Injustices In The Crucible

In the past during the Salem witch trials, you were isolated and tormented for being a “witch”. Now in today's society it's the exact same for the lgbt community. “Early polling data related to same-sex relationships demonstrated that most Americans were not supportive of LGBT relationships with seventy percent reporting in 1974 that they thought sexual relations between same-sex people was always wrong”(Sobel). Back then no one liked the idea of homosexuality, and people who were gay couldn't come out because of it. Our modern day society can be connected to the unfair justices in The Crucible. Both the LGBTQ community and the “witches” have been discriminated by their society, society has told them they will end up in hell, and the verbal and physical abuse they both have gotten. …show more content…
These innocent citizens were executed for being wrongly accused of. In the story, the Puritans from Salem were accusing people of being witches left and right simply for revenge or hatred. We find out later in the story that one of the men actually accused someone just to obtain more land. Also we know that Abigail and the girls were just lying throughout the whole trial and also saying that they saw the spirits of the accused, “It is possible that Abigail went to the trial and saw young women having fits; this trial may have inspired her own "fits" and accusations” (the Salem Witch Trials). Because of this, the trials went on and people kept accusing their own friends of being a witch, and if friends were accused, they would stop talking to them and start talking badly about