In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ many people are accused wrongly of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Whether it may be fear‚ anxiety‚ or even greed‚ these characters lie and accuse others of witchcraft. The characters: Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Goody Putnam display each of those motives when accusing others of witchery. Characters are motivated differently to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft Tituba accuses a few women of witchery because of the fear from being executed. Her fear
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Imagine how it would feel to have just made a new colony‚ after going through so many other things previously. It would be like taking on an on weighty project at work after your house has just burnt down. The Puritans who built this colony had previously gone through a malicious war‚ an epidemic of smallpox‚ and were facing attacks from Native American Tribes. And on top of all of that‚ there were now women claiming to have been possessed by the devil. Basically
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does his interpretation change? What are the implications of his conversion? Hale’s preconceptions has influenced his interpretation of events in that he initially thought that he had the authority over the town due to his extensive knowledge of witchcraft. He expected to find witches‚ however his interpretation changes throughout the play as he realises that innocent townspeople are being falsely accused‚ such as John Proctor. The implications of his conversion are when he encourages the accused
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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a dark time in American history. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed during the hysteria. Ever since those dark days ended‚ the trials have become synonymous with mass hysteria and scapegoating. Causes Salem‚ Massachusetts was not alone in its witch hunt. A wave of witch trials swept Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s. These witch hunts happened for a variety of reasons and were greatly influenced by the fear
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Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer.The trials took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts where people were accused for the use of witchcraft. However‚ all most of the people Puritans. They believed that there were witches‚ servants of the devil living among them. In response to this they made sure that those accused of witchcraft were put in jail‚ tried‚ and even killed. Innocent people were killed or had to suffer due to the idea. The entire event was handled poorly‚ starting
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most of the time they are right. In the Puritan New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. A married man(John Proctor) have an affair with a young girl named Abigail Williams. Abigail still desires John but he doesn’t want anything to do with her anymore. Elizabeth Proctor wants John to denounce that Abigail’s a fraud. Mary Warren‚ the Proctor’s servant and one of Abigail’s circles‚ returns from Salem with news that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft but the court did not pursue the accusation
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Salem was one of the most popular places where witches were executed‚ because people where afraid of devil which shows the Miller’s story The Crucible. This horrible fear shaped the society of Salem and as it happened a lot of women were killed. As Dorothy Thompson said: "The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness". The book which I read is the story about how the society was manipulated by the fear of the unknown or different. Therefore‚ in my opinion people
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evil girl who ruined numerous people’s lives for her own selfish reasons and enjoyment. The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is set in Puritan New England town of Salem‚ Massachusetts in the late 1600s. The play centers around a group of young girls who were caught dancing in the woods. To avoid punishment‚ the girls proceed to accuse other citizens of practicing witchcraft. Abigail Williams is an awfully vindictive girl. Abigail Williams is the niece of Reverend Parris. Abigail is the main reason all
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as the Old Testament. Likewise‚ Salem was a community that was dominated by strong religious beliefs‚ as Ernest King and Franklin Mixon‚ in what is now known to be one of the most prominent investigations of the Salem witch trials‚ claim that “The Puritans‚ and [their] religious doctrine‚ dominated the area and . . . had a strong presence in daily life”. Taking this into account‚ it becomes understandable how easy it was for the villagers to reach the conclusion that the afflicted girls had caught
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the evidence the courts used against the accused people in his play. The New England Puritans had always been a very strict society with minimal enjoyment and pleasures. In The Crucible the girls who become the main providers of the spectral evidence were originally going to get punished for dancing in the forest. When questioning Abigail‚ Reverend Parris says to Abigail he cannot denounce the rumor of witchcraft when he saw the girls “dancing like heathen‚” but Abigail says that she is willing to
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