told to protect her husband not only condemned him but also sealed his fate. The witch craft hysteria begins when Reverend Hale comes to Salem. He is considered a specialist in discerning witchcraft‚ even though his experience is derived mainly from books. His questioning towards the girls is forceful‚ arrogant and suggestive which encourages the girls to start naming. He is caught up in the hysteria of the situation and is
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state of disharmony‚ opposition and or fighting. The conflict portrayed in the Crucible is often described as tools used to describe events in Millers time period. For example‚ witchcraft doesn’t exist in Salem yet that is the basis of the storyline of the play and many people die as a result of accusations over witchcraft. During the time Miller wrote this book‚ the cold war was happening and many people in America were accused of communism (including Miller himself)‚ when they were accused they
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a sin against God in the bible. This caused their society to accredit any unnatural happenings to the Devil. When Ruth and Betty cannot wake‚ Ann Putnam blames her daughters unconscious state and the deaths of her unbaptized babies on witchery. Witchcraft in Salem is only a rumor until Reverend Hale comes to cleanse the town of evil. Soon after Paris tells Hale of his discovery of the girls dancing in the forest‚ Abby cries witch on Tituba to avoid being prosecution herself. This marks the beginning
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It is appalling how people die for no cause. This happens in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller in which The Salem witch trials were depicted. In Salem‚ 1692‚ many people with good reputations are sentenced to death because of supernatural "evidence." The only way to escape death was to admit that they were witches. The intolerance‚ fear‚ and reputation of the society affect the choices characters made. This shows how society can be blamed for the decisions people make. Salem society is full
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critics since 1947‚ spun a thrilling tale of a village in Salem whose concept of reality was blinded by a threat -sometimes to the point of mental insanity- that did not actually exist. The plot surrounds an unforgettable series of deaths due to the witchcraft trials of the Puritans in 1692. Miller used his characters in the play to manipulate‚ lie‚ and flat out pave their own highway to social and judicial disruption. He used Abigail Williams as the villain with her finger on the controls‚ John Proctor
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1692 and caused panic‚ confusion‚ and disorder as a result of witchcraft accusations in both Salem Village and Salem Town‚ Massachusetts. McCarthyism‚ which was presided over by J.‚ Parnell Thomas from the 1940s to the 1950s‚ first originated in the HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)‚ and was based on the Republican ideas of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy; McCarthyism had vast investigations all over the States. Mass hysteria‚ chaos and disarray caused by the accusations against innocent
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and only thinking of herself. Abigail’s affair with John Proctor was a past event that truly affected the way she acted. Abigails past events cause her to try and shift the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. Abigail lies to avoid severe punishment for witchcraft‚ adultery‚ and attempted murder. In the Puritan society Abigail’s attraction to Proctor is a sin‚ but can be forgiven if she refused to acknowledge her thoughts. Abigail does the opposite proving how her character is
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INTRODUCTION The Salem witch trials took place in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than two hundred people were accused of performing witchcraft and twenty of the two hundred were executed. Abigail Williams aged 12 was the initial accuser of the Salem Witch trials. She was the first person alongside her cousin Betty to accuse a women of being a witch. This was the start of the trial. Abigail Williams born in 1680 lived with her uncle Reverend Samuel Parris‚ not much is known as
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occurrence except for in Italy and Spain. The executions also often occurred publicly and could attract large crowds of people. These executions were meant to be used to show what the witches did wrong and to deter witches‚ but they led to an increased hysteria of the witch hunts (Gibbons‚ Stage #9). Comparatively‚ the
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people were being hung‚ and put on trial for being falsely accused of being witches. At the very beginning Abigail revealed to John that there were no witches‚ and none of the girls were practicing witchcraft or made any deals with the devil. He knew all of this and could of put an end to the hysteria and madness of the witch trials with a confession. But if he
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