The Crucible story by author miller is intriguing due to the expert manipulator Abigail, this story is more commonly known as the Salem witch trials. In addition to the persecution of Joan of Arc, the Salem witch trials is notorious for the brutal persecutions of witches because there were numerous women that suffered hanging for falsely accused crime of witchcraft. For example, something as simple as a name could have you persecuted with little or no evidence. The pastor Mr. Parris would beat the accused for witchcraft and abuse them until they confessed and Tituba was one of those abuse women that murmured the names of the unlikely …show more content…
A major similarity is that in both cases the persecutions featured women. As well as both women being accused of being witches Joan of Arc said she heard voices. The difference is a very clear one was a hero and the witches were just a couple of women that started a huge