Tituba Sparknotes

Tituba Analysis During the salem witch trials, there was a contentiousness of accusers and accused of witchcraft which created a great disproportionate disparity between the empowered and the inaudible or unintelligible. Tituba, a black slave from barbados, was one of those inaudibles that was accused of witchcraft. She as an individual suffered from a miserable life of poverty and excommunication.
In the community Tituba was not viewed very highly. She worked for Reverend Parris as a slave taken away from her home land. “His negro slave enters Tituba...Parris brought her with him from Barbados...” (Applebee et al 169). She had limited free time to have a social status because of her work. Slaves in general were the lowest social class possible. Economically she was poor and did not get pay. At most she was the opposite of immaculate.
Tituba suffered great calamity from working at her age. “Tituba is in her forties.” (Applebee et al 169). Getting that old, having no social activity, and being a slave, created a depressing attitude. When Tituba was accused of witchcraft she had no one to vouch for her innocence. Spouses in the community tended to vouch for each other when it
She was seen as a good christian in the slave community because of who she worked for. Slaves were not seen as good anythings, compared to other empowered whites she was seen as subservient. She was most likely a fanatic with no extreme religiousness. “Oh, it be no Hell in Barbados..”(Applebee et al 230). This quote is showing she does not believe in hell at her home land. However more quotes do show she believes the devil to be in salem. “It’s you folks-you riles him up’round here...” (Applebee et al 230). When tituba heard the rumors of witchcraft and how it interested and amazed some people, she thought she could use this as her outlet to get people to talk to