Tituba Monologue

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As night fell the chilling air began to surround us as we gathered in the heavily wooded forest. The forest was dim and gloomy except for the gentle glow of the fire in the center of all of us girls. The night was silent except for the bubbling water and quiet crackling of the fire. Tituba hushed us to keep us quiet as we began to become giddy with excitement and whisper to each other. While we all surround the fire in a circle completely quiet each of the girls, one by one, showed what they had brought for Tituba. They announced who it was for and quickly toss it into the boiling water. I was the last one to announce what I brought. Everyone turned to me as I uncovered a dead bird. I slowly got up and handed it to Tituba, immediately she began to swing it in the air and chant. The girls and couldn't contain their excitement and began to scream and shout. Tituba's chants got louder and louder and the girls followed suit with even louder shouts. The girls were all calling out their wishes. They wanted Tituba to cast spells on the boys they loved. …show more content…
They were asking who I wanted to love me. They began to scream “she wants John Proctor. Give her John Proctor.” I became overwhelmed, the shouting was deafening at this point. I couldn't think. I got up took the bird from Tituba and violently slammed it to the ground. I looked up and all the girls began to run around chaotically, streaming. One girl even undressed themselves. It was exhilarating.It was electrifying. However, the excitement didn't last long because my uncle found us. Every girl frantically ran and hid. I grabbed Betty betty quickly and tried to hide but Betty started screeching loudly. My heart was racing because I knew I would be in big trouble. I knew he saw

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