Word Count: 175
Friday, September 28, 2012
Act 1 Crucible Response
The Crucible tells us a lot about human nature and fear. Despite the fact that all the townsfolk have deep secrets, but are scared of their secrets being discovered. Human nature causes people to panic in situations of great fear and danger. When something unexplained or you don't understand/can't control starts happening people begin to lose their minds. A common way to save yourself would be to create an even bigger crime that someone else did, to appear better or shift attention to another person. In the Crucible, this leads to suspicion of almost everybody. Anybody and everything is questioned, because if everybody is a witch, what's a witch, and what do you believe in? It shows the chain reaction of panic and blame starting with Parris blaming Abigail for dancing and conjuring with Betty. Abigail blames Mrs. Putnam, who blames Tituba, who in turn blames the other women of the village under the justification of being purified. And eventually no one is safe from the fear of others. Its like a plague, constantly spreading.
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Charlie,
ReplyDeleteI agree when you say how human nature causes people to panic in situations of great fear and danger. If they can do anything to avoid getting punished, they will do it. People would rather live and be safe rather than be dead. To be honest, who isn't like that? Human nature will indeed cause someone to accuse.