The girls of Salem started accusing people of witchcraft towards the end of Act 1. They most likely started accusing people because they feared the Puritan authorities would hang them but many people disagree and think they did it out of fear of Abigail since she was one of the first to start accusing.
At first, Tituba was told that if she exposed the other people that were practicing witchcraft, she wouldn’t be hanged. Reverend Hale said, “So speak utterly Tituba. Turn your back on him and face God. Face God Tituba and God will protect you” (Miller 46). Abigail overheard this and woke up and abruptly started accusing people. Soon after this, the girls also started calling out other people so they wouldn’t get hanged. They followed what Abigail was doing because they were afraid of losing their lives over something they probably didn’t want to go this far. …show more content…
This caused mayhem in Salem because the girls were randomly accusing people but no one knew that the girls were only doing this so they wouldn’t be executed. Many people might think that the girls were afraid of Abigail because she drank the blood in the forest and seems to be the one who started saying people were practicing witchcraft and that the girls started copying what she was doing. However, yes the were copying Abigail, but only because they knew what was gonna happen if the Puritan authorities found out what actually happened that night in the
At first, Tituba was told that if she exposed the other people that were practicing witchcraft, she wouldn’t be hanged. Reverend Hale said, “So speak utterly Tituba. Turn your back on him and face God. Face God Tituba and God will protect you” (Miller 46). Abigail overheard this and woke up and abruptly started accusing people. Soon after this, the girls also started calling out other people so they wouldn’t get hanged. They followed what Abigail was doing because they were afraid of losing their lives over something they probably didn’t want to go this far. …show more content…
This caused mayhem in Salem because the girls were randomly accusing people but no one knew that the girls were only doing this so they wouldn’t be executed. Many people might think that the girls were afraid of Abigail because she drank the blood in the forest and seems to be the one who started saying people were practicing witchcraft and that the girls started copying what she was doing. However, yes the were copying Abigail, but only because they knew what was gonna happen if the Puritan authorities found out what actually happened that night in the