Betty Parris

of something. It was all a huge cycle. It was hysteria. The characters sacrificed their own justice, reason, and morality just to get back at someone. Abigail was mad that she was accused, so she tried to get Elizabeth sent to jail. Reverend Parris strengthens his role in the community even though he let people take the blame for false accusations. They let others be harmed, to help themselves. The only reason hysteria flourished, is because people could benefit from…

This becomes strangely obvious to us now looking back on the court transcript in document 6 as recorded by Samuel Parris. Within the record it is revealed that the accused witch, Bridget Bishop, was apparently controlling the accusers based on her movements. In practice though, this is easily spotted as a childish game of mockery played by the accusers. It is easy to…

Have you ever once wondered what it would feel like to see one witch, let alone a whole bunch of them? What it would feel like to witness one of the the most dramatic and devastating events of history? Well it ever so happened to be that in the year of 1692 that is exactly what happened. Sadly, twenty people lost their lives because other people were convinced that they were practicing witchcraft. In 1692 the Salem witchcraft trials began when a few deceitful girls accused faultless people…

In 1692-1693, in the small rural farming community of Salem, over 200 people were executed for the crime of witchcraft. Another witch hunt occurred between 1950-1960, in Cold War America. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the Red Scare in the McCarthy Era because the accused had no legal defence, the Government was prosecuting people, and the general public was in a more vulnerable and gullible state. Because intangible things were used as evidence, there was no legal defence…

The Analysis of “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” Provoked by their step mother at the time of a big famine, their father leaves Hansel and Gretel in the woods. They come across a candy house by chance. Its owner hosts and feeds them. Later, she imprisons them and they learn that she is a child-eating witch. They manage to kill her and to escape from there. So is the story of Hansel and Gretel in brief. In its film adaptation , “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)”, the things are a bit…

Ever been accused of something that you didn't do? During the year 1692 to 1693 The city of Salem helds the witchcraft trials. In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, The people of Salem were falsely accused of witchcraft due to Abigail Williams and many girls who say that they had seen people with the devil.Many of the people were hunted or stoned due to having connections with the devil. So Judge Danforth came to town to cleanse the town. But Judge Danforth just wanted to get out there and whoever…

This line that the First Witch says, demonstrates figurative imagery through the use of a simile. The witch is explaining to her sisters how she plans to interfere with the life of a sailor and compares herself to a tailless rat. This develops the image of an ugly rat and details to readers that the witches will act as nuisances throughout the play. Similar to a rat, they will cause a great deal of trouble through tampering and interfering with the lives of others. A rat is typically considered…

The Crucible was written in 1953, by Arthur Miller, a famous American playwright. The play is about the Salem witch trials. If you are not familiar with the Salem witch trials, they occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, during the late 17th century and involved the execution of many women accused of witchcraft. The Crucible The dictionary describes the word crucible as a container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures, usually done in order to…

Between the months of February 1692 and and May 1693 in Massachusetts there was a up bringing of rumors of witchcraft in the small town of Salem. In “ The Crucible “ by Arthur Miller revenge is shown through characters, fear is shown through plot , and hysteria is shown through theme. Fear is shown through plot by the lie that has gone too far and is ruining people's lives on telling the truth. In one instance John Proctor is taking Mary Warren to court to confess she lied about everything…

Empress Gustave-Fernandez Ms. Flaherty Sec:Red The Crucible Numerous people of all age ranges have been enticed with the events of the infamous Salem Witch Trials for centuries hoping to find answers. From February 1692 to May 1693, a series of prosecuting the accused with witchcraft took spotlight, and left many families mourning. The accused criminals may not have at all done anything wrong, but their lives were determined in the hands of a few unworthy officials. A heartbreaking 20 people…