“The Ultimate Value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival” (Aristotle). The Crucible was about the Salem witch trials which took place in 1692. Several young girls Cried that they were afflicted by witchcraft/ The devil, starting with Reverend Paris's daughter Betty. The afflicted girls accused people in the town of witchcraft, often choosing victims that were too poor to defend themselves or, wealth to take their land, livestock. Arthur miller he was born in October 1915 in New York City to a women's clothing manufacturer, who lost everything in the economic collapse of the 1930s. Living through young adulthood during the Great Depression, Miller was shaped by the poverty that surrounded him. The Depression demonstrated to the playwright the fragility and vulnerability of human existence in the modern era. The message that Arthur miller is Trying to portray through his character’s value life and will and go above and beyond just to save their own lives. …show more content…
Everybody Values Something and in this Play “The crucible” Arthur Miller shows his value of life. In which he expresses fluently throughout the play through his characters. He shows valuing something may be expressed in many ways, such as lying to somebody and putting another in danger, caring for somebody and their safety, or just fighting for another’s life because its merely principle. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being”