The Crucible
Themes
The following are the themes that we found in our study of The
Crucible. When working on your project you should refer to them and discuss
how they are applicable to historic and current events.
- The
need for social responsibility
- Societal
problems can often be traced to individual human feelings like greed,
vengeance, jealousy, and ambition
- Societies
often try to suppress individual freedom in order to maintain social order
- Often
people tend to think in “black and white”- good/evil, god/devil,
capitalist/communist
- Abuse
of power/authority
- Scapegoating
- Dehumanizing
opponents
- Fear
dives mass hysteria
- Intolerance
- Reputation
- Loss
of innocence
- Control/loss
of control
- Human
rights violations