Theme Of Justice In The Crucible

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Justice Justice is a central theme in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, particularly misjudgment committed by a large group of people towards a faction of the community. A similar case of misjudgment was committed during the Holocaust. The events of the Holocaust are similar to the mindset, hysteria, and negative effects that occur in The Crucible. One parallel between The Crucible and the Holocaust is the mindset of the people who were committing the atrocities towards the targeted groups of people. For example, “ ‘They were murdered Mr. Parris! And mark this proof! Mark it! Last night my Ruth were ever so close to their little spirits; I know it, sir.’ ”(Miller, pg. 16) This shows that Mrs. Putnam doesn’t believe that the children just died, she needed someone to blame. This is similar to the events of the Holocaust because Hitler wanted someone/something to blame for the fall of Germany. He picks the Jews. This is similar to the play because both Mrs. Putnam and Hitler need to put the blame on someone. The attitude of the “attackers” allows for what comes next-hysteria. Another similarity between The Crucible and the Holocaust is the…show more content…
“ ‘Is it true? There be fourteen women arrested?’ ‘No, sir. There be thirty-nine now -…’” (Miller, pg. 56) This expresses that because of Abigail Williams, there are many that are being accused and convicted. By her actions, lives of those people who were lost, affected the village. Giles got signatures of people who were sure that his wife and the other women were innocent. It meant that the people who signed, truly and might of cared. This is comparable to the events of the Holocaust by at the end of it, many Jews had died. Both situations end by having many deaths of innocent people. Unfortunately, the negative effects are what we remember the most, an sadly these kinds of events seem to happen a

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