How Do the Events of Acts 2 and 3 Reveal the Problems Individuals Face with Belonging in Salem.
The individuals of Salem all have the need to belong and this leads to the problem of manipulation which is used to earn the characters status and increase their reputation. In Salem reputation is important and many of the characters will go to extremes to protect their reputation epically those members of the theocracy. The theocracy is an unjust system which punishes all the wrong people for all the wrong reasons. These problems are what leads to the ultimate tragedy and kills many people in Salem.
Manipulation is a constant theme of the play, it is the protagonist of the hysteria in Salem and is used as weapon by Abigail to gain herself power and authority. At the beginning of the play manipulation is used by Abigail and the girls to get themselves out of trouble but as the play progresses so dose manipulation and hysteria. Manipulation is no longer used to get the girls out of trouble, it is being used to accuse people of witchcraft and sentence people to their deaths. 'And folks are brought before them, and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor-the persons clapped in jail for bewitchin' them.' This is a problem that the individuals face because the characters have to live with the constant fear of being accused of witchcraft and if they are accused there is nothing that they can do to defend themselves. If they are accused death is on the table unless they confess, but confessing means lying which is a sin so the good people of Salem who are devoted to god have to either chose to die or lye and sin against god.
Reputation is a common problem that individuals face thought acts one and two, it influences the decisions made by the Characters and their actions. Abigail is an unmarried orphan girl but after the events of act one she is now considered godly and is respected and has a huge increases in status and reputation. 'She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Abigail brings the other girls into court, and where she
Manipulation is a constant theme of the play, it is the protagonist of the hysteria in Salem and is used as weapon by Abigail to gain herself power and authority. At the beginning of the play manipulation is used by Abigail and the girls to get themselves out of trouble but as the play progresses so dose manipulation and hysteria. Manipulation is no longer used to get the girls out of trouble, it is being used to accuse people of witchcraft and sentence people to their deaths. 'And folks are brought before them, and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor-the persons clapped in jail for bewitchin' them.' This is a problem that the individuals face because the characters have to live with the constant fear of being accused of witchcraft and if they are accused there is nothing that they can do to defend themselves. If they are accused death is on the table unless they confess, but confessing means lying which is a sin so the good people of Salem who are devoted to god have to either chose to die or lye and sin against god.
Reputation is a common problem that individuals face thought acts one and two, it influences the decisions made by the Characters and their actions. Abigail is an unmarried orphan girl but after the events of act one she is now considered godly and is respected and has a huge increases in status and reputation. 'She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. Abigail brings the other girls into court, and where she