Who passed and failed the crucible
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Passing and Failing are two words that yet so close together, have a very thick line between them. One way www.dictionary.com defines the word passing, is "To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted." When searching for the word failing, the same site defined the word as "To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired; to be baffled or frustrated." In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, there are many trials ands tests taking place, some in which people fail, others in which people pass. These trials were more than just tests occurring to convict the innocent of witchcraft; these are personal tests, which many of the characters have to go through.
Two of the plays main characters Thomas Putnam, and his wife Goody Putnam are put through a test that tested them as good-natured people. Putnam always believed he was a man of great power, but he never quite got the power he was looking for. When word came around the town of Salem that witchcraft may be about, Thomas Putnam uses this as a doorway out of his failure and life, and uses this as a chance for power, and a chance achieve revenge on his wrongdoers...