To the European world, the province of Salem, Massachusetts was a barbaric frontier that was inhabited by a group of fanatics of godly situations. The people of this province considered themselves holy and pure children of God, opposed to the devil's ever-present face in their lives. The characters in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, said that they acted out of their knowledge of the devils' power regarding witchcraft. They were guided in their decisions by fear, frustration, and violence.
Every individual who is accused of witchcraft expresses fear. If one person is accused of witchcraft, he must confess or die for denying the manifest truth. The biggest fear expressed in this play was John Proctors' anxiety for the life of his wife, Elizabeth, rather
The emotions expressed throughout this play were tiring. The truth is hard to find when living in a Puritan Province. In this play, every person was guilty of each persons' emotions mentioned; their greatest emotion was fear, fear of God and the punishment that he has for all sinners.
than fear for his own safety. He told Abigail, the harlot that accused Elizabeth of witchcraft, when she accused his wife of witchcraft, that "if [she] did not free [his] wife [the next day, he was] set and bound to ruin [her reputation by telling of his act of lechery with her]." (p.151) His fear for his wife's' life was out of love for her. He knew that she was a good woman and would never have had any role in witchcraft.
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