Abigail Williams The Crucible Essay

What is a witch, you might ask yourself. A witch is a person who practices witchcraft, which are

forms of spells, rituals, and dark teachings. The way we interpret a witch in the modern time period is

someone with green skin and uses a cauldron and fly’s on a broom with a big pointy hat. But a witch

during the 17th century could be anyone who was accused and had evidence of being a witch. During the

story we see a lot of human moments when a character makes it about something more than just there

self.

During the year 1692 the Salem witch trials took place in colonial Massachusetts and led to the

death of a lot of innocent people. The start of the Salem witch trials or the cause was the girls and a

specific girl Abigail Williams began to accuse people of witch craft. Abigail’s main goal was to accuse

John proctors wife of
This shows he’s changing because he had an affair

with her and is now calling her a child. He is changing at a fast rate throughout the play. Johns actions

towards the ends of the play really bring out his humanity when he is around the whole town in the

water yelling god is essentially not real if he’s going to let this happen, and at the end he had a choice to

confess to being a witch and signed a letter saying he was then he tore it up because he wasn’t going to

lie and wanted to be himself and show he’s a good man.

I choose to write about John Proctor because he’s the character who really stood out and I felt a

connection with. He is a good man who stands for what his beliefs are and isn’t afraid to speak out of

term. The crucible and the Salem Witch Trials really teach people about humanity and how life is never

really what it seems and can be altered at any moment. The people with power dictate how things go

witch isn’t fair but that’s how life