Response to The Crucible Act I

I find The Crucible to be a really twisted story but also very real in many aspects. From Act 1 I know that Salem has a theocratic government which makes everyone introduced so far seem very crazy to me because you’re punished if you don’t go to church every day when you’re supposed to. Right in the beginning when Rev. Parris is introduced along with Betty to me he seems like he’s not even worried about her, he’s worried about his reputation; what people are going to think of him when they find out his daughter was involved in witchcraft . That relates to how society is today too because people are so afraid of how others perceive them or their families and are too scared to protect who they love for the right reasons. People like Rev. Parris, Tituba, Abigail and those known so far all have their morals messed up. How you going to want to kill someone just because they fired you? People in this story don’t think about the greater good or what “God” really wants from them.

Personally this story is just upsetting me because the environment and the characters are really ignorant and too self-absorbed. They think they’re doing what’s best, but in reality they’re doing the total opposite and they can’t tolerate other people’s views. It’s not even the religious aspect that upsets me, it’s the way people just can’t accept how others express themselves or are into whatever they are into. Like how they dislike the Indians because they didn’t believe in God. That too just ties into how the world is today.  I just want to know why witchcraft is associated with the Devil. 

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