Accusation

In Act 2 of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, accusations of witchcraft spread through the town of Salem. Townspeople accuse their neighbors of witchcraft with little or no evidence, and most of the Townspeople believe all the accusations are true. Reverend Hale, from the nearby town of Beverly, comes to Salem after hearing about the possible witchcraft. As an expert on witchcraft, Hale must analyze the evidence presented in order to provide fair trials for all the accused townspeople.…

Caribbean slave by the name of Tituba had been showing them witchcraft. Tituba was put on trial for the accusation of being a witch and she confessed, telling them that she was a witch and not the only one. She told the people of Salem that 9 other people had signed the Devil’s book and become a witch. Soon after Tituba’s claim people, mostly the group of girls, started to make accusations. Accusations of their neighbors and friends, and later in the trial, their family and loved-ones. Many…

tituba Tituba of witchcraft. This is the first accusation in Salem. Shortly after this, many other citizens of Salem get accused of witchcraft. This is the beginning of the witch trials. If Abigail did not start this, then many innocent Puritans would not have died. Abigail accuses Tituba so to draw the focus toward Tituba and not her. She accuses Tituba because she knows that Tituba was in the forest with the other girls. She also knows that this accusation will be easy for the people to…

There are a lot of themes in this play such as Intolerance, Hysteria, Reputation, Empowerment, Accusations, Confessions and Symbols. I will be explaining each one and how they go along with the Crucible. In the Crucible they have many beliefs and often did not believe lying, so when someone said something they believed it and would not think twice about them lying. These themes go along with the play very well and they help get a better understanding on the play. The crucible has a…

power and lasted without sin, unlike humans. 5. Teenaged girls lied responsible for the accusations of over two hundred and fifty people. 6. The witches crimes included bewitching, casting spells, and demonic relationships. 7. If convicted witches faced death, usually by hanging. Senator Joseph McCarthy and HUAC 1. Senator Joseph McCarthy existed as a symbol of the “Red…

When other young girls in the village began to show similar behavior rumors of witchcraft buzzed through the village and accusations began to fly. The first three ladies to be pointed out as witches were: Tituba (Parris’ Caribbean slave), Sarah Good (a homeless beggar), and Sarah Osborne (an elderly woman who rarely attended church) (Blumburg). The three outcasts were hunted…

McCarthyism was a problem in the 1950 's where many people were accused of communism and treated unfairly because of these accusations. A connection between the two is the method in discovering witch craft and communists. In the Crucible, many people died because of the girls false accusations. Witchcraft and McCarthyism ruined many people 's lives because of false accusations. Act 1 of the Crucible starts with Abigail Williams and other girls trying to conjure…

Religious Colonists v. Merchant Colonists The main cause for the Salem Witch trials was the accusations towards the merchant colonists by the religious colonists of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 because of the religious views of the time and the economical changes brought by the merchants, and no other underlying cause was as influential as this one. The Puritans of Salem believed in witches that followed Satan and carried out his work. The merchants that caused the economic prosperity of…

onslaught of anti-communist propaganda and manipulation plaguing American society in the 50s. This play was created to reflect the tense McCarthyism era tangent. The chilling performance was produced to help audiences recognise the fear, false accusations and hysteria in their society, exacerbated by the suppression of radical leftism generated by the Red Scare. Since production, the play reveals the damaging effects of dehumanisation and hysteria, that is still relevant…

and their jealousy and hatred to other people within their villages. Influence by the non-fictional events of The Salem Witch Trials and the accusations during the McCarthy Era, Miller wrote The Crucible, which portrays how Mob hysteria can lead to faulty accusations, corruptions, and discriminations. Mob hysteria was created after many faulty accusations of witchcraft were made by the people in Salem, which then led to the death of many innocent people. In the book, the group of girls used…