Sunday, November 23, 2008

Crucible

Hale: "If you think God wills you to raise a rebellion, Mr. Danforth, you are mistaken!"(130)

Here Mr. Danforth says he must hang the people that were accused, and he cannot postpone it. But, Hale says that if Mr. Danforth is going hang this people it will cause a rebellion and God is not saying that. Mr. Danforth thinks he is doing God's work on the Earth and he has to hang this people for justice, but Hale says that this is not what God wants. He does not want a rebellion to start and if Mr. Danforth thinks that, he is wrong.
Why does Mr. Danforth thinks that he is doing God's work in the world?

Elizabeth: "John, it come to naught that I should forgive you, if you'll not forgive yourself. It is not my soul, John, it is yours."(136)

Here John is asking Elizabeth for forgiveness because he does not know any other way to ask for forgiveness but Elizabeth says that it's not her to forgive him, it's himself. Proctor has to forgive himself in order to be washed away of his sins. It doesn't really matter is Elizabeth will forgive him, he has to forgive himself first.

Does Proctor finally forgive himself at the end?

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