The Accusation

Yet, desperation made her truly believe that Proctor still cared for her when she’s disputing, “you loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (1. 1037). As the story develops, Abigail adds to the acts of the witchcraft accusations by hurting herself to make the court accept the allegations made towards…

The dark 200 years in which the witchcraft panic ensued in are a dark spot in history. From the accusation of the innocent and the torture methods to the executions society is able to form a grasp of the basic understanding of life for the less fortunate during this time. The notion of witches and witchcraft was a rather cruel one plaguing the 16th and…

life because he relates the ideologies of McCarthyism to the witch trials by discussing the fears of those involved, but not the actual proceedings. The witch-hunt is depicted as a way to “express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims” (Miller, Act I, 7). Therefore, Miller’s purpose was not to explicitly describe what happened, but to scrutinize the town’s ideologies. Some of Miller’s inspiration comes from the “alienation among friends and strangers as…

first groups to settle here, Puritans feared the unknown like the forest, and banded together for protection. With little room for individuality, grudges and other personal disputes built up with no outlet. Fueled by destructive lies and wrongful accusations of others, hysteria evolves into a dangerous problem in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. It is not difficult to see how people like Abigail, in a community with such strict religious laws, find it easier to avoid the truth rather than accept…

child was not holy or pure. That is a stereotype that was made in The Crucible when John Proctor was in suspicion of witchcraft not only due to the accusations towards his wife, but because all three of his sons were not baptized and since they did not pray daily. This is reason why Hale recommends him to complete the following to fall out off accusations toward witchcraft. Another example of a stereotype in The Crucible is how all the accused of witchcraft are women. In the Crucible Elizabeth…

The Crucible in 1953 during the Red Scare to prove how much the Salem Witch Trials related to how the community was turning on each other to save themselves. Abigail Williams is a perfect example of a character that deceived her way into removing accusations of witchcraft on herself and reversing it to carry out her maniacal vengeance on other characters in the play. During the witch trials in 17th century Salem Massachusetts turned the town on its head when the conspiracy broke through when the…

brutality have sparked displeasure from the public. Although the police help maintain a safe environment, at times their presence can have a more negative impact than positive because they demean minorities, use excessive force, and deny charges or accusations of wrongdoing; therefore the use of dash and body cameras by officers must become part of protocol.…

that false accusations of people without any evidence is morally…

ironically gained power by being committing sin: by being greedy. Both historically, and in The Crucible, Putnam would jail people for trivial things in order to gain more money and power. In summary, it was not “surprising to find that so many accusations against people are in the handwriting of Thomas Putnam,” (27). Putnam would gain power by doing acts that would be considered the lowest low. Reverend Samuel Parris is the Reverend, and thereby the leader of Salem, so he should not be able to…

great share in the promoting and divulging of those opinions that cause of this trouble. Winthrop believed that Hutchinson’s action for maintaining a meeting and assembly in her house was not tolerable nor fitting for her sex. Some of Winthrop’s accusation are not backed up with credible prove and some of the actions Anne Hutchinson did, was for the love of God. This case should have never came to trial because the defendant did not commit any wrongdoings. Anne hutchinson did not trouble the…