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This 3 page paper discusses the issue of pride as embodied in the character of Reverend John Hale in Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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are destroyed by the evil fall because of their great pride. John Proctor, for instance, is so prideful that he would rather die than compromise his principles. This paper considers
the pride of another of the plays characters, the Reverend John Hale. Discussion The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, during the frenzy of the witch trials, which
are clearly a metaphor for Senator Joseph McCarthys House Un-American Activities Committees similar insane persecution of American citizens; the HUAC met in the 1950s. (The introduction to the play notes
that The Crucible didnt succeed as a political protest but survives instead as great art.) When the play opens, the damage in a sense is already done: John Proctor has
had a disastrous affair with Abigail Williams and then gone back to his wife, telling the girl he made a terrible mistake and will never see her again (Miller). This
gives Abigail her motivation: she hopes to destroy Elizabeth Proctor and win John back (Miller). She sets about it by trying to prove Elizabeth is a witch, and only succeeds
in involving the entire town in hysterical accusations and misery; tribunals of fearful citizens, on the flimsiest pretexts, sentenced their friends and neighbors to death. Proctor, who places his pride
above his life, chooses to die rather than comprise his principles so Abigail, though she survives, loses the man she loves (Miller). She is a little monster and puts on
a great show of being possessed in Act IV; the audience would no doubt like to see her hang-or hang her themselves-but unfortunately she survives. Millers note at the end
of the play, which is loosely based on fact, says that Abigail turned up later as a prostitute in Boston, which seems like a fitting end for the woman whose
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