Physical Changes In The Crucible
A crucible: A severe test or trial or a pot where metals are melted under a high heat.
When things are under extreme stress or pressure they change into something else and react in different ways. People can change just like metals do in crucibles. They can change personalities do things that no one expected them to do. Reverend Parris, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor in The Crucible, changed under pressure and did things that were unexpected when they were were under great pressure.
Reverend Parris’s judgement is usually clear but recently it is unclear when he finds out there is witchcraft happening around him and a prime component is someone that is close to him. “I have given you a home, child. I have put clothes upon your back—now give me an upright answer. Your name in the town—it is entirely white, is it not?” Reverend Parris's niece, Abigail, is put on trial and she is one of the main suspects of witchcraft; even though she is his niece, Reverend Parris doesn’t know if she is telling the complete truth because his judgement is doubtful with all the events happening. He needs to know if she is …show more content…
“I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud.” John Proctor says this to his wife, Elizabeth when he has a decision to make against either signing that he was apart of the devil or wasn’t apart of it. He didn’t want to lie and die knowing he could’ve told the truth like the other people that died. Elizabeth says to John, “And yet you’ve not confessed till now. That speak goodness in you.” Elizabeth can see the goodness in John even though he has committed some very bad sins. She knows why John has told the truth and knows that he will go down a hero even though everyone wants him to confess that he was apart of the devil, when it wasn't true. John Proctor came out strong and did what he thought was right unlike other
When things are under extreme stress or pressure they change into something else and react in different ways. People can change just like metals do in crucibles. They can change personalities do things that no one expected them to do. Reverend Parris, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor in The Crucible, changed under pressure and did things that were unexpected when they were were under great pressure.
Reverend Parris’s judgement is usually clear but recently it is unclear when he finds out there is witchcraft happening around him and a prime component is someone that is close to him. “I have given you a home, child. I have put clothes upon your back—now give me an upright answer. Your name in the town—it is entirely white, is it not?” Reverend Parris's niece, Abigail, is put on trial and she is one of the main suspects of witchcraft; even though she is his niece, Reverend Parris doesn’t know if she is telling the complete truth because his judgement is doubtful with all the events happening. He needs to know if she is …show more content…
“I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud.” John Proctor says this to his wife, Elizabeth when he has a decision to make against either signing that he was apart of the devil or wasn’t apart of it. He didn’t want to lie and die knowing he could’ve told the truth like the other people that died. Elizabeth says to John, “And yet you’ve not confessed till now. That speak goodness in you.” Elizabeth can see the goodness in John even though he has committed some very bad sins. She knows why John has told the truth and knows that he will go down a hero even though everyone wants him to confess that he was apart of the devil, when it wasn't true. John Proctor came out strong and did what he thought was right unlike other