The Salem Witch Trials In The Crucible By Arthur Miller
The book The Crucible written by Arthur Miller takes place in the 1670's in Salem, Massachusetts. The book is about the event better known as “The Salem Witch Trials” that happened when a girl named Abby had a seizure and the people of Salem believed that she was cursed by a witch. So, Abby decided to take an advantage of what the people of Salem thought, she then began to chose people she did not like or what other people had against and she would call the people out as a witch. She just had to point her finger at someone and they would believe her. The people of Salem had two choices; they could either confess, sign a paper that went on the church's front door to show that they are choosing to be clean of witchery, or they could confess
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John Proctor, another character of the book, was a very confident yet sickening man when he had an affair with Abby, he hated what he did and tried to avoid her. He did have a wife named Elizabeth Proctor who was a nice woman and did know about the affair they had but didn't do much about it. In the end of the book, they are speaking to each other when Proctor says, “I will confess to them.”(Miller. 135). That is one of the most bravest things to do in the 1600's because they all are very scared to confess during this time when you have people who are strictly in the hands of God. Not too much further in the book is why John Proctor is one of the best characters in the book, he decides to stand up for himself when he tells Danforth, another character of the book, “I can! And there's your first marvel, that I can. You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to it from such dogs.” (Miller. 144). This is one of the most bravest scenes in history because John Proctor is showing that he is not cursed by any witch and keeps trying to tell Danforth that he is not a witch at all. John Proctor stood up for himself, everyone in the book did not try to stand up for their opinion at all, the people just said that they were not cursed by a witch at all, and then ended up
John Proctor, another character of the book, was a very confident yet sickening man when he had an affair with Abby, he hated what he did and tried to avoid her. He did have a wife named Elizabeth Proctor who was a nice woman and did know about the affair they had but didn't do much about it. In the end of the book, they are speaking to each other when Proctor says, “I will confess to them.”(Miller. 135). That is one of the most bravest things to do in the 1600's because they all are very scared to confess during this time when you have people who are strictly in the hands of God. Not too much further in the book is why John Proctor is one of the best characters in the book, he decides to stand up for himself when he tells Danforth, another character of the book, “I can! And there's your first marvel, that I can. You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to it from such dogs.” (Miller. 144). This is one of the most bravest scenes in history because John Proctor is showing that he is not cursed by any witch and keeps trying to tell Danforth that he is not a witch at all. John Proctor stood up for himself, everyone in the book did not try to stand up for their opinion at all, the people just said that they were not cursed by a witch at all, and then ended up