Tituba

Authority or Truth? A twisted play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller was based in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. There were peculiar characters throughout the play such as Abigail who was the leader of “the girls” and accused Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft so that Elizabeth’s husband, John Proctor, would be available for romantic relations. Also, there was Reverend Parris who only cared about his money and power. Finally, there was Reverend Hale who experienced the most…

as an answer for this unusual event. This group of girls includes Abigail, and Mary Warren. They threw around names of various people who “bewitched” them, including old women, a few men, and a slave. According to the girls, a slave from Barbados, Tituba, bