Abigail Williams And The Crucible

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The Salem witch trials of 1692 were about how people was being accused of being witches. There was no way around it to prove if they were wrong or right. Innocent people were being accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible there were seven girls who lied about being witches, everybody believe them because they were teenagers and they had the “symptoms” of it. Also the girls were dancing in the woods,and one was naked speaking in different language.
Miller asked Abby what did you do in the woods (Miller, 1952, p 142) “Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I Confessed it—and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But They’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched”. Abigail Williams, the leading accuser is explaining to her uncle that her cousin
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( Miller, 1952,p5) The media was not willing to stand up to Senator McCarthy for fear of being accused as Communist. They couldn 't prove if you were guilty or not. “I have no witness and cannot prove it except my word be taken. But I know the children 's sickness had naught to do with witchcraft.” John proctor is saying that he doesn 't have any witness to tell that the girls are faking. He know that they are lying but he cannot prove it. The girls knew it was not witchcraft but they still accused others in order to gain power in the community. In the crucible the character are being falsely accused of being involved in witchcraft, whether are not a witch, it cannot be proven.
Transgenders are persecuted because of their identity. They 're misunderstood. In Philadelphia while in custody 16 year old transgender was harassed by a staff members. Paragraph three shows this that The 16 year old girl was being harassed, “ She said, staff and residents harassed her despite
A judge 's order that she be addressed by her preferred female name and female pronouns.” (Wood, 2009, Para 1.) 16 year old Transgender was not getting treated fair and was being

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