THE CRUCIBLE

Title: THE CRUCIBLE
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 585 | Pages: 2.5 (approximately 235 words/page)

THE CRUCIBLE

The Crucible examines the question of authority: who has the power and on what is that power based on? What is the proper use of authority, and what is abuse of power? The judges, Danforth and Hathorne, believe they get their authority from God because Massachusetts at this time was in a theocracy, which is a government made by God. But other people got their authority just because they made evil allegations. In this play …showed first 75 words of 585 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 585 total…you!” Parris is such a miserable man who is so insecure that he has to persecute others to save himself. These were some views of authority in The Crucible I think that the people who had these powers abused them just to get other people convicted so no one would ever go after them. This play examines the question of authority and anybody can get this authority and abuse it and get innocent people killed.

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