The Accusation

view anyone living outside the religious and social boundaries as potential minions of Satan. This notion perhaps best explains why in 1692 the remote location of Salem Village in Massachusetts became the focal point for a series of witchcraft accusations that would reverberate across all of colonial New England. In a manner complicit with the writings of Cotton Mather, Salem Village’s Puritan minister the Reverend Samuel Parris often used fiery sermons to illuminate the tenaciousness of the…

and gender both played a huge role during the Salem Witch Trials in the seventeenth century, as religion was one of the major driving forces behind the trials as Samuel Parris’ sermons about the devil made people paranoid and helped spreading the accusations. The majority of the accusers were females. This showed that they had some sort of power in the community, and that they were not completely dominated by males. The conflict between Samuel Parris and the village is shown to be the starting…

to convince the court of her lies. Eventually the people of Salem started to see though the girls lies and see the truth but by then many had already died. Throughout The Crucible the theme of what is true and what is a lie can be seen it in the accusations of witchcraft,…

outlines the mallus malficarum. Most cases were where the accusers were the victims, just as in the rest of Britain. Although the concentration of trials for witchcraft was greater, the foundations of the accusations was the same as in most areas of…

to connect to their characters and to maintain the story's soul. One of the thematic ideas of The Crucible is that intimidation, dishonesty, and revenge can lead to false accusations and injustice. Intimidation, being one part of this theme, and Abigail Williams is a good example as how intimidation can lead to false accusations and injustice. In Act One, Abigail and the other girls who were dancing in the woods, are…

accused McCarthy of trying to seek out special treatment for Schine. In return, McCarthy accused the Army of blackmail because of his humiliating investigations of the Army’s security practices. With these accusations, the Army-McCarthy hearings began. Joseph McCarthy wrongly used accusations to…

your own individual. George S. Patton once said, “If everyone is thinking alike, then sobody isn’t thinking.” It’s like you’re a sheep, and when you conform to society's beliefs, you join the rest of the herd. Hysteria was a major factor in the accusations of witchcraft that occurred throughout The Crucible. The Crucible deals with a community that is tight knit, but once the fear of witchcraft is present, suspicion sweeps the town like a wildfire. The unexplained was said to be the devil, so…

accusing other people, which causes hysteria to spread throughout the town. Most of the time, the accusations being made are false and used as a way to get revenge. In the end, many people end up dying because of the trails. The Salem Witchcraft Trials empowered previously powerless people such as Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and Tituba by giving them the ability to determine people’s fate through accusations. The person who benefits the most from the Salem Witchcraft Trials is Abigail…

and if compared to the setting and time of the story it seems very strict punishment and recourse to an accusation with little solid evidence. A lot of people back during the salem witch trials agree that, even in a society of god, words and accusations carry too much weight and have too much power to ruin people's reputation. Reverend Hale who originally come to salem to investigate accusations of witchcraft later says “I have signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the lord,and I…

because the ideas expressed show the morale of the story, or the lessons being portrayed. These ideas connect to anyone and everyone in the story, while some are more evident than others. False accusations, mass hysteria, and confession can lead to injustice is a main theme in The Crucible. One way false accusations and confession can lead to injustice is through different characters…