Character Flaw Of Hypocrisy in the Crucible
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The historic Salem Witch Trials all began with a character flaw of hypocrisy, which is shown in most societies. The town of Salem was a Puritan society that plays a major role in their beliefs and their laws. The hypocritical flaws of Salem end up destroying the town and its people. The hypocrisy of this society is shown in its church through its people and the governing judicial system.
The church of Salem and its religion are forever scared from the hypocrisy that invades the Puritan beliefs and its religion. John Proctor refuses to go to church, and does not even get his youngest child baptized due to his hate and lack of trust in Reverend Parris. Reverend Parris shows hypocrisy when he insists that the alter candles on the church podium be cast out of gold. In proctor's defense against the question asked by reverend hale asking him why he has not been to church as much as he should he tells hale "And it tells me that a minister may pray to God without he have golden candlesticks upon the altar" (856). This action goes against all that the Puritans believe in, and is why the Puritans broke away from the Anglican Church in the first place. John Proctor being a role model in the town of Salem that every one looks up to and begins to encourage people to his side and away from the conspiracy led by the courts and Reverend Parris, which exemplifies how the church has become a hypocrisy...