A reputation is something good or bad, no in between. In The Crucible one makes up their own reputation with the choices life presents them, and these are what determine their worth. You are only respected and heard if you bare a good, religious lifestyle. This can also be true in modern life. If you are just as educated as a fellow peer, but smoked marijuana once or twice, who are people more likely to trust even if that incident is buried in the past. I believe it is more of a trust issue. A reputation is something important to some extent. Obviously if a person once chose to make bad decisions this will be taken into account for applying to something very important. To me, reputation is a guideline. You can acknowledge that this person …show more content…
But that moment came to an end. And is possible in the back of someone's mind. I, myself have never changed the reputation of another person. For I believe that no matter what you have the final say in your actions. It is your consent that allows your body to unfold into the actions that it will be known for. You may be inspired, curious, peer pressured, but you have that final say. A reputation is something you can choose to live with and be okay with, and if you're not okay with what people associated you with than you can beat the odds and make up your own reputation. And the funny thing about time, as the Cloak will tell you it can only tick on. So, in time people will not even remember who you once were. Yet, do not base your life off other people’s ideals, if what you're doing is pleasing you than you shouldn’t care what other people say. The only hard [part is, is to understand if what you are doing is actually pleasing yourself. This can be said in terms of The Crucible. Everyone acts out of fear and religion to please someone. The people are so driven by this that they have forgotten who they are even
?What is left when honor is lost?? Publilius Syrus' quote, though dating from 100 B.C., still seems pertinent to our era (Quotations). Many people still feel that once integrity is lost they are nothing and many are willing to stand up to keep their integrity. Without integrity, we are nothing. During the time that Arthur Miller wrote his most famous play, The Crucible, innocent men and women are accused of having Communist leanings. Their whole lives are ruined in a short amount of time because they refuse to compromise themselves by selling out their friends. Miller tries to make a statement about these unfair trials by comparing them to the Salem witch-hunts and trials of 1692. The main protagonist of his play is a man named John Proctor who is accused of witchcraft but stands up to maintain his name and his honor, even though he is hanged for it. During the H.U.A.C. trials some took stands for their beliefs with the knowledge of possibly being shunned by society. Knowing this, instead of taking the cowards' way and giving the names of their friends, they refuse to tell the committee anything in the same way that John Proctor stands up against a court that is ruining the lives of innocent people.
Honor, dignity, and integrity are traits that are becoming more and more rare in our society. The Crucible, a play written in 1952 by Arthur Miller, is based on the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and parallels the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 1950s. In the play, Miller attempts to focus his themes around traits such as honor, dignity, and integrity, and as a result, the theme "is it better to die honorably or live dishonorably" becomes vital to the story and well conveyed throughout it. The characters that exemplify this idea are John Proctor and Giles Corey, both of whom die by the end of the play, and Reverend John Hale and Abigail Williams, who live through the trials.
From the very start of the text we can see that reputation is a key factor in Salem, it is first noticed at the beginning of act one, when Reverend Parris’s daughter is sick due to unknown reasons, however this particular detail does not show that reputation is a motivating factor. It is the fact that Parris had found Betty dancing in the woods with various other girls from the village and at least one of them were naked. This event could prove Betty practising witchcraft, but also be the reason for her falling ill. Shortly after this event it is revealed to the reader that Parris is ashamed to call witchcraft in the “holy” town of Salem, let alone his own household, he states that he has “enemies” that if they find out this information would
If doing the right thing meant going against everything you believed in, would you do it? In Arthur Miller’s the Crucible many characters have to decide whether to do what they believe in or whether to act solely on their harsh Puritan teachings. Courage and integrity are displayed throughout the Crucible to show that even in times of hysterical fear and scathing accusations people still have the power to be virtuous. Within the theme of courage and integrity three characters stand out showing incredible morality: Reverend Hale, John Proctor, and Elizabeth Proctor.
Did integrity hold value to any? In 1953, the captivating play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller focused over the subject of witchcraft. While in the town of Selm, many were accused of wicked witchcraft. Citizens of Salem, confessed to black magic because the individual rather lie and be blessed by God, then to be hung for being charged with witchcraft. Certainly some may believe the principle of honesty can mean that it is better to die an honest man, rather than to live dishonestly.
