The Crucible: Reputation

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How has the exploration of “The Crucible,” deepened your understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world?

Through exploration of “The Crucible”, my understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others and the world have definitely deepened. I feel like after reading through the play, I have been exposed to a lot of societal problems that we still face in our world today. The story really opened my eyes to how much a person’s reputation means to them. Also, the play really shined a light on the stigma behind the connection of power and fear within communities. Even though this specific story focused on a topic (Witchcraft) that does not exist that commonly, the behaviour of the characters mirrored people today. The way that Parris didn’t want to lose his reputation by having a bewitched daughter, the way Abigail made all of the other girls lie, etc. Reputation relates to identity because how we present ourselves to others is a part of who we are. Reading the book, I discovered the difference between someone’s true self and their reputation that they had pressure to maintain.

How have you personally connected to, “The Crucible?”

Similar to what I put in my project, I can really relate to some of the characters and their decisions in “The Crucible” All of the citizens all shared a common trait of wanting to maintain a good reputation in their small town as a good, holy man or woman. I feel like I can personally connect this with high school in a different way. Everyone in high school deep down wants to maintain a good reputation (whatever that means to them). As teenagers, we all push all of our good qualities forward and the more negative ones backwards. We want everyone around us to think only good things, so we sacrifice being honest and our true selves. This human desire is something that even I can relate to – even though I agree that honesty is more important. Idealistically, I would like to say that I am always 100% honest to myself but in some situations, I find myself wearing a “mask.” Just like Parris, Abigail and even Elizabeth Proctor

 

 

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