The urge to be considered perfect is a commonly found desire among human beings. However, even some animals are not immune to such desires. A bird trying to attract the best mate in the forest by creating a perfect nest will fight to the death for a twig that it believes will make its nest excel above the others. The bird will even go so far as to break incubating eggs in a nest if it contains an object that the bird wants as its own. Likewise in humans, there are characters who strive for perfection to such an extent that they begin to consider ideology above humanity. In the plays The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and Macbeth, by Shakespeare, there are characters who fall prey to their desire to create a perfect life or a perfect society; therefore, it leads them to abandon their morals – something that makes a person human – and commit horrible acts. When individuals begin to put ideology before humanity, they become bitter and accusatory, begin to lose touch with reality, and create chaos and war. When a character strips away his humanity for the sake of ideology, all that remains is the ability to accuse. In the plays Macbeth and The Crucible, there are characters who are so obsessed with blaming others that they ultimately drive those individuals to believe that there are people who want to "corrupt" their perfect life or society. In The Crucible, Mary Warren, John Proctor's slave, discusses the council's condemnation of Sarah Good to John and Elizabeth, stating that she "never knew commandments" (Miller, 58). In Macbeth, the tortured hero agonizes over the witches' words, whispering to himself that: They proclaimed him father of a line of kings/ Upon my head they set a fruitless crown/ And they set a bar... in the center of paper. .....and of a “perfect” society, thus giving him peace. After the reign of such corruption, life will always be viewed differently. Weighing the ideals of perfection and power against the importance of humanity is something readers will also see in books and plays. However, in The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and Macbeth, by Shakespeare, the books depict a very similar but real version of society crumbling at the expense of a set of ideals. This causes an individual or group of people to become obsessed with eliminating those who might “corrupt” their idea of ​​a perfect life or society, causes them to lose their grip on reality, and although it causes unrest within society , brings an end to the suffering of others. Works Cited • Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.• Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. England, ND Print.