“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller takes place in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts 1692. Some few girls led by Abigail Williams are caught dancing in the woods. Meanwhile, several of the girls fall sick. Already suspicious of witchery, the people of Slam blame everything on witchcraft. In light of the events, many “experts” and judges are brought into the town. Eventually, a court is set up to rid the town of “witches”. The witch trials give the people of Slam an opportunity to pursue one’s personal motives fueled by selfish wants. One man that tries to make the most out of the witch trials was Thomas Putnam. In the beginning of the novel, Putnam is described to portray greed and vengeance. Taking advantage of the court, Putnam would
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Because of both their love for John Proctor, this causes a great deal of jealousy between the two characters. In the beginning of the novel, Abigail wasn’t really found “just dancing”. When explaining to Rev. Parris what had taken place in the woods, Abigail tells him that she was just dancing and “There is nothin’ more. I swear it, uncle(Miller 18). But when Betty wakes up, she reveals that Abigail did much more than dancing by exclaiming, “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!”(Miller 25). By drinking the charm, this shows that Abigail was willing to do whatever it took to get revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. Later on during the witch trials, Abigail makes another attempt at trying to kill Elizabeth. With her newfound authority, Abigail uses this influence to try to falsely accuse Elizabeth of being a witch. To better support her case, Abigail buries a needle in Mary Warren’s poppet that she knew Mary intended to gift to Elizabeth. Next, Abigail stages herself mysteriously finding a needle jammed inside of herself. By testifying that she believes it was Elizabeth who spawned the needle, It prompts the authorities to find the poppet inside Elizabeth’s house and declare “I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it, Sir. And in the belly of the poppet a needle’s stuck”(Miller 80). This gives Abigail …show more content…
The ones that does allow the trial to keep running all share common traits. For example, All Abigail, Parris, and Putnam share greed and selfish traits that fuel their intentions. These traits cause characters to put other people’s lives on stake just to fulfill their own greedy needs. When we now look back on what had taken place in the small town of Salem, the witch trials depicts how easily a community is ripped apart by hysteria and how some may take advantage of the hysteria to satisfy needs on their own personal agendas fueled by acts of
Because of both their love for John Proctor, this causes a great deal of jealousy between the two characters. In the beginning of the novel, Abigail wasn’t really found “just dancing”. When explaining to Rev. Parris what had taken place in the woods, Abigail tells him that she was just dancing and “There is nothin’ more. I swear it, uncle(Miller 18). But when Betty wakes up, she reveals that Abigail did much more than dancing by exclaiming, “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!”(Miller 25). By drinking the charm, this shows that Abigail was willing to do whatever it took to get revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. Later on during the witch trials, Abigail makes another attempt at trying to kill Elizabeth. With her newfound authority, Abigail uses this influence to try to falsely accuse Elizabeth of being a witch. To better support her case, Abigail buries a needle in Mary Warren’s poppet that she knew Mary intended to gift to Elizabeth. Next, Abigail stages herself mysteriously finding a needle jammed inside of herself. By testifying that she believes it was Elizabeth who spawned the needle, It prompts the authorities to find the poppet inside Elizabeth’s house and declare “I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it, Sir. And in the belly of the poppet a needle’s stuck”(Miller 80). This gives Abigail …show more content…
The ones that does allow the trial to keep running all share common traits. For example, All Abigail, Parris, and Putnam share greed and selfish traits that fuel their intentions. These traits cause characters to put other people’s lives on stake just to fulfill their own greedy needs. When we now look back on what had taken place in the small town of Salem, the witch trials depicts how easily a community is ripped apart by hysteria and how some may take advantage of the hysteria to satisfy needs on their own personal agendas fueled by acts of