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Fear and Persecution

By: Denize D'Souza

Thesis

FEAR AND PERSECUTION IS A CENTRAL THEME IN ARTHUR MILLER’S, THE CRUCIBLE, AND IN THE REAL WORLD WHICH CAN BE SEEN THROUGH ABIGAIL’S FEAR OF GAINING A BAD SOCIAL STATUS, MARY WARREN'S FEAR OF BEING HANGED, AND JOHN PROCTOR'S FEAR OF BLACKENING HIS NAME.​

ABIGAIL'S FEAR OF GAINING A BAD SOCIAL STATUS

Abigail's Fear

Examples in The Crucible

Quotes from The Crucible

  • " . . . drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife!" (Miller 19).
  • . . . either of [them] breath a word, or the edge of a word,

about the other things, and [Abigail] will come to [them] in the black

of some terrible night and [she] will bring a pointy reckoning that will

shudder [them] (Miller 20)

Example in Real Life

Quotes From News Article

  • "A knife-wielding drug addict not only robbed a provision shop owner in Kampung Bengali here, but also threatened to stab him if he lodged a police report" ("Cops Nab").

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How They Relate

  • Abigail and addict are both afraid of their consequences so they threaten others

How They Relate

Mary Warren's Fear of Being Hanged

Mary Warren's Fear

Examples in The Crucible

Quotes

  • " . . . never saw no spirits" (Miller 107).

  • "It were only sport in the beginning" (Miller 107).
  • "[He's] the Devil's man . . . He wake [her] every night, his eyes were like coals and his fingers claw [her] neck . . . " (Miller 119).

Examples in Real Life

Quotes

  • "A boy accused of abducting, raping and murdering a six-year-old girl is blaming someone else for the crime" ("Alesha Macphail").

How They Relate

How they Relate

  • Mary Warren and this boy both accuse other people so they can avoid their own punishments

John Proctor's Fear of Blackening his Name

John Proctor's Fear

Quotes

  • " . . . for the good instruction of the village . . . this [they] shall post upon the church door!" (Miller 139).
  • " . . . cannot have another life in [his] life . . . [He] has given [them] [his] sould; leave [him] [his] name!" (Miller 143).
  • " . . . tears the paper and crumples it, and he is weeping in fury but erect" (Miller 144).

Examples in The Crucible

Quotes from Article

  • "Logan City police say a man has died after being accused of and assaulted for a crime he didn't commit" ("Police: 62-year-old")

Examples in Real Life

How they Relate

  • Both men, innocent, die for crimes they do not commit, because they don't want to ruin their good names

How They Relate

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