Monday, February 8, 2010

Why are the authorities in ';The Crucible'; unwilling to admit to false accusations?

In Authur Miller's The Crucible, why are the judges and authorities reluctant to admit the witch accusations were all false even though they know they are? I know they are trying to save their reputation... but why else?Why are the authorities in ';The Crucible'; unwilling to admit to false accusations?
Joshua M is correct, but there is also more to the story. John Proctor, everyone is the tragic hero of the play, and his tragic flaw is his pride. The court knew for a fact that everything was false, and that with Mary Warrens deposition it proved everything. One of the main points is that they were afraid of the girls, and the fact that the court just couldn't believe that the court could have been fooled. The judge, along with Paris, was mainly concerned with their reputation. The judge had condemned 1,000 people and didn't want to look like a fool. Then when mary accused John about him being the devil's right hand man, he agreed to it because he knew it had to stop somewhere and he had to be the one to stop everything. That's why he's our tragic hero, and his tragic flaw was his pride because he wouldn't let the judge put his name on the door for the town to see. He was too proud. We just recently took a test on this, and I recieved an A.Why are the authorities in ';The Crucible'; unwilling to admit to false accusations?
Fear of losing power - they put a lot of energy into convincing people that they make accurate decisions and that they have society's best interest at heart. In real life, it was their fear of losing the electorate, there's always an election coming up.

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