Good Vs. Evil In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

“The Crucible” is a dramatic playwright of the late 1600’s during the salem witch trials, which was written by Arthur Miller, a famous author in the 1900’s. In this book, Miller emphasized the drastic events occurred, and hectic accusations of witchcraft filed towards the two characters-- Betty and Abigail(Betty being Parris’ daughter and Abigail, Parris’ niece).
Salem, in 1692, a population of Puritans who viewed the world in terms of good vs. evil. Having a theocracy government system; God being the true leader of their society, everyone was a follower of his word and cherished the Holy Bible, as Christians. The entire play is about the disagreement on the discussion of the rules of conducts between right and wrong, but in this case, good

evil”. The whole village believes in the conflict between good vs, evil, or God vs. Satan. Repeatedly, people are accused of practicing witchcraft. Tituba confesses, claiming she wanted to be a good Christian and stop hurting people, but she had to recant the Devil. Mary Warren accuses Proctor of making her sign the “Devil’s Book” and she’s a true follower of Christ. Another theme is “The Supernatural”. The supernatural is real to the people of the entire village. They see evidence of God’s work and the Devil’s, everywhere, yet nobody has witnessed the spirits, except the girl who claimed they have. The author identifies the Devil as people-- greedy people, good people, misled people, some jealous, some vengeful, and others evil. An additional theme of this play would be Religion, which is interlinked into everyday life in Salem. The townspeople practice christianity centered on a set of clearly defined rules, for example, (1)going to church every Sunday, (2)not working on the Sabbath day, (3)believe the gospel, (4)respect the minister’s word as if it was God’s, and so on. The people accused of practicing witchcraft, even those good and respected, and highly religious like Rebecca Nurse, would be put to death. No one is excluded from such punishments.
John Proctor, the protagonist in the first two Acts of the play, was a disloyal man--he cheats on his wife and he can’t remember the ten commandments even though he attends church

She confesses to practicing witchcraft and exposes the names of the other girls associating with the Devil. Following Abigail’s orders, the girls make false accusations to other citizen women of Salem. After Abby founds out about Tituba confessing, she threatens the other girls not to tell the truth more of what she already said. She opens up to Proctor and lets him in on a secret that Betty was never really ill, she was just afraid when Parris found out about her being a witch. She then wants him to reveal his love for her, but he denies her and suggests that she forget him. The girls are then instructed to stop blaming the town’s less prominent citizens and point the finger at the religious and respectable women. When Elizabeth hears about this, she tells Proctor to speak about it in court, and Abby gets upset for Elizabeth involving herself, so she frames her for practicing witchcraft. Abby frames her by telling authorities she has tools at her house, which were there when they went to check. Elizabeth was