The Salem Witch Trials is a tragic event that happened in American history. As many as 20 people died from being accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a play about the witch trials that began in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It all started with the girls becoming “sick”, and started accusing people of witchcraft. Many people were accused of witchcraft, Abigail Williams being the main accuser. Over 200 people were accused, one of them being Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of John Proctor. John Proctor has an affair with Abigail Williams, but once she accused his wife, he tried to save her. John Proctor has many hard decisions to make leading up to his execution. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, John Proctor makes all the right decisions throughout the play by being brave.
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One decision he made was to tell Reverend Hale that the girls were under no witchcraft. Many of the villagers think that the girls are under witchcraft, but some people think that they are not. “I have no witness and cannot prove it; except my word be taken. But I know the children’s sickness naught to do with witchcraft (page 68).” It shows how brave John Proctor was to tell Reverend Hale, the person who was thought to know everything about witchcraft, which the girls sickness had nothing to do with witchcraft. This quote made Reverend Hale change his opinion on the whole trial. Reverend Hale thought that he was doing something to help the town of Salem, though it was just making the incident much worse that it is has already been. Hale later quit the court because he noticed that the people being accused were innocent. Therefore, John Proctor made all the right decisions throughout the play by his
One decision he made was to tell Reverend Hale that the girls were under no witchcraft. Many of the villagers think that the girls are under witchcraft, but some people think that they are not. “I have no witness and cannot prove it; except my word be taken. But I know the children’s sickness naught to do with witchcraft (page 68).” It shows how brave John Proctor was to tell Reverend Hale, the person who was thought to know everything about witchcraft, which the girls sickness had nothing to do with witchcraft. This quote made Reverend Hale change his opinion on the whole trial. Reverend Hale thought that he was doing something to help the town of Salem, though it was just making the incident much worse that it is has already been. Hale later quit the court because he noticed that the people being accused were innocent. Therefore, John Proctor made all the right decisions throughout the play by his