Avarice in the Crucible

Cambria Anderson Petersen AP English III/Period 3 11 November 2012 Avarice and Vengeance in The melting pot The play The Crucible takes correct during the capital of Oregon Witch Trials of the 1800s. Yet Arthur Miller does not give way the tragedy of the witch trials in the manner expected. Miller expresses the underlying causes of the accusations make as those stemming from somebodyal greed and the feeling of revenge. Abigail Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Putnam, and Reverend Samuel Parris all give their own agendas as to why they cry witch on others in their village.Miller outlines the accounting between Abigail Williams and crapper observe in title iodine Abigail was removed from the watch home by Elizabeth, Proctors wife, because of an engagement happening between her and Proctor. Because of this, Abigail harbors a hate and jealousy towards Elizabeth. In Act Two, a warrant was sent for Elizabeths arrest The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, sir. She sat to dinner part y in Reverend Parris house tonight, and without word nor warnin she falls to the floor.Like a strike beast, Parris says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear. And Parris goes to save her, and, stuck cardinal inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. And demandin of her how she set to be so stabbed, she testify it were your wifes familiar genius pushed it in. (Miller 79) Abigail knew that from the beginning of the witch scare that she could exact revenge on those who she snarl wronged her or took something from her, which would be the case of Elizabeth.Abigail knew Mary Warren made a doll, and was planning to give it to Elizabeth she also saw Mary Warren stun the needle back in. Abigail took advantage of the situation to provide seemingly confident(p) evidence of witchcraft on Elizabeths part. Through this, Proctor sees that payback runs these trials, and how easily sight turn on one another to submit what they want. Proctor also knows that Ab igails revenge has no limits she has no shame, and continuously believes that she is right, much like the character of her uncle, Reverend Parris.At this point, Proctor had to juggle property his past a secret from the public and protecting Elizabeth, as Abigail depart turn on anyone who wrongs her. Mr. Thomas Putnam and Mrs. Ann Putnam have a sorrowful history of losing their newborn children, while only having one that survives. Mrs. Putnam finds comfort in blaming their midwife, Sarah Osburn, for the deaths, saying, I begged Thomas not to call Osburn because I feared her. My babies always shriveled in her transfer (I. 50). Mrs. Putnam finds that crying witch on Goody Osburn would solve the murder of her children, except does not desire to take into account her own role in her pregnancy, being that Miller says she is fourty-five years old (I. 13). Mrs. Putnam, in a way, wants individual to feel the pain of losing seven children, being that she is a selfish adult female put ting her child in the dangers of witchcraft to find the identity of the person who killed her babies.Accusing someone of witchcraft, and potentially running their life, was the perfect way to exact her assert(prenominal) revenge. Although Reverend Parris never accused anyone of witchcraft, he refuses to defend Proctor of any charges brought up against him from insulting the court to claims of witchcraft. In Act Three, Parris takes Proctors depositions from Corey Giles and Mary Warren personally, warning Judge Danforth that since he come to Salem Proctor is blackening his name (110) and Proctors come to overthrow this court, Your Honor (97). out from trying to protect his reputation, Parris makes such allegations about Proctor in an feat to prove Proctor as an unreliable messenger. Parris wants to come out vengeance for what he feels Proctor has done to him, just as Abigail wants revenge on Elizabeth. But, these alleged wrong-doings have only come from Parriss mouth he seems t o have intercourse taking things personal when they come from Proctor, and the courtroom scene is the perfect place for Parris to return the hate he feels from Proctor.The Salem Witch Trials proved to be a time of tragedy and mass hysteria as accusations ran promptly through the small Massachusetts village. The source of the witchcraft charges came from the village peoples personal greed and want of retribution, as well as many other contributing factors. Abigail, Parris, and the Putnams all used this situation to their advantage, hoping to get some personal satisfaction out of their charges, thus ruining lives of their victims Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, and Sarah Osburn.