The Crucible Greed Quotes

The Greed of Salem The play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller has become a symbol of oppression and political struggle. This play is set in 1692, in a small farming village called Salem Massachusetts. A number of girls take ill with hallucinations, comas, and seizures after some women were witnessed dancing naked in the woods. In an extremely Puritan society, failure or mishap is blamed on the devil, causing many to accuse each other of witchcraft and conspiracy against the church. Within weeks, after days of hysteria in court, dozens are convicted of being witches. In late August, 19 people accused of witchcraft have been executed, even after new evidence would prove their innocence. Accusations of witchcraft run wild as citizens betray

This comes from him having been a wealthy business man in Barbados before coming to Salem to be a reverend. He was used to a certain lifestyle before going to Salem and after he is in Salem, all the things he took for granted seem to be hard to obtain. This is apparent in the quote, “ Mr. Corey, you will look far for a man of my kind at sixty pound for a year! I am not used to this poverty; I left a thrifty business in the Barbados to serve the Lord. I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted here? I cannot offer one proposition but there be a howling riot of argument. I have often wondered if the Devil be in it somewhere; I cannot understand you people otherwise” ( Miller, 925). The play later goes on to mention how he talked about nothing other than gold candlesticks for twenty weeks until he had them. Reverend Parris is a very selfish person more concerned with his reputation than his own daughter’s

AS the governor he is also the judge, he holds the fate of every person who walks into the courtroom in his hands. He is quoted saying. “ you must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road in between.” He with issuing that ultimatum stated that the people could not trust him to be fair or to be morally right. Danforth ignored the evidence of Giles Corey simply because it was not filed correctly, refused to take Mary Warren’s deposition, and had Giles arrested for disrupting court. He would place all the power in his own hands as he is the only one with enough authority to declare anyone guilty of