Theme Of Witchcraft In The Crucible

When abnormal events started taking places during the late 1500s and early 1600s, many early Puritans associated it with the Anti-Christ's work and deemed it as demonic and sinister. Witchcraft then became illegal since 1563 and hundreds of innocent women were wrongly accused and punished. This kind of event also took place in a small town in Salem, Massachusetts where a collection of girls fell ill and it was not long before the girls, and many other residents of Salem began to accuse other villagers of casting spells. In The Crucible, Arthur highlights the theme of witchcraft through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

One character who possess the characteristic of ethos is Deputy Governor Danforth who was a special judge invited to help