Tituba

witchcraft, and religious belief. The girls blaming everyone can be considered as a part of Hysteria due to its exaggeration. Abigail states, “I never called him! Tituba, Tituba…” (Miller 481). In act one, Hale starts to question Abigail on whether she called the devil or not because her cousin might be dying. Out of panic, Abigail accuses Tituba of calling the devil while she spoke “Barbados”. The girls, along with Abigail, then started pointing out other people like Mary Warren and…

judge or think of others differently because of how they look and how they live their lives, but more or less it happens. We quickly make assumptions based on the person’s appearance and customs they perform. This can be noticed in The Crucible when Tituba is seen dancing and singing…

destroyed. For example, in the upcoming dialogue between Abigail and Tituba, Abigail falsely accuses Tituba of witchcraft which begins the corruption of justice where good and innocent people are accused and convicted by those without honesty and virtue. “ABIGAIL: She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer! PARRIS: She have often laughed at prayer! ABIGAIL: She comes to me every night to go and drink blood! TITUBA: You beg me to conjure! She beg me make charm—…

around making the lives of others harsh. After getting accused of something so solemn, they shrewd enough to put the the blame on others and get away with it. They began by blaming the lowest of society, or a innocent gal named Tituba. The early scene in which Abigail accuses Tituba of witchcraft starts the twisting of justice in Salem, in which good and innocent people are accused and convicted by those without integrity. From this point on, it is known to us that something is inaccurate in…

tell them the others who were involved. In some cases there were promised advantages or pardons for telling them (Arthur Miller Publishes The Crucible : 1952.). In The Crucible Abigail Williams admitted that she was bewitched by Tituba, Abigail Williams claimed that Tituba would bewitch her into dancing, and laughing during prayer. Abigail Williams first accused two citizens in Salem, Abigail then claims that she danced for the devil also signed her name in his book (Miller Pg.48). “Abigail: I…

spring of 1692, Reverend Samuel Parris was found his ten-year-old daughter, Betty, niece Abigail, slave Tituba and other girls dancing in the forest night before. Samuel Parris worried about his daughter because she cannot wake up. Someone already called Reverend John Hale, a witchcraft specialist. When John Hale starts to ask a girl who decides to do devil-worship, Abigail told him, that it was Tituba. In the same time, Putnam family came to Samuel Parris house because of their daughter also…

United States as more countries turned communist. This led to many Americans being accused of being communists and forced to go on trial, possibly facing harsh punishments. The Salem Witch Trials started with one person being accused of witchcraft (Tituba). This fear of witchcraft eventually spun out of control, leading to the hangings of many people. In today’s society, many people see these events as absurd, however, during these time periods people actually believed in these ideas and…

People gather to talk the babies dyeing. The people thought that they were murdered "There is a murder witch among us. Betty frantic terror rising in him." (14) Abigail blames Tituba of being a witch and she is taken to a large group of people to intaragate her to figger out if she was really a witch. Abigail blames Tituba of being a…

of trouble. An example of this would be when Mr. Hale was interrogating Tituba and Abigail lied to get Tituba in trouble and to keep herself out of it. Abigail said, “She [Tituba] comes to me every night to go and drink blood!”(pg. 1154). Abigail also lied by saying, “Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a stitch on my body! I always hear her [Tituba] laughing in my sleep. I hear her [Tituba] singing her Barbados songs and tempting me…”(pg. 1154). If Abigail…

In “The Crucible” ,written by Authur Miller, it’s spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Strange events start to occur after Reverend Paris finds his daughter, his niece, his slave and many other girls dancing in the forest. His niece ,Abigail Williams, has a history of lying, getting released from service and being a rebel, she is the most responsible for conjuring up spirits and for also conjuring up the devil in Salem. Abigail is responsible for conjuring up the devil in Salem because when…