The Crucible Men of God

The Crucible: Men of God Men of God? The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play in which the Red Scare from the 1950's is paralleled to the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. It contains a wonderfully developed plot, which displays society's flaws by establishing a good versus evil scenario. Miller creates characters to fuel the evil and others that evolve to show the outbreak of good. Two of these characters are Reverend Samuel Parris, and …

…men shared some of the same disgusting characteristics, but by the fall of the curtain of the last act, there was no question as to which man was now with God. Parris' consumption with a good reputation and power left him with a blemished reputation and unemployed. Hale did the right thing, and although he may have not been rewarded, he was not punished either. Certainly in this play, the good prevailed over the evil.