Реферат: The Crucible Hysteria And Injustice Essay Research

wanted most, integrity. He faced judgement but died in the end with the respect

of his wife and those who originally accused him.

IV. Point of View:

John Proctor’s view supports my thesis statement very well because

throughout the story he knew all along that the witch hunt was based on a huge

lie from Abigail Williams. So he saw the hysteria and the injustice that was

developing the entire time. He felt that the people of the court, Rev. Parris,

Rev. Hale, Judge Hawthorne, and Governor Danforth were killing people in the

name of God simply because of their fear of evil. They jumped to believe that

Abigail was right and that the devil was responsible for all the wrong in the

town. And, even though John Proctor knew all this and he was innocent he still

died from the hands of the small group of wrong people who thought they were

doing the right thing.

V. Theme:

The insight to life is not to be so quick to follow the majority, they

are not always right. We should strive to think for ourselves on an individual

basis, we should not judge others because we all have faults, and we should

always look out for the hysteria that comes from the combined fears of ignorant

people. We should also realize that being an individual has bad effects

sometimes and even though we might be right we have to be brave when fighting

society because we will not always win.

VI. Conclusion:

I’m glad I read this play. Even though I’ve been told to think for

myself, I never saw such a good example of what happens when you don’t. The

play also had a lot of suspense , I kept wanting to hear the tapes to see what

happened to the characters in the end, it was never boring. I will now be more

aware of what happens when people are afraid of something and together try

wildly to get rid of what they think the problem is. My older brother said the

play “showed the same mentality of the German people during the Holocaust”, and