The Crucible Argumentative Essay
If the only way to save your life was to blame an innocent member in your community, would you? In The Crucible, Arthur Miller expresses the acts of finding a scapegoat through John Proctor and Reverend Hale juxtaposed to Abigail, the girls and some of the accused. Many of the accused “witches” admit to being a witch and save their own lives by offering the names of other witches in the community. If the accused claim they are not witches, they will be hanged for witchcraft, but if they confess and desire God’s forgiveness, their lives will be spared. “HALE: You have confessed yourself to witchcraft, and that speaks a wish to come to Heaven’s side. And we will bless you Tituba.” (Page 43).
Imagine a young puritan girl out in the dark woods with her friends and a slave; dancing joyously around a warm pot when suddenly, everyone hears an angry shout and most scatter. Abigail, a group of other puritan girls and Tituba a slave danced in the woods, participating in hoodoo when Abigail’s uncle, one of the other girls dancing in the woods father, caught them and yelled. When the girls were caught by Parris, most scattered, but a couple fell faint, including Betty, Parris’ daughter. With two Puritan …show more content…
“It had taken exactly three hundred years for the state to acknowledge its responsibility for all those who died.” (Page vii). Over the years people realized there were never witches in Salem, there was only a group of girls trying to get out of trouble, but took it too far. Abigail influenced the rest of the girls to lie along with her so they wouldn’t get in trouble for dancing in the woods. “ABIGAIL: Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all…” (Page 19). It is easy to quickly fall to the temptation of blaming another person for something they didn’t do, which is exactly what happened in
Imagine a young puritan girl out in the dark woods with her friends and a slave; dancing joyously around a warm pot when suddenly, everyone hears an angry shout and most scatter. Abigail, a group of other puritan girls and Tituba a slave danced in the woods, participating in hoodoo when Abigail’s uncle, one of the other girls dancing in the woods father, caught them and yelled. When the girls were caught by Parris, most scattered, but a couple fell faint, including Betty, Parris’ daughter. With two Puritan …show more content…
“It had taken exactly three hundred years for the state to acknowledge its responsibility for all those who died.” (Page vii). Over the years people realized there were never witches in Salem, there was only a group of girls trying to get out of trouble, but took it too far. Abigail influenced the rest of the girls to lie along with her so they wouldn’t get in trouble for dancing in the woods. “ABIGAIL: Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all…” (Page 19). It is easy to quickly fall to the temptation of blaming another person for something they didn’t do, which is exactly what happened in