Crucible Theme Essay

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The crucible is a play that has many different characters with different morals, values, and personalities. Also this play provides a many different themes throughout the story. For instance there is honesty, self interest, hatred, puritan ethics, and revenge. My personal favorite is self interest. I think self interest goes with the character Abigail really well because that mainly all she cares about in the first three acts. So the pair that I pick is self interest and Abigail. A theme is the subject or matter of a conversation, book, or play. It also shows you how characters change through out the story. The theme I choose is self-interest. Self-interest is the taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences of others. I thought this would be a good topic to discuss in this essay because a lot of characters in this play only care about themselves. The character I feel that best represents this theme is Abigail. She does anything to get her way, for instance, lying in court to put Goody Proctor in jail because she is in love with her husband John Proctor. A good example to support this is on page 177 when Abigail states “I know how you clutched my back behind you house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream of that? It’s she that put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you love me then and you do now!” Another example is when Elizabeth states on page 197 “Spoke or silent, a promise is surely made, and she may dote on it now- I am sure she does – and thinks to kill me, then to take my place.” All Abigail wants is John for herself. Abigail may be the main character that represents this theme but there are two more characters that have shown self- interest; John Proctor and Marry Warren. John Proctor has been selfish when he cheated on his wife in the barn when Elizabeth
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