Education In The Crucible

“He’s come to overthrow this court!”(85) the acidic words were spat out by the Reverend while the veins in his neck protruded. His eyes hazed as he became consumed by his valiant effort to silence the voice of John Proctor. Reverend Parris was determined to save his reputation at the cost of others lives. The prayer of the poor and the helpless became muddied as the accusations of the girls grew louder. It condemned numerous souls, on false pretenses to further the sickening personal agenda of the entitled. Parris along with Judge Hathorne, Thomas Putnam, and Danforth are the greatest offenders of this way of life. They used the fact that the society had constricted itself to only the words of The Bible to take advantage of the citizens of Salem. The deeply immersed religious characteristics have formed the society to consider any other writing or education intolerable. The paucity of education within The Crucible caused vulnerability in their society and sanctioned them to become susceptible to an inequitable and corrupt trial for the citizens of Salem by only following the teachings of the bible. If they had a greater perspective and focused on logic rather than superstition then the trails

Salem was centered and ruled by their holy scriptures and by those in power to corrupt the interpretations that they held. The trial held no succinct proof, and it provided no description or definition of a witch yet there were dozens that were pronounced guilty. The only defense that seemed to hold up against the trials was John Proctor separation from the church but even that was not enough. The profoundly drenched religious qualities have framed the general public to exile any other written work. Therefore, allowing the preceding series of events to emerge, and the absence of education was the focal issue, that made the difference between life and