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tends to prove this point very well. Abigail and the other girls are blamed for witchcraft due to Reverend Hale and Reverend Parris accusing them because of them dancing around in the forest, and is quick to put the blame on Tituba. She tells Reverend Hale that Tituba “conspires evil with the devil”. She quickly plays the innocent card, saying “She made me do it. She made Betty do it” and also saying “She makes me drink blood”.(pg.40) Betrayal in this play also happens to include John betraying…

the trials, from Giles Corey with his famous “more weight!” to Abigail Williams, the very root of the trials, and she just happens to be the one to cause Salem’s destruction. Her character is complex, first starting off as a worried cousin of Betty Parris, who was supposedly unconscious after they were caught…

Consisting of four consecutive acts, numerically speaking, The Crucible falls only a single act short of becoming classified under the Shakespearean five-act structure. Particularly, Aristotle believed that all pieces of poetry, including drama had three consecutive parts: a beginning, a middle and an end. By using beliefs of Aristotle, the Shakespearean five- act structure emerged. Modifications of the Shakespearean five-act structure were used in telling the story of Salem through Miller’s…

Salem Witch Trial, religion didn’t matter, nobody was safe from getting accused just because they were a certain religion. Most of the accused were Christian and it didn’t stop the court from claiming that they are guilty. One of the ministers Samuel Parris was a Puritan so to the Salem town, he was an influence of the devil. Puritan’s believed that Satan would pick the weakest people such as women, kids, and the insane to do his work, so the people that do would be considered a witch. Politics…

occuring. Therefore, having lives of twenty innocent people taken but how do we exactly know who to blame? The person most responsible for the witch hysteria is Abigail. There are many reasons why Abigail is responsible. She’s responsible because Parris and the others only…

The Town of Salem during 1692 was in an uproar over Witchcraft. Many people were accused of Witchcraft resulting in many court trials and hangings. Accusations were made with hate and jealousy rather than actual evidence of Witchcraft. Arthur Miller’s play written in 1953 called The Crucible focuses on this event. The author intends for the themes of hysteria, reputation and power showcased in the play to reflect upon current events in 1953. Throughout 1692, a mass hysteria was sweeping through…

First, someone would make an accusation about someone that he or she believed to be a witch to the Magistrate. Complaints were often made through someone else to pass the notice onto the Magistrate. Next, a warrant of arrest would be issued, the victim would be taken into examination, then if Magistrate feels that he or she is guilty, they would send the victim to jail and make them stand trial. Third, the circumstances along with evidence supporting or not supporting the case would be revealed…

Salem Witch Trials Salem Witch Trials Between the months of June to September of 1692 the infamous witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts resulted in the deaths of twenty men and women as a result of witchcraft charges. Hundreds of others faced accusations and dozens were jailed for months during the process of the trials. There are a variety of explanations for the hysteria that overtook the population of Salem. A combination of religious, political, and…

in Salem were highly religious they fit the criteria for groupthink in several ways. They all had the same core values and a strong leader. They were also extremely scared of witchcraft which was another belief most had unanimously. Reverend Samuel Parris was a very forceful leader and he was strict to the beliefs of the Puritans. He would not be a person that would be easy to disagree with. With this being said, it is relatively simple to understand why groupthink with this particular group was…

On June of 1663, Anna Roleffes, otherwise known as Tempel Anneke, was arrested on suspicion of witchcraft in her village of Harxbuttel that sits near the city, Brunswick in the Holy Roman Empire (Intro. xiii). Peter A. Morton’s, The Trial of Tempel Anneke contains the transcript of her trial, in which she was found guilty and ultimately ended in her execution. Her case acts as an example, depicting one of the immense amount of witch trials that occurred in early modern Europe that led to over…