“I may shut my conscience to it no more – private vengeance is working through this testimony,” said Reverend Hale (Act II page 1148). The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller was written to critique the society that he lived in. The story takes place in a small town within Salem where they begin having their very own witch trials. Many attributes of their trials were terribly inconclusive. The testimonies were being believed on a dime. There were threats dispersed if they did not confess, the evidence was false and derogatory. Everyone was in a mass frantic hysteria that clouded their judgment. Lastly the officials were egotistical and did not care about anyone but their selves. All of these led to the innocent death of nineteen villagers.
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However one of the judges said “you could 've sent your spirit to her, could you not?” so basically the only evidence they have against this man is a little girl’s word and that this man COULD have sent his soul to her. When Goody Proctor was arrested the evidence they had against her was Abigail 's word that her spirit plunged a needle into her and then Mary Warren gave Goody Proctor a doll that she made during the trial and Reverend Hale found the doll and a needle in it. They figured since she has a doll with a needle in it she must 've done it, even though Mary Warren specifically said she made that in the trial and gave it to Goody Proctor. In another instance they accused a woman of witchcraft because she was reading. They saw a woman reading a book and automatically accused her of witchcraft it didn 't matter what the book was or what it said she was a witch regardless. Which is also quite sexist if we look at this time period women were not viewed very highly and so to them a woman reading is obviously witchcraft but if a man was reading that book no big deal. Their mind set was so astoundingly awful that they figured reading from a book was likewise to conspiring with the devil. Basically every single accusation they made had farcical evidence that wouldn 't even be considered in a present day court of law. However most of these accusations and judgements were made because at this time all of Salem was in a mass hysteria that caused them to think irrationally and kill nineteen of their own friends and
However one of the judges said “you could 've sent your spirit to her, could you not?” so basically the only evidence they have against this man is a little girl’s word and that this man COULD have sent his soul to her. When Goody Proctor was arrested the evidence they had against her was Abigail 's word that her spirit plunged a needle into her and then Mary Warren gave Goody Proctor a doll that she made during the trial and Reverend Hale found the doll and a needle in it. They figured since she has a doll with a needle in it she must 've done it, even though Mary Warren specifically said she made that in the trial and gave it to Goody Proctor. In another instance they accused a woman of witchcraft because she was reading. They saw a woman reading a book and automatically accused her of witchcraft it didn 't matter what the book was or what it said she was a witch regardless. Which is also quite sexist if we look at this time period women were not viewed very highly and so to them a woman reading is obviously witchcraft but if a man was reading that book no big deal. Their mind set was so astoundingly awful that they figured reading from a book was likewise to conspiring with the devil. Basically every single accusation they made had farcical evidence that wouldn 't even be considered in a present day court of law. However most of these accusations and judgements were made because at this time all of Salem was in a mass hysteria that caused them to think irrationally and kill nineteen of their own friends and