In the second act of The Crucible, there were many characters mentioned. Arthur Miller did a good job of including people of all different personality types in the story. All of the characters were very different though. They all had different personalities. In many cases today, the personality of a person is referred to as a color. There are gold, green, blue, and orange personalities. I am more of a blue personality. I tend to be the one who is always upbeat, personable, and dramatic. I feel like many of the characters in the second act of The Crucible had different "colors." There were not two characters that were the exact same, but they had similarities.
One of my favorite characters was Elizabeth. She is Proctor's wife, and she is definitely a people pleaser. I think she is more of a blue personality, but with a hint of gold. She is almost ashamed of herself when she forgets Proctor's cider for his dinner (Miller 51). She also wants Proctor to just tell someone about what Rebecca told him (Miller 53). In this, I feel like she just wants to do what is right, which is kind of being blue. She does not want anything bad. Overall, I feel Elizabeth is more a blue, but with a tad of green.
Mary Warren, the Proctor's servant, is definitely an orange. She is going to do what she wants to do when she wants to do it. I feel like it would be hard to be a servant with an orange personality because you get told what to do all of the time, and you can not argue with it. But Mary Warren stands her ground when going up against Proctor. She tells him, whether he likes it or not, she is going to be going to the court everyday (Miller 58). She is definitely a strong orange personality.
Cheever has a gold personality. He does what he is told no matter what (Miller 72). I do not think that his personality really shines through too much, but he definitely likes things set out straight for him and then he can accomplish them, if that makes sense. Hale also has a gold personality in my opinion. He does what he is told, and goes along with other people. Gold, in my opinion, is the one who does what they are told, but also is sometimes uneasy of it. Although he does want to say it, he tells Elizabeth how she is accused of murder (Miller 76). I feel like this shows how he does not want to do something, but it is something that he must do. Gold personalities are very complicated in my opinion.
Overall, there were many different personalities in the second act of The Crucible. Like in today's world, no two people are exactly the same. In my eyes people can be have the same "color" personalities, but it is impossible to have exactly the same. In The Crucible, many of the characters are similar with their "color," but none are exactly alike.
Miller, Arthur. The Crucible: a Play in Four Acts. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin, 1976. Print.
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