“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it felt like no one was happy. People were pointing fingers at one another, for no good reason. There were many people at fault for causing such chaos. In the beginning, some people in the town influenced this event to drag it out like Abigail Williams. Later in the play, Reverend Hale comes along and only seemed to make the situation worse. Lastly, Mary Warren started strong, but soon gave in to Abigail’s pressure and began blaming others. Therefore, in The Crucible Abigail Williams, Reverend Hale, and Mary Warren are largely at fault for the tragedy in Salem.
To begin, one of the people most responsible for the continuation of the trials is Abigail Williams. Abigail starts with the lies …show more content…
Hale was the best at proving no one was being bewitched in the New England colonies. He did however, claim to find Betty bewitched in the beginning of the play. Which led him to say, “[Tituba is] God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us” (46). Hale is accusing Tituba of bewitching the young girl Betty. He tells Tituba that she should help by blaming others and blackening other innocent peoples names in the town. Hale put the idea of accusing people out into Salem. Abigail took that idea to the extremes. Soon after, Reverend Hale realizes that he made a mistake. He chooses not to come to terms with the mistake though. Hale is even more to blame when he realizes that the girls are lying later on, “it is his own suspicion, but he resists it” (69). Hale gave the idea of accusing people, but once was taken too far he realized he was mistaken. He ends up still not saying what he needs to, to help put an end to the mass hysteria in Salem. Ultimately, Reverend Hale is to blame or the idea of accusing someone and for not speaking up to help put an end to the
To begin, one of the people most responsible for the continuation of the trials is Abigail Williams. Abigail starts with the lies …show more content…
Hale was the best at proving no one was being bewitched in the New England colonies. He did however, claim to find Betty bewitched in the beginning of the play. Which led him to say, “[Tituba is] God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us” (46). Hale is accusing Tituba of bewitching the young girl Betty. He tells Tituba that she should help by blaming others and blackening other innocent peoples names in the town. Hale put the idea of accusing people out into Salem. Abigail took that idea to the extremes. Soon after, Reverend Hale realizes that he made a mistake. He chooses not to come to terms with the mistake though. Hale is even more to blame when he realizes that the girls are lying later on, “it is his own suspicion, but he resists it” (69). Hale gave the idea of accusing people, but once was taken too far he realized he was mistaken. He ends up still not saying what he needs to, to help put an end to the mass hysteria in Salem. Ultimately, Reverend Hale is to blame or the idea of accusing someone and for not speaking up to help put an end to the