Nailahni Thompson
Mrs. Farrell
English III Honors
13 February 2018
Reverend Parris: No Saving Grace Villains in action movies are the main antagonist to the story. They cause grief, destruction, and in more serious cases death. Though sometimes, viewers will root for them despite their heinous crimes, due to their likability. For example, the supervillain Loki from The Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the main antagonist throughout the Thor movies, often causing mischief and trouble for the protagonist, his brother Thor. Nevertheless, movie watcher can’t seem to fully hate him because of his tragic backstory and hidden love for his brother. However, this might not always be the case, villains like Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter have no likeable qualities at all. Voldemort attempts to commits mass genocide based on his prejudices. Like Harry Potter, The Crucible by Arthur Miller contains a character with no redeeming qualities: Reverend Parris. Parris’s selfishness, self-victimization, and malicious intent make him a non-redeemable character. His selfishness is a contributor to his lack of redeeming aspects. Parris demonstrates that he cares about his reputation more than his daughter. In Act 1 when Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris are bedridden, Thomas Putnam sends for Reverend Hale, because of his success in discovering a witch in another town. Insinuating witchcraft in the Parris household. The …show more content…
He is greedy and only cares about things that benefit himself. Parris is constantly paranoid in thinking everyone want to offend or attack him. He also uses brutality to get a confession from Tituba and uses coercion into jailing his enemies, like John Proctor. He constantly does things that deter a reader from searching for those admirable traits. Characters like Reverend Parris just simply have no saving
Mrs. Farrell
English III Honors
13 February 2018
Reverend Parris: No Saving Grace Villains in action movies are the main antagonist to the story. They cause grief, destruction, and in more serious cases death. Though sometimes, viewers will root for them despite their heinous crimes, due to their likability. For example, the supervillain Loki from The Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the main antagonist throughout the Thor movies, often causing mischief and trouble for the protagonist, his brother Thor. Nevertheless, movie watcher can’t seem to fully hate him because of his tragic backstory and hidden love for his brother. However, this might not always be the case, villains like Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter have no likeable qualities at all. Voldemort attempts to commits mass genocide based on his prejudices. Like Harry Potter, The Crucible by Arthur Miller contains a character with no redeeming qualities: Reverend Parris. Parris’s selfishness, self-victimization, and malicious intent make him a non-redeemable character. His selfishness is a contributor to his lack of redeeming aspects. Parris demonstrates that he cares about his reputation more than his daughter. In Act 1 when Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris are bedridden, Thomas Putnam sends for Reverend Hale, because of his success in discovering a witch in another town. Insinuating witchcraft in the Parris household. The …show more content…
He is greedy and only cares about things that benefit himself. Parris is constantly paranoid in thinking everyone want to offend or attack him. He also uses brutality to get a confession from Tituba and uses coercion into jailing his enemies, like John Proctor. He constantly does things that deter a reader from searching for those admirable traits. Characters like Reverend Parris just simply have no saving