As far back as the Old Testament, the topic of reputation has been, and continues to be, weaved into story lines. The protagonist in a story is quickly identified through the author’s characterization as being a “good guy” or a “bad guy.” The technique used by the writer can be either direct, using the narrator, another character, or the main character themselves, or it can be deduced by the audience through observing the characters actions, manner of speech, interaction with others, and appearance. Once established, the storyline observes the ability of the protagonist to maintain, destroy, or enhance their reputation. The great play writer William Shakespeare demonstrates the difficulties the characters in his plays experience in maintaining a good reputation, greatly due to the outside influences of others. An examination of the impact influence, through the wording of William Shakespeare and from a historical perspective, can have on ones repute, as shown through Shakespearean character Mark Antony from Antony and Cleopatra, will illustrate that a good reputation, while difficult to obtain, is even harder to maintain when left on its own accord.
Reputation arises from the expectations that people around us have. Oftentimes, we are vulnerable to our own reputation because we either strive to embody the person that other’s think we are or we strive to prove we are more than what other’s think we are. Individuals are susceptible to the opinions of others and will direct their pursuit of goals towards proving themselves. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini suggests that when an individual’s pursuit of goals is preceded by the expectations of others, they will attain feelings of vulnerability because they fear that their reputation may become accurate. Moreover, the individual will aspire to become more than their given reputation causing them to direct their goals towards furthering the
Many people believe that teenagers are reckless, rude, and untruthful human beings. It seems that teenagers are always under the pressure to “look cool,” and not do anything embarrassing. Reputation means a great deal to many high schoolers, because it seems that you only get one chance to make a good impression. In the Crucible, Abigail and the other girls fear that their reputation will be destroyed if the would be known as witches. Teenagers today have so much pressure on themselves. They have to get good grades, to get into their choice of college. They also are under the pressure to have and keep a good reputation, just as Abigail and the girls of Salem had to keep theirs.
The concepts of societal reputation are heavily present in King Lear as well as The Things They Carried. As seen in the latter text, reputation is conveyed as key element to a person’s way of life in the platoon as O’Brien declares that “They carried their reputations. They carried the
Having a reputation is unavoidable. People will always make subconscious judgments of you which will affect their opinion even if there is no base behind it. However, letting it conform your personal identity and conscience is something that any individual can do. Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a perfect example of this idea. Boo was assigned his father’s reputation by society; cruel and cold. However, even in the solidarity of his home, he chose to define himself as he pleased and refused to let the reputation handcuff him into being someone that he’s not. A similar situation has happened to myself, with the reputation of being a nerd likewise being chained to me. However, I could consciously refuse to allow that to define who I believe I am. This leads me to believe that even though any individual may have a distinct reputation forced upon them, they always have the
Our reputations are beliefs and opinions that are held by our friends, family and even complete strangers about bout us. Someone’s reputation determines how they will be seen before even meeting them, almost like a first impression. Which is why your reputation is something you need to handle with care and protect, however some will go to extremes in doing this for instance the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. It is a look into what it was like back in the 1800’s during the Salem witch trails. During this play Miller makes the strong argument of the importance of reputation and the countless ways people will protect it. In the play this occurs with many of the characters some more than others yet it’s of importance to everyone in some way or another. The protection of one’s reputation also occurs outside of the play, an example of this would be in politics and sports. In the play The Crucible, Author Miller makes the argument that reputation is incredibly important and people will go to great lengths such as betrayal and lying to protect it, quite often ones morality will become altered when protecting their reputation.
Reputation: the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally. Our personal reputations are based off our own personalities, acts, or qualities. In the epic poem of Beowulf, each character has developed some kind of their own reputations based on their actions. The reputation they built themselves is important to the many different characters of Beowulf. The way we look at reputations today relate but also differ to the way they are looked at or depended on in Beowulf.
In Shakespeare's Othello, reputation is one of the main themes that is expressed. Every characters reputation played a vital role in how and why certain events were played out. For instance, Iago analyzed each individual's reputation, found their weaknesses, and used them to his advantage. Characters like Iago, Cassio, Desdemona, and Othello were all concerned with their reputations throughout the tragedy. If the concern of each characters reputation was not part of Othello, then the story and events that took place would have played out differently.
When a major corporation suffers a reputation crisis, reputation management is vital for minimizing the damage. Company executives must apologize, then explain what happened, without making excuses and blaming others. This seems obvious is anyone in the reputation management industry, however, it's not always obvious to executives who see shifting the blame as a way to insulate upper management from repercussions. It's the equivalent of a young child being scolded for fighting, and then claiming that it is not their fault because the other child started it.
Reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. A famous American poet once said: “Oh reputation dearer far than life”. James Russell Lowell highlights the importance of reputation by declaring it more important than even human life itself. This idea is also found in ‘The Crucible’ as many characters will be challenged between telling the truth and dying, or saving their reputation. In ‘The Crucible’, this theme beholds a key position in the unrolling of the story as an impression of control over the outcome of people’s lives is created by its importance.