Tituba

Tituba, after being accused of practicing witchcraft, passed the blame onto others in order to clear her name. When pleading to Rev. Paris she says, "But he say,'You work for me, Tituba, and I make you free...' And I say 'You lie Devil, you lie!'... He say, ' Look! I have white people who belong to me." And I look and there was Goody Good" (Miller 44). Out of fear of being hanged Tituba names another person who was supposedly practicing witchcraft as well. Tituba does this in hopes…

Stubbornness is said to be the ugly side of perseverance. By refusing to acknowledge other people’s ability other than one’s own, stubborn people miss out on multiple opportunities to understand and change. The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, follows the story of the town of Salem, Massachusetts, terrorized by the activity of witches. With the people distressed about these so-called witches, they contact Reverend John Hale, a “holy doctor” who is able to help them. First…

play of the girls in the same age group turns into something that is considered to be the most evil act in the community of Salem. Abigail having noted Tituba’s power to communicate with the dead, she therefore uses her power of the master to command Tituba to cast the evils at Mrs. Proctor. Through her influence over all the girls that went to play with her in the forest, Abigail therefore portrays that women are more evil than men in the society. She has shown that most women would prefer to…

As Hale is harassing Tituba to confess to witch craft, Abigail implicates “Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a stitch on my body! I always hear [Tituba] laughing in my sleep. I hear [Tituba] singing her Barbados songs and tempting me with—“(The Crucible 41). This shows how easy it is for anyone to accuse people of witch craft. The group…

it yourself. YOu have not discovered witchcraft” This shows that Rev. is very heavily caring towards the way he is seen in the eyes of god and in his religion. Another example is the character Tituba. Tituba is the african american slave of the Parris family, and is also a follower of the religion. Tituba after being seen in the woods with several other women dancing (Including Betty Parris) is accused of being a witch. When this occurs she is beat in front of the people being told to confess…

precise location of the story started in the Parris’s house located in Salem Village. This narrative starts with a slave from the Caribbean and two children with youthful mind creating a world of fantasy. These fantasies were started by Tituba, the slave. Tituba told the young children Abigail and Betty the stories she had heard told in the Caribbean. Yearning the non-existing adventure that she could not have, 9-year-old Abigail Williams wanted more of that freedom and its addicting attraction.…

A dark time in American history in the late sixteenth hundreds when men and women were believed to be in the mist of evil sprits. The Salem witch trials were a chain of trials against supposed witches in Salem Massachusetts. The initial event that started the beliefs was when the Betty, the ten year old daughter of Reverend Samuel Parris and his niece, eleven year old Abigail began to have sudden uncontrollable bodily convulsions which mimicked demonic actions; which led Parris, ministers, and…

Its human nature to break out of the mold that has been set by society and others around us, and for the residents of the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts, this was seen in various circumstances and in different ways. As one young girl, the antagonist, broke the mold, the Puritan community was thrown into turmoil. The events to follow the spark she lit would lead to the blinded killing of innocent people. The events in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible show firsthand the way the actions out of…

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place during 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts and is heavily based upon the Salem Witch Trials. Miller accuarately depicts the madness and the hysteria that takes over the town as people begin to wildly accuse one another for witchcraft. Throughout the story, Miller introduces the reader to the recurring theme of lies and deceit. Deception is throughly developed in Miller’s story because many of the townspeople were forced to lie in order to save themselves…

is a play involving Salem and victims of witchcraft, who suffers extreme consequences. Parris is a reverend who has high authority in church, however his reputation is put on the line as his daughter, Abigail and niece are caught dancing with slave Tituba in the woods naked. Throughout the story, Parris is static as he encounters little change and become more paranoid at the thought of his place in church being degraded due to Abigail’s uncharitable act. In the beginning of the play, Betty and…