Throughout The Crucible we are introduced to and follow four or five important characters that Arthur Miller elaborated upon. One of those characters is Reverend Samuel Parris, a bitter minister who came to Salem for unclear reasons. That reason may have been he was looking for a small town to control, maybe he was trying to escape something or someone, or he may have just wanted a fresh, clean start; whatever that reason was it …showed first 75 words of 658 total…

…showed last 75 words of 658 total…his pedestal he finally realized all this was wrong. Maybe by the end of the novel he finally realized that he was wrong there were no witches, or it could have been he just wanted the satisfaction of Proctors confession; but whatever it was it really doesn't matter now all are dead and gone. Without Parris the Trails would not have escalated to what they became or just maybe they would have never even began.