Who's To Blame In The Crucible

Have you ever been accused of something you did not do since someone did not want to take responsibility for their actions? Usually, this happens between siblings at a young age, but in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, this happened between a group of teenage girls and a huge amount of good citizens. These girls were doing abnormal actions, which they blamed on the witches of Salem to save themselves from getting in trouble and running their name in the city. Why did they choose those certain people to accuse them of being witches? The girls blamed these certain people for many reasons, which include: the girls hated these people, also their parents told them to blame certain people to benefit the family, finally the girls had a problem with the citizens whom they were accusing. These girls were held as witnesses at the Salem Witch Trials and got the people who did not confess to their judgment get killed. These girls became so corrupt with power that they lost empathy for the people they were accusing. In addition, other who were to blame are the people who confessed to …show more content…
This caused chaos and havoc in Salem and later after the trials are over there is a revolution because the good and noble citizens died. As stated, there was mass chaos because people wanted to keep their reputation safe and respected. In The Crucible, Miller tries to show that there were many factors relating to keeping their reputation safe on why the Salem Witch Trials occurred. In the book, Abigail Williams Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis,