The Crucible. The question is how do greed and private motives of characters play a part in the novel and have consequences that extend into the lives of all the Salemites. Includes direct quotations.

The Crucible
Greed and private motives are considered to be commonplace in our society today. Several people who are driven by these infamous factors generally end up hurting themselves and the people around them. Several examples of extreme situations of greed and personal motives lie in the past. The list ranges from the gold-seeking explorers in the 1500's to the genocide in the Middle East nowadays. One particular example of the implication of private motives is the Salem witch trials. Arthur Miller wrote a book during the McCarthy era expressing these horrid events. In Arthur Miller'…