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The Crucible Honesty Analysis

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“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind even if you are a minority of one. The truth is still the truth, ” said Mohandas Gandhi. The word, truth, can mean countless different things to countless different people. There are so many different aspects and ways to look at it, but to me, truth and honesty are two of life’s most important virtues. The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, portrays truth in a variety of ways, and he does this through many of the main characters. The play centers around a farmer named John Proctor and his fight against the witch trials. Proctor had an affair with his servant, Abigail Williams, and as a result his quiet farm …show more content…

In the beginning of the play, Hale was one of the people investigating the accusations of witchcraft, and he was the one that suggested witchcraft might be involved. He believed Abigail’s lies, and he believed Betty’s “illness” to be true. However, he began to disapprove of what was happening in the court once he learned of everyone who was accused. During a trial, he angrily shouted before he walked out the door, “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!” (Miller, 126). In a short time span, he went from supporting the court to strongly disagreeing with it. Even though this is not said directly in writing, I believe that his mindset changed because he knew that most if not all of these people were innocent. He knew the truth, it just took a little while for him to truly accept it. Also, before they hung Proctor, he desperately tried to save him and the others that refused to confess. The trials opened his mind to the possibility that he might be wrong. He had a change of heart, and he knew that what they were doing was wrong and that they were hanging innocent

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The Crucible was written in 1952 by Arthur Miller, the play delivers many messages and carries many themes throughout. Nearly every character in the play is put to the test to display an act of courage, weakness, or truth. Some characters lack these traits and never learn to have courage or display honesty. However, most characters are very courageous and demonstrate these acts throughout the whole play. Overall the theme of the The Crucible boils down to being about honesty, weakness, and courage.

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His job is to diagnose witchcraft if it is presented. During the play Hale is getting manipulated in his own beliefs, by Abigail and the girls. His power starts to slowly fade as the play goes on. ”I-quite the court” In this line Hale is trying his best to find out the witchcraft situation, but Abigail is making it worse, and taking over.

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In the beginning, he believes the girls and the accusations they are making, but then he becomes doubtful. He first questions himself when he delivers the news to John Proctor about his wife being mentioned in court. He says, ““God forbid such a one be charged” (64) because Elizabeth was a very honest and uptight woman. He had also just been to Rebecca Nurse’s house to warn her she was accused of witchcraft, which was appalling to some people because of her caring, generous persona. Many innocent seeming people were being accused, and Hale didn’t know whom to trust; he couldn’t trust that he was making the right decisions for these people in

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The witches are on the hunt for the innocent souls of Salem with Hale stating, “The Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points” (Miller 1251). Hale is determined to use God’s mighty hand against the “evil witches”. This shows that Hale is faithful to Abigail’s accusations against the common people of Salem. At first, Reverend Hale is eager to prosecute, but as more innocent people are condemned, his compliance turns into distaste. His dissatisfaction eventually turns into rage when Hale shouts, “I denounce these proceedings!”

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