The Crucible

A world full of fear, envy, and pride is boiling in a fragile pot at its breaking point. Ready to set off massive hysteria. These attributes, put to the extreme, can surely mean the end for a civilization no matter how great. A person with these characteristics cannot possibly function, blinded by their envy, hidden by their pride and forgotten by their fear. If one person can be this affected by their problems, can you possibly imagine a village with these symptoms? In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” envy, fear, and pride are just some of the ingredients displayed in Salem, Massachusetts during the witch-hunt.
Fear was a key factor that helps throw this village off the cliff. Everyone in the village did some sort of act out of fear. The very thought of fear is enough to cause people to do the unthinkable. For example, Abigail drank blood out of the fear of losing John, the man she lusted over. Abigail was blind by her love for John by her obsession that one day she may be...