Examples Of Who's To Blame In The Crucible
Who’s To Blame - The Crucible
Suppose you are with a few of your friends and they want to go to a huge get-together, so you fall under peer pressure and tag along. You are the designated sober driver, while you are on your way to the party in your brand new car that your parents bought you, a deer runs out in front of you. Your car is totaled but you and your friends are ok. You call your parents and they freak out, saying that you are grounded until you become responsible. Who do you blame? Well, this was the question that was frequently asked during the time of the The Crucible. Having meet the characters that played a huge part in the book, John Proctor, who is a kind farmer in his middle thirties, but also a sinner because of an affair. Reverend Parris, minister of the Salem Church, who is always worried about his reputation and everything has to be about him. Abigail Williams, a beautiful seventeen year old teenager, who always thinks she is good and never the one to blame for anything. Thomas Putnam, who holds grudges and uses the Salem witch trials to increase his wealth by accusing people of witchcraft even if they are innocent. With all of the characters in The Crucible …show more content…
“Ann, tell Mr. Parris what you have done” (Miller 14). He is gullible to whatever he hears and also he wants Ann to tell the truth that way the witchcraft spell can end. If someone was accused of witchcraft he wouldn't let it go because he wanted revenge on everybody. He always has to have an input on anything that is said “She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name, Mr. Hale; that's a sure sign of witchcraft afloat” (Miller 35). Putnam would always tell others that the girls were involved in witchcraft and nobody should doubt it. Gullibility is an important flaw to blame Putnam for the salem witch trials because he will believe anything that he hears that involve witchcraft or do anything in his power to get them hanged or put into
Suppose you are with a few of your friends and they want to go to a huge get-together, so you fall under peer pressure and tag along. You are the designated sober driver, while you are on your way to the party in your brand new car that your parents bought you, a deer runs out in front of you. Your car is totaled but you and your friends are ok. You call your parents and they freak out, saying that you are grounded until you become responsible. Who do you blame? Well, this was the question that was frequently asked during the time of the The Crucible. Having meet the characters that played a huge part in the book, John Proctor, who is a kind farmer in his middle thirties, but also a sinner because of an affair. Reverend Parris, minister of the Salem Church, who is always worried about his reputation and everything has to be about him. Abigail Williams, a beautiful seventeen year old teenager, who always thinks she is good and never the one to blame for anything. Thomas Putnam, who holds grudges and uses the Salem witch trials to increase his wealth by accusing people of witchcraft even if they are innocent. With all of the characters in The Crucible …show more content…
“Ann, tell Mr. Parris what you have done” (Miller 14). He is gullible to whatever he hears and also he wants Ann to tell the truth that way the witchcraft spell can end. If someone was accused of witchcraft he wouldn't let it go because he wanted revenge on everybody. He always has to have an input on anything that is said “She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name, Mr. Hale; that's a sure sign of witchcraft afloat” (Miller 35). Putnam would always tell others that the girls were involved in witchcraft and nobody should doubt it. Gullibility is an important flaw to blame Putnam for the salem witch trials because he will believe anything that he hears that involve witchcraft or do anything in his power to get them hanged or put into