The Crucible Rough Draft

The Crucible Rough Draft

Charity was the highest form of love in the 17th century. Puritans tried to live their lives by behaving like God by treating others with love and kindness which was an important factor to being saved. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the breaking of charity was shown by Abigail’s fear of punishment, Giles Corey’s suspicions, and Judge Danforth selfishness. These were the reasons the community began to fall apart since the Puritans failed to reason with their religious ideas and the real story behind these trials.

Abigail was a girl who got caught dancing in the woods and would have faced terrible punishment if she did not lie and threatened the girls to go along with her. She committed the breaking of charity by blaming innocent women to save her from fear of being punished. This caused many women to be falsely accused and hanged while she uses her new power. At the end of the story, Abigail steals Reverend Parris’ money and runs away with Mercy Lewis breaking her ties with the broken village of Salem.

Giles Corey is an elder of Salem and breaks charity between the relationship of his wife and himself. Reverend Hale is summoned to investigate the claims of witchcraft in the village and through a simple conversation Giles Corey shares private information about his wife that he would later regret. He admits to Reverend Hale that he does not trust his wife because she reads strange books, which breaks the bonds of marriage. Instead of accusing and mistrusting her, he should have considered the real situation first. Martha Corey then gets accused of being a witch because of Giles’ suspicion.

Judge Danforth breaks charity by wanting to protect his reputation and his lack of solving the real truth behind the Salem witch trials. He refuses to postpone the hangings of the accused villagers because the townspeople might think that he does