How have you personally connected to, “The Crucible?”
“The Crucible” explores many different themes that are not only reflect my life, but the life of those around me. For the project, Liza and I chose to explore power. I learned that in a lot of circumstances, power plays a role in my life, whether it is to choose what university I want to go to or who is right. It’s typically the person who voices themselves the best that has the ability to gain the attention of everyone and “win the battle”. Which makes me pose the question: ‘do they have the right to make a decision for the people who don’t know how to speak up?’. There has been a plethora of decisions that have been made during this plot, a few that made me questions the decisions I’ve made: ‘the decisions that I make, are they to benefit me or others?’; ‘do I consider my reputation when I choose to do something?’; or ‘has someone ever overruled my judgement, because they had a prejudice against me?’. “The Crucible” also allowed to me to reflect on two other main themes, peer pressure and reputation. These two work hand in hand in my reflection, because I believe when someone gives in to peer pressure, they are trying to save their reputation or simply ‘fit in’. I try my best not give in, but have I? Have I compromised my morals too ‘fit in’? I do not believe I have, but it’s also a possibility that I may be blind to it. This play has allowed me to consider the decisions that I’ve made and why I have made them.
How has the exploration of “The Crucible,” deepen your understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world?
“The Crucible” brings to light an abundance of themes that deepen my understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others and the world. Firstly, no identity is set in stone; for example, Parris in the beginning wanted to save his reputation, but towards the end of the story he chose his family. To me it seems as if we will never be able to fully understand someone’s thoughts or decisions. I know that people are difficult to analyze, but this play allows me to see that it’s a lot more difficult than I had believed. People do things to benefit themselves or sometimes they are just stubborn, but we really don’t know why they do things. There are so many sides to a person and everyone has a different view or opinion on everyone. Truth be told this is because people put on a different face for everyone trying constantly to ‘fit in’ and keep their ‘perfect reputation’. The world is complicated and messy, but it is also filled with love and decisions. No two people are the same and we are allowed to change ourselves, our opinions or our beliefs. Nothing is perpetual.
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