Men, women, children, and even animals were being blamed for being a witch, when they were completely innocent. Although in the Crucible, it was mostly teenage girls, there were some men but they didn’t completely confess. There were other problems arising throughout the …show more content…
If this was to happen today, police have new technology that they could use. They have a polygraph that they could use on all the accused. Although the polygraph takes 20-30 minutes to detect if the person is lying or not. This would help find what is actually going on. They could, also, separate the girls. This would keep the girls from coming up with a story that they can tell and it be the same. Separating the girls would show what girls are lying or telling the truth. This way we could find who is doing what.
Abigail caused all the issues in the Crucible. If she wouldn't have kept changing her story, everything would have been perfect. Every human that died during the Crucible died for no reason. They weren't witches, but they were innocent people. While Abigail is a blank-faced liar, who keeps covering up her mistakes, other humans are being blamed in Salem. Innocent people, whom she blames, are being hung. In other cases, some are even being crushed or kept in jail for other issues. What would really happen if this happened today? How would you deal with this type of