Examples Of Human Flaws In The Crucible

In The Crucible there are many factors that lead to the start of the witch trials, one of the main things was the imperfection of mankind/ human flaws which was a huge theme showed consistently throughout the book. The people of Salem held many flaws some being greedy, lying for their own good, and fear. The whole town of Salem was a greedy community and this was really shown through with Reverand Parris. Many characters in The Crucible also exhibited the flaw of lying for their own good, but one of the main people that started this trend in the book and consistently carried it through was Abigail. One other main character flaw showed throughout the book was fear, fear played a huge role in everyone's lives in Salem, Fear of being accused, of being killed, of losing someone they loved, and someone who showed this well throughout the book was John proctor. Greed: the intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. Greed was a huge cause and effect of the witch trials. Greed consumed everyone's life in Salem. Everyone always wanted something more than what they had, and they didn’t care who they took down in the process. Reverend Parris is a good example of this greed. Reverend Parris did not care who took down or got …show more content…
Johns biggest fear was his name being blackened/ his reputation being ruined. This display of fear started at the beginning of the book starting with him lying and trying to cover up what he did with Abigail he thought if he just said it did not happen he could erase it happening, he thought if he lied enough about it, then it was almost like it never happened which is not how things work at all, another example was him saying he committed adultery and that he committed sins but he would not let the paper he signed be hung up. Character flaws were such a big role in everyone's lives in The crucible, and fear was just one of