Tituba's Biggest Lie

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In act one, many characters liked to avoid getting in trouble. But Tituba has the biggest lie of all. In the story, she brought the girls out to the woods for dancing, and for conjuring the devil in order to bring death to Reverend Parris. When Abigail called her out and made it sounds like it was all her fault, she lied saying she did not do anything of that nature and was not conducting witchcraft. And after, Tituba blamed other characters to lie more and make it sounds like none of it was her fault. Otherwise, Tituba would have been whipped to death. And I won’t lie, I have lied in order to get out of trouble before.
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