The Crucible By: Arthur Miller
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:33:19
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 1 pages (303 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 1 pages (303 words)
In Arthur Miller's autobiography, Timebends, he writes that "the real story" of the Salem witch trials is to be found in "the breaking of charity" within a human community. I believe that "breaking of charity," means a breaking of loving and taking care of your fellow man. Many people, especially characters in a story or play, tend to be motivated to choose to breach this cultural norm. A character could want to save someone he …
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…sins. "I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it." This quote allows the readers to know that John Proctor only speaks about what he knows is the truth; he doesn't go around and tell rumors about other people being witches. John Proctor's actions to get his point across about the witch-hunts did not involve a "breaking of charity." John Proctor was basically the "good guy" in this play.
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