In the text The Crucible, Parris exclaims ¨Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character.”(Miller 11 ) In this sentence we can obviously see that Parris only cares about his own image and what others will think of him. Instead of asking what he can do to help Abigail, and suffers from egotism throughout the whole book. In act four Parris then proclaims, “Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house - a dagger clattered to the ground. Silence. You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!” (Miller 128). In The Crucible, Parris is wanting all of the witches to be captured and hanged for their doings, but as soon as he is threatened himself he doesn’t want the trails to go through anymore. This continues to entertain the idea that Reverend Parris doesn’t in fact care what is going on unless it involved himself in a certain way. Parris never ends up changing his ways, and in fact continues to, when placed under pressure, choose the best option that suits himself or keeps himself safe from