The Crucible
Arthur MIller’s play,”The Crucible,” portrays the characters to all have some sort of hysteria or mob mentality about witchcraft. There’s a big question though. Are the girls faking this witchery? Or is it real? Everyone is pointing fingers. Even though,”The Crucible,” is just a play, it still presents the history of the dread and dismay of witchcraft that caused many deaths.
The source for all the scapegoating and other phenomenons is the townspeople. At the start of Betty’s unexplainable sickness, no one knows what’s even happening. There is a rumor about witchcraft. Abagail, the leader of the girls that had been dancing in the forest with the slave, Tituba, decided that everyone who was there in the woods that night must deny any bewitching that had happened. But as the time goes by, her story changes as she gets quizzed by Hale , the expert of witches, and TItuba confesses as to have been communicating with the devil. The famous and …show more content…
Witchcraft was a serious issue in the 1600’s. But it also set light onto the good people who were moved by social conformity to come to judge everything as witchery. Abigail, already known for her lies, says anyway, “”I have naught to change, sir. She lies.” (pg. 103). This was a disadvantage because of the things Abigail accused and encourage many were put away or hanged. She accused of everyone else lying but she tried to make herself trustworthy. A plus was we have come to learn from the Salem Witch trials. “In terms of the number of individuals who were executed, the Salem Witch Trials were an anomaly, but they were not unprecedented.” (Caporael, L). When a bad thing happens it’s not the end of the world. “God Damn all liers,” Proctor shouted (pg. 117). Lots of characters in Arthur Miller’s play became weak and often lied or gave up trying to tell the truth. Weakness was everyone's disadvantage in this
Arthur MIller’s play,”The Crucible,” portrays the characters to all have some sort of hysteria or mob mentality about witchcraft. There’s a big question though. Are the girls faking this witchery? Or is it real? Everyone is pointing fingers. Even though,”The Crucible,” is just a play, it still presents the history of the dread and dismay of witchcraft that caused many deaths.
The source for all the scapegoating and other phenomenons is the townspeople. At the start of Betty’s unexplainable sickness, no one knows what’s even happening. There is a rumor about witchcraft. Abagail, the leader of the girls that had been dancing in the forest with the slave, Tituba, decided that everyone who was there in the woods that night must deny any bewitching that had happened. But as the time goes by, her story changes as she gets quizzed by Hale , the expert of witches, and TItuba confesses as to have been communicating with the devil. The famous and …show more content…
Witchcraft was a serious issue in the 1600’s. But it also set light onto the good people who were moved by social conformity to come to judge everything as witchery. Abigail, already known for her lies, says anyway, “”I have naught to change, sir. She lies.” (pg. 103). This was a disadvantage because of the things Abigail accused and encourage many were put away or hanged. She accused of everyone else lying but she tried to make herself trustworthy. A plus was we have come to learn from the Salem Witch trials. “In terms of the number of individuals who were executed, the Salem Witch Trials were an anomaly, but they were not unprecedented.” (Caporael, L). When a bad thing happens it’s not the end of the world. “God Damn all liers,” Proctor shouted (pg. 117). Lots of characters in Arthur Miller’s play became weak and often lied or gave up trying to tell the truth. Weakness was everyone's disadvantage in this