Tituba

the girls, and the answer he got was that the girls were being possessed by witchcraft and they were victims of the crime. The community began to search for the perpetrators and “within no time [at all], there were three witches who were accused -- Tituba, Reverend Parris' slave; Sarah Good, an impoverished homeless woman; and Sarah Osborne, who had defied conventional Puritan society.” All of these women who were accused were easy targets, and the people of the community truly believed that…

The Crucible In the year 1692, Salem is filled with fear and paranoia of witchcraft. Men, women, children, and even dogs are being executed for witchcraft. The people of Salem are living in constant fear of both being accused, and being a victim. When put on trial, they are given two options: Confess, and live or Deny, and be hanged. The court is a theocracy, based solely off the word of the victims, the accused, and God. “...She swears now that she never saw Satan; nor any spirit, vague or…

laughing they appear before a fire with symbols drawn around it. Tituba, a Barbados slave, was waiting for them as they circled the fire. Each of the girls had an offering for Tituba, a token for which she would enchant to make the person the owner’s heart desired to fall in love with them. Reverend Parris (Betty’s father and Abigail’s uncle) discovers the group of girls dancing naked in the woods as the scream and holler with Tituba in the center of everything. This helps set the mood of the…

Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam were so shocked about being caught the night before that they faked being sick. Then the whole town exploded thinking that they were sick because of witchcraft, they blamed Tituba, Parris’s slave, because she was out with the girls the night before. To save her life, Tituba accused Goody Good and Goody Osburn of witchcraft and seeing that accusing others of witchcraft it saved Tituba’s life the other girls started to accuse different people in Salem. Abigail had an…

witchcraft took place as soon as he got there, Parris’s child, Betty, is in bed, not able to talk or even move. Hale starts trying to figure out what happened to her when Abigail starts to mention Tituba, who is Parris’s servant and has knowledge of conjuring. Parris pressures her into confessing and Tituba herself says “I…

Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 by the strange and aberrant behavior of a group of young girls. The residents of Salem saw this behavior and questioned the girls. The girls then confessed that a Caribbean slave by the name of Tituba had been showing them witchcraft. Tituba was put on trial for the accusation of being a witch and she confessed, telling them that she was a witch and not the only one. She told the people of Salem that 9 other people had signed the Devil’s book and become a…

caught dancing in the forest in an attempt that they believe will execute Proctors wife ,whom Abigail has affections for. After the girls are caught by Abigail’s uncle, Reverend Parris, they accuse their activities and impact for the Devil, and that Tituba, Parris' slave who instructs the young ladies about spirits, has called upon him and made them dance. The girls refuse to to admit, and…

The Treatment of Women in The Crucible How were most women treated in Puritan Societies? Most women during this time were expected to clean, cook, and watch over their children with the help of a maid in their own homes. The women in this society were treated just as equally in punishment as the men were in the Salem Witch Trials, but they were limited to certain things because of their gender. The consequences were the same for witchcraft, which were: jail, banning, and hanging. One example…

The people of Salem value power more than justice. Discuss. Intro The story of “The Crucible”, written by Arthur Miller, highlights how the members of Salem idolise power over the values and justice they follow. This is emphasised through the themes of absolute morality, redemption, and struggle/conflict, surrounding the characters such John Procter, Hale, Danforth and Abigail, as well as the social hierarchy of the Puritan society in Salem, and how some rise above skirmish for power the novel…

“I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget” (“Top Nine Arthur Miller Quotes”). This interesting quote is from Arthur Miller. He was an American writer who focused many of his plays on real life issues like racism and discrimination (“Arthur Miller”). His play The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1692. This was the time of the Salem witch trials. The play The Crucible may have been written 64 years ago, but it is still widely read in…