The treatments of homosexuals are easily compared to The Crucible during the Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible, shows how people can point at others, and how people judge others. Current legislative efforts to protect the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals include the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which would prohibit job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Crucible has a big significance of this book as a social commentary on human nature. There are many things that are alike on how homosexuals in today’s generation are easily comparable to the events during the Crucible.
Homosexuals are similar to the treatments of people accused of being witches. Abigail to John Proctor was trying to entice him into resuming their illicit affair. “I cannot sleep for dreamin'; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through some door”. Act I (page 23). People who have an affair can relate to the similarity between homosexuals and the Salem witch trials; due to the fact that people point fingers and judge one another in unacceptable ways. Reverend Hale told Elizabeth Proctor who was attempting to convince her to compel her husband into confession. He realizes his part in the whole affair and is trying to save lives in the only way possible. “Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up”. Act IV (page 132). Their beliefs are that people should only like the opposite gender due to what the Bible states. Danforth says to Francis Nurse who is trying to prove his wife is simply the victim of scheming townspeople. He is completely convinced by the girls and believes that the court is doing the work of God. “This is a sharp time, now, a precise time-we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Now, by God's grace, the shining sun is up, and them that fear not light will surely praise it”. Act III (page 94). This expresses the truth behind one’s own belief; meaning every person has a right to be who they believe they should be, and no one can control them. These similarities to homosexuals go beyond on how one person views another. Elizabeth Proctor explains to her husband why Abigail would continue to pursue him though he had ended the affair. She tells him that by sleeping with her, he made a commitment to her, at least in her eyes. “Spoke or silent, a promise is surely made”. Act II (page 61). This relates to the similarities due to the fact that people in a relationship can choose to do what they so choose and no one can stop them. Proctor to the men of the court in his last attempt to save his wife and prove the dishonesty of the girls. He reveals Abigail's motivation to see Elizabeth Proctor condemned. “She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore's vengeance, and you must see it”. Act III (page 110). The relationship to homosexuals is that people can express their true feelings in different ways and others need to accept that. John Proctor having decided to save his life by confessing to witchcraft refuses to accuse anyone else. He has been defeated by Abigail but will not join her ranks by hurting others. “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another”. Act IV (page 133). The comparison between the homosexuals in this case means people shouldn’t judge you by whole you are attracted to. This relates to the reality of homosexuals because they get talked to by others who think their decisions are wrong.
The Salem Witch Trials can be compared to The Crucible by Arthur Miller on how homosexuals are presented to the world. Arthur Miller shows example that relate to them and how the treatments are similar. The civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexuals, and transgender individuals seem to be judge due to the fact that they aren’t the same as every other person. Everyone has their opinion on how they attract to other people and they are treated differently. Many factors can impact the comparison of The Crucible to today’s generation on the discrimination against gender attraction.
Homosexuals are similar to the treatments of people accused of being witches. Abigail to John Proctor was trying to entice him into resuming their illicit affair. “I cannot sleep for dreamin'; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through some door”. Act I (page 23). People who have an affair can relate to the similarity between homosexuals and the Salem witch trials; due to the fact that people point fingers and judge one another in unacceptable ways. Reverend Hale told Elizabeth Proctor who was attempting to convince her to compel her husband into confession. He realizes his part in the whole affair and is trying to save lives in the only way possible. “Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up”. Act IV (page 132). Their beliefs are that people should only like the opposite gender due to what the Bible states. Danforth says to Francis Nurse who is trying to prove his wife is simply the victim of scheming townspeople. He is completely convinced by the girls and believes that the court is doing the work of God. “This is a sharp time, now, a precise time-we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Now, by God's grace, the shining sun is up, and them that fear not light will surely praise it”. Act III (page 94). This expresses the truth behind one’s own belief; meaning every person has a right to be who they believe they should be, and no one can control them. These similarities to homosexuals go beyond on how one person views another. Elizabeth Proctor explains to her husband why Abigail would continue to pursue him though he had ended the affair. She tells him that by sleeping with her, he made a commitment to her, at least in her eyes. “Spoke or silent, a promise is surely made”. Act II (page 61). This relates to the similarities due to the fact that people in a relationship can choose to do what they so choose and no one can stop them. Proctor to the men of the court in his last attempt to save his wife and prove the dishonesty of the girls. He reveals Abigail's motivation to see Elizabeth Proctor condemned. “She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore's vengeance, and you must see it”. Act III (page 110). The relationship to homosexuals is that people can express their true feelings in different ways and others need to accept that. John Proctor having decided to save his life by confessing to witchcraft refuses to accuse anyone else. He has been defeated by Abigail but will not join her ranks by hurting others. “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another”. Act IV (page 133). The comparison between the homosexuals in this case means people shouldn’t judge you by whole you are attracted to. This relates to the reality of homosexuals because they get talked to by others who think their decisions are wrong.
The Salem Witch Trials can be compared to The Crucible by Arthur Miller on how homosexuals are presented to the world. Arthur Miller shows example that relate to them and how the treatments are similar. The civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexuals, and transgender individuals seem to be judge due to the fact that they aren’t the same as every other person. Everyone has their opinion on how they attract to other people and they are treated differently. Many factors can impact the comparison of The Crucible to today’s generation on the discrimination against gender attraction.