The Salem Witch Trials were among some of the most horrendous‚ irrational‚ and imprudent‚ events of the 17th century. Not only were numerous people imprisoned‚ based on false testimonies and lack of judicial intelligence‚ but hung‚ or in one case‚ pressed to death. The claims of witchery caused calamity throughout the village‚ neighbors turning on one another; friends accusing each other just to salvage their own lives. In The Crucible‚ Puritan way of life revolves around the church. If you announce
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when a group of puritan girls including Abigail Williams the niece of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ Betty Parris the daughter of Reverend Parris‚ and Ruth Putnam the daughter of Ann and Thomas Putnam‚ accompanied by Tituba the Barbadian slave of reverend Parris are found dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris. The next day Ruth Putnam and Betty Parris fall sick and the town jumps to witchcraft to be the cause. In order to keep her reputation in the town Abigail Williams leads the group of
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Abigail Williams and Putnam started the first accusations which led to widespread fear of witchcraft in the village. This same fear was exploited by Williams and Putnam in order to achieve their selfish motives. Without these characters‚ the Salem Witch Trials might have never occurred which brings us to realize how much damage vengeance and wealth
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children and only one child survived. Mrs. Putnam then claims that Rebecca did this purpose and is therefore a witch. Thomas Putnam is a wealthy man and is the first character to start accusing citizens of witchcraft. Thomas Putnam was a wealthy man who owned a lot of land. He used his daughter Ruth to accuse people and take their land away from them after they died. it was a law that if you died that your property was available for auction. Thomas Putnam was the only man around that was able to afford
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people were being blamed for witchcraft and were soon hung for false accusations. Giles Corey refused to confess the name of the man who discussed with Thomas Putnam about accusing people to be hung so that he could gain their land. Thomas Putnam is a wealthy land owner who he and his wife Anne Putnam lost all of their babies but one‚ Ruth Putnam. Giles Corey made a foolish mistake to mention something strange about his wife which later caused her to be executed as well. Abigail’s plan to get Elizabeth
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consequential actions. One character that has gone practically insane from the idea that the devil is the cause of the loss of seven of her eight children during childbirth is Mrs. Ann Putnam. Her inability to birth many children has put her on the fritz and this becomes quite clear throughout Act I. Mrs. Putnam proves her desperation when she mentions‚ “I sent my child- she should learn from Tituba who murdered her sisters.” In her hysteria‚ she resorts to black magic to discover the supernatural
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of his Negro slave‚ Tituba‚ whom he brought with him from the island of Barbados. Parris is frightened and furious‚ for he discovered his daughter Betty‚ Tituba‚ and some of the village girls dancing in the woods. Now two of the girls‚ Betty and Ruth Putnam‚ are ill‚ and witchcraft is rumored about the village. His daughter Betty and his ward and niece‚ Abigail Williams‚ were been participants in a secret and sinful act. Parris feels his position as minister to the community of Salem is threatened
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cornerstone of the mass hysteria that soon became known as the Salem witch trials. In his play‚ The Crucible‚ Miller demonstrates how the fear of people in authority can destroy a community by bringing it to mass hysteria through the characters of Parris‚ Putnam‚ and Proctor. Reverend Parris‚ the minister in Salem‚ fears the people of the town to a point where he can hardly leave his house without believing that someone is plotting against him. Reverend Parris has a suspicion that there is a faction in
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Jealousy: An Explanation By: Katie Jansen Some people know jealousy as "green envy." Some people just know it as plain old jealousy‚ but everyone knows jealousy and the pain it can cause. Jealousy is a nasty emotion‚ causing nice people to act mean‚ calm people to act rash‚ and even the steadiest of tempers to rise. It lashes out with harsh actions and words‚ hurting many innocent victims. Jealousy causes people to act in abnormal ways‚ devious ways of hatred and deception‚ ways that most people
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characters sacrifice the lives of others for their own purposes and goals. Two examples of this can be seen in the characters Thomas Danforth and Thomas Putnam. Danforth‚ the Deputy Governor of Salem‚ uses the trials as a way of increasing his power as a judge‚ and convicts every accused witch of being guilty‚ causing them to either hang or be imprisoned. Putnam uses the trials as a way of acquiring his
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