrational behaviors to protect their personal welfare and financial status. In the beginning of the play “The Crucible, Samuel Parris is introduced, a Puritan minister in the Town of Salem. He is afflicted because his sick daughter will not wake up, yet his true colors are later revealed. He angrily questions his niece Abigail of any abomination done by her that could have lead to that state of her daughter, for he argues that he has “fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people… and that now, just now when some good respect is rising for him…” she has compromised his character (Miller 11). It is revealed that he doesn’t actually

Reverend Parris is overly concerned of his reputation and how others viewed him in the community. As the play develops, in act III, he again demonstrates his irrational and despicable behavior when he lies to the court. Parris already knew part of the truth that proved his niece Abby was committing wrongful things in the forest. He himself witnessed how the girls danced naked performing a ritual, which could possibly be seen as witchcraft. Therefore when dancing is brought up by John Proctor, Parris immediately adopts a defensive position and argues by saying that “...since I came to Salem, this man is blackening my name” (MIller 97). He then proceeds to try avoiding to answer the judge's questions, yet still lies when saying that “he never saw any of them asked” (Miller, 98). Parris is indeed the religious leader of the community whose task is to guide all people towards Puritan ideology. If it is known that Abigal, his niece who lived under his house preformed such wrongful acts in the forest, his reputation would be ruined. This signifies that he would most likely be removed from his position as a

The fear of loss of job opportunities because of a higher rate of new incoming immigrants has lead to people indulge in vile behaviors to protect one’s personal welfare, releasing hysteria among the people. Many citizens with the same heritage as many immigrants that come to this country refuse to even accept their own people, for they are afraid that these might take away their economic stability. This fear of losing your job is one very predominant in modern society, because people are worried of how their financial status will drop. People worry about being financially stable because money plays a very important role in enabling humans to fulfill their basic and selfish needs. It can be seen how many of these people who have already lost their jobs will do anything to obtain a new one. A specific example of this would be how many citizens in America are afraid of immigrants taking their opportunities for future jobs, considering them as a threat to their lives, making them seem as less and forgetting they are too persons who immigrated in search of a better