The Crucible: Essay Topic—A major theme in the play is that although evil is present, goodness triumphs. This theme is
evident in the characters personalities and the actions resulting from their personalities. For this essay you will prove the
themeof the characters John Proctor and Reverend Parris and contrasting them.
The thesis must state two positive personality traits of one character and the two opposite, negative traits of the other,
and end by stating which character in the pair prevails by the plays end.
2. The first body paragraph’s topic sentence will state one character’s positive character trait.
3. The second body paragraph’s topic sentence will state the other chracters negative, opposing character trait.
4. The third body paragraph’s topic sentence will state the first character’s second positive character trait.
5. The fourth body paragraph’s topic sentence will state the second character’s negative trait.
6. The conclusion paragraph will state which character triumphs in the end.
7. Each body paragraph and the conclusion paragraph should contain two to three pieces of relevant evidence. Evidence
includes short or long quotes, paraphrases of quotes, or explanations of events.
