The Crucible: Emotion Vs. Reason

The Crucible: Emotion Vs. Reason
Many different themes are presented in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. Of those many themes, one of the more dominant ones is emotion versus reason. This theme is found throughout the play. It occurs when there is an internal struggle between the better decision or what is right and what is felt or done on the spur of the moment.
In The Crucible, emotion sometimes prevailed over reason. This is evident in Act III during the scene in the courtroom where Abigail and the other girls are frantically claiming that Mary Warren is afflicting them. The oth…