Have you ever found yourself, fighting against a group, or government, for what's right? Have you been doubted, or persecuted, even if you told the truth? Then you would probably enjoyed the play "The Crucible", in which, a man fights against a town, and the court, to save his wife from hanging. However, the reason the author Arthur Miller wrote the play was a little deeper than you might Imagen. In his essay "Why I wrote 'The Crucible", he explains his motivation for "The Crucible". In the essay he referenced "The Crucible" when he suggested he is having marital troubles, like John and Elisabeth Procter. He stated it was an act of desperation ,like John Procter's desperate attempts to free his wife. Finally, he said he found hope in John Procter redeeming himself, as seen in the end of the play.
Initially, Miller wrote "The Crucible" because of his own marital problems, as seen in his "Why I Wrote the Crucible" essay. In the essay he states "My own marriage of twelve years was teetering and I knew more than I wished to know about where the blame lay."(Crucible Essay, 3). This connects to when John and Elisabeth Procter where fighting in their marriage; as seen in act 2 "I'll not have your suspicion any more" and "John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I …show more content…
In his essay he informs us "(John Procter) was a reassurance to me, and, I suppose, an inspiration"(Crucible Essay, 3), because John was able to redeem himself. John redeemed himself, in act 4; when he dies instead of living and condemning others. "They think to go like saints. I like not spoil their names."(Crucible, 537)., and "I see some shred of goodness in John Procter"(Crucible, 539). Basically, John Procter is not willing to confess others, to save himself, and in the end he sees himself as redeemed, just like Miller probably feels after writing. In a word, Miller was "redeemed" by "The