The Crucible

There are many themes that are important in literature. Many themes deal with human events such as in The Crucible by Author Miller. He really portrays that the destruction of rationally maybe caused by fear and suspicion. Also human wrongs can led to problems in society.
Problems in society can often be traced to an individual human’s faults is a main theme in Millers The Crucible . Abigail Williams lust for John Proctor, but she’s jealous that he is married. This is important because Abby would do anything to be with John. She accused Elizabeth, John’s Wife, of witchcraft to get her killed. Abby wanted Elizabeth not to confess so she would be hunt, so then she would be able to be with John. This is a main point because it was one of the main conflicts in this play. Another issue in the play is Putnam’s land greed. The Putnam’s had their daughter Ruth to accuse George Jacobs so they could buy his land. Not only this, but he thinks that all the land in Salem is his. The Putnam’s throughout the play that they believed all the problems in Salem were because of witchcraft when others thought differently. This is also a main idea, because he is trying to buy all the land up in Salem.
In life there are many negative aspects of life. These can be shown through literature. Hysteria can be result of fear and suspicion and dieing with integrity compromising values in The Crucible.In life there are many important people, things and even themes that may be in books or even plays. In The Crucible there are two important themes that portray the play. The themes consist of; in order to keep the society together the people of the town try to keep everyone the same. The second theme is, it is more respectful to die for what you believe the instead of living for something you don’t.
In Miller’s theme it shows how badly people can manipulate other people and cause them to die and cause fear and suspicion. In the world today and back then in the 1600’s...