Crucible And Clinton Similarities Essay, Research Paper

Arthur Miller?s The Crucible and the scandal surrounding President Clinton can

be compared in profusion. The old saying of history repeating itself is

certainly proved true in this state of affairs (no pun intended), proving the

timelessness of The Crucible. Key players utilized by Miller can be interpreted

into many notorious faces portrayed by the media encircling our fearless leader.

Although all comparisons are not players at all, but some merely concepts. The

most obvious comparison protrudes from this circumstance like a sore thumb. This

is the correlation between President Clinton and John Proctor. The primary

similarity in their characters is the act of unfaithfulness to their wives.

Each, different in status, is looked upon by their communities as leaders. Many

will follow in their example, which is exactly why Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth

Proctor both stood steadfastly by their husbands, regardless of how much

information each was given. For this reason of faithfulness in her husband,

Elizabeth Proctor attempted to protect John by deceiving the court concerning

the adulterous crime her husband committed. This deception was committed under

oath in the court. In the same way, Clinton attempted to deceive the court and

the American public in regard to his affairs with Lewinsky. His fib was orated

under oath in the court also. Both fabricated to cover for one?s actions.

Proctor did this to conceal her husbands condemned actions. Clinton did this to

conceal his own condemned actions. Abigail Williams and Monica Lewinsky are both

united as the temptresses. They each saw what they desired and aggressively

sought after it with complete disregard for the fact that it did not belong to

them. Abigail Williams saw John Proctor as a noted man in the community that she

wished to pursue a relationship with. She had no intention to lose him by him

being hanged in the end. Similarly, Lewinsky observed Bill Clinton as a powerful

man she coveted for herself. She probably never intended to sacrifice him to the

court as she did. This terrible twosome lusted after something that was legally

nor biblically theirs and lost it in the end. The media is a fiercely

authoritative force. Innumerable people are convinced that what the media

portrays as the truth, must be. Likewise, Kenneth Starr is a commanding man.

Those who do not understand his legalese, accept what he says as truth out of

ignorance. In Miller?s The Crucible, an array of girls acted with the skill of

the media and Starr. Many did not comprehend how such an assembly of fine young

women could lie, so they accepted what was presented before the court as truth.

The two portrayals of power exemplify how once someone finds a weakness in a

gathering, they prey upon that, leaving none excused. The Devil is associated

with anything evil. In the same manner, sexual implications are treated

accordingly. Such topics are socially improper to address in public, much less

conduct. In The Crucible, countless people were said to have been seen with the

Devil. As aforementioned, the Devil is present in all evil acts. Adultery, as

displayed in the actions of President Clinton, is regarded an evil act,

therefore the Devil is present. The collation between the Devil and sexual

conduct is that it is the subject-matter of local conversation and gossip, but

when it becomes personal the great veil is drawn. As a result of this

juxtaposition, the likeness between Arthur Miller?s The Crucible and the

scandal surrounding President Clinton is clearly demonstrated. A plethora of

instances have been displayed from Elizabeth Proctor to the Devil. The

immortality of The Crucible is ceaseless. History is a series of events with no

beginning, nor end; bound to repeat itself sooner or later. The only variances

are the people and the circumstances, but analyzed down to chief principles are

repetitions.

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