Reputation

Throughout The Crucible, we find that reputation plays an important role in the town of Salem. The towns people fear for their lives as they are accused of the evil doings of witchcraft. Even the "most righteous" women are accused of witchcraft and plead for their innocence by lying and confessing to doing witchcraft. Reputation is also shown through Elizabeth because in court she lies about her husbands affair to save his reputation. Reputation can be seen through other various characters. Do you think that without the act of reputation the characters motives would have been the same? Or would you conclude that without reputation  being shown in the it would have differed?

Biblical References?

There were several biblical references evident in The Grapes of Wrath, many of which I was not fully aware of while I was reading it. After our class discussion I kept an eye open for them; did you find any possible references in The Crucible?

Puppet by Hamza Awawdeh

In the Crucible do you guys see Danforth as a puppet of politics? I personally see him as a politican today mostly agreeing with what will benefit him.

The Scarlet Letter and the Crucible

There were many similarities between The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible but one that I realized was how both Hester and Elizabeth both protected the love of their lives. Hester never revealed who was Pearl's father and Elizabeth lied to the court about what occurred between Proctor and Abigail.  I'm not positive if this was a good connection but do you guys have any other thoughts on why they both did these acts?

Tragic Hero

John Proctor is seen to be very a good man besides the one mistake that he committed with Abigail. Here Proctor is shameful of his sin but is more worried about his reputation than his integrity. Although at the end of the play Proctor chooses to be true to himself by not confessing to witchcraft making him a tragic hero. If you were put in this situation what would you do? would you save your life by confessing to something you didnt do or would you do what Proctor did and keep your integrity. YOU DECIDE!!!