The Crucible By: Arthur Miller

In Arthur Miller's autobiography, Timebends, he writes that "the real story" of the Salem witch trials is to be found in "the breaking of charity" within a human community. I believe that "breaking of charity," means a breaking of loving and taking care of your fellow man. Many people, especially characters in a story or play, tend to be motivated to choose to breach this cultural norm. A character could want to save someone he …showed first 75 words of 303 total…

…showed last 75 words of 303 total…sins. "I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it." This quote allows the readers to know that John Proctor only speaks about what he knows is the truth; he doesn't go around and tell rumors about other people being witches. John Proctor's actions to get his point across about the witch-hunts did not involve a "breaking of charity." John Proctor was basically the "good guy" in this play.