Homework 8th May

Throughout the introduction of reverend Hale in Act 1, Arthur Miller instills his beliefs of the devil onto the reader. As Arthur Miller is widely proclaimed as a moral writer, his views stem heavily from a Jewish background, which he imposes on the audience through the concept of the devil as a very real and identifiable being in the play. This is reflected in the quote from reverend Hale, "we cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise". He talks of Lucifer and his many faced lieutenants, meaning that the devil can come in any form. "It is as impossible for most man to conceive of a morality without sin", this demonstrates Miller's belief that it is impossible to be good without bad. He continues to discuss that when worship of the devil arrises, these people should be condemned because as reverend Hale says, "Until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven." Throughout the first Act Miller continues brings out the good and bad within people and displays that even deeply religious people have their own imperfections and beliefs.