The Crucible
Plot Spot
The daughter of Reverend Parris, Betty, is in a coma-like state after being found in the forest. She finally wakes up after the other girls that were also in the woods, confess to conjuring spirits. They also tell everyone about all the people they saw with the devil. This leads to the trials and hangings of many innocent people.
About a week later John and Elizabeth Proctor are at home discussing the many trials happening in the town. Elizabeth tries to get John to go into court and tell them what he knows about the Abigail and the girls. After he refuses, Elizabeth believes he still has feelings for Abby.
The next morning John takes Mary to court as proof that the young ladies are lying about seeing the devil. This is to try and help save his wife and many others from being hung. In turn it ends with him being charged with working with the devil and being sent to jail.
Three months later, early in the morning, many people have come to the jail. They are there to try to get some people to confess to witchcraft because that would save their lives. John …show more content…
A reason that McCarthy may have created this lye is known as the Red Scare. It is where people tried to profit off of playing with the fear of communism in America. Using 1690’s Puritanism in The Crucible helps so that there is a background to create a twist on the Red Scare. “Simply, it was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies.” (Miller prologue.7). With the town of Salem being built on religion, it makes the people fear the devil and witchcraft more. Both McCarthy and Abigail used the fear to gain power and make them well known. While doing this they ended up both hurting many
Plot Spot
The daughter of Reverend Parris, Betty, is in a coma-like state after being found in the forest. She finally wakes up after the other girls that were also in the woods, confess to conjuring spirits. They also tell everyone about all the people they saw with the devil. This leads to the trials and hangings of many innocent people.
About a week later John and Elizabeth Proctor are at home discussing the many trials happening in the town. Elizabeth tries to get John to go into court and tell them what he knows about the Abigail and the girls. After he refuses, Elizabeth believes he still has feelings for Abby.
The next morning John takes Mary to court as proof that the young ladies are lying about seeing the devil. This is to try and help save his wife and many others from being hung. In turn it ends with him being charged with working with the devil and being sent to jail.
Three months later, early in the morning, many people have come to the jail. They are there to try to get some people to confess to witchcraft because that would save their lives. John …show more content…
A reason that McCarthy may have created this lye is known as the Red Scare. It is where people tried to profit off of playing with the fear of communism in America. Using 1690’s Puritanism in The Crucible helps so that there is a background to create a twist on the Red Scare. “Simply, it was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies.” (Miller prologue.7). With the town of Salem being built on religion, it makes the people fear the devil and witchcraft more. Both McCarthy and Abigail used the fear to gain power and make them well known. While doing this they ended up both hurting many