Similarities Between The Crucible And Goody Good

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“.... and there was Goody Good.” this quote if from The Crucible, referring to the time when Tituba is easily intimidated and told Rev. Hale that Sarah Good was a witch. Tituba is a slave from Barbados, she was caught dancing and singing with the girls in the woods. This action caused Tituna to be accused of witchcraft in which she was intimidated to confess and tell who is the witches. Tituba and I portray many personality traits such as, nurturing, easily intimidated, and helpful. The first trait that Tituba and I both share is nurturing.Both Tituba and I both show out nurturing personalities in similar ways. When Betty Was sick Tituba was the person who was nurturing Betty while she was bed bound. She bathed, fed, and took care of all of Betty’s needs to keep her healthy and able to fight the sickness. At one point in my life I too care of three little kittens. I’ve washed, fed and even weaned them. I also helped to nurture two baby cocktails, watching them grow, teaching them to fly and seeing them off to their new homes. Another time I took care of my dad when he was sick and I was at his house. I made him food, made sure he was alright and stayed by his side or close enough to hear him call my name and to ask me to do something for him. …show more content…
In The Crucible, Tituba was being interrogated by Hale for being a suspect as a witch. Tituba was easily intimidated and was threatened to hang. That was when she caved in and was intimidated to lie about being a witch. She also blamed Sarah Good and Sarah Osborn just to save her own life. One time my and my family went to Kennywood. We decided to go onto Garfield's Nightmare. Throughout the ride I slowly got intimidated with all of the nightmare like displays throughout the whole ride. Those images caused me to get very intimidated and scared making me cry in relief when the ride was

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