Fear plays a tremendous role now and even way back then, taking it all the way back to 1692. Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous and is likely to cause pain or a threat. Fear has been seen everywhere, movies, real life, plays, and tv shows. But in this specific scenario it is portrayed within the characters of The Crucible. The crucible takes place in a small town in Massachusetts named Salem. At the beginning of the play two girls who turned out to be Abigail williams, Betty Parris, other girls, including slave Tituba were caught dancing naked in the forest. Soon after rumors of witchcraft started to spread throughout the town, which made Parris really nervous about his reputation since
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During the first act of the play Mary Warren comments: “Abby, we've got to tell. witchery's a hanging error, a hangin like they've done in Boston two years ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You’ll only be whipped for dancin and other things”(miller 18). It comes to show that she would prefer to speak the truth since the consequence may be less severe rather than if she would not say anything and let them find everything out by themselves. Her fear of being hanged is also portrayed really well within the quote because it gives the reader a sensation that she would never do no wrong. Also Mary Warren feels pressure when she sees people being blamed for witchcraft, but soon guilt takes over her conscience and states, “I cannot lie no more. I am with God, I am with God”(Miller 94). At first Mary Warren was enjoying the power of being one of the ones whom condemned witches when innocent people were being convicted, however, she felt bad about the whole thing and confessed that she had been lying and that she did not want to have anything to do with
During the first act of the play Mary Warren comments: “Abby, we've got to tell. witchery's a hanging error, a hangin like they've done in Boston two years ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You’ll only be whipped for dancin and other things”(miller 18). It comes to show that she would prefer to speak the truth since the consequence may be less severe rather than if she would not say anything and let them find everything out by themselves. Her fear of being hanged is also portrayed really well within the quote because it gives the reader a sensation that she would never do no wrong. Also Mary Warren feels pressure when she sees people being blamed for witchcraft, but soon guilt takes over her conscience and states, “I cannot lie no more. I am with God, I am with God”(Miller 94). At first Mary Warren was enjoying the power of being one of the ones whom condemned witches when innocent people were being convicted, however, she felt bad about the whole thing and confessed that she had been lying and that she did not want to have anything to do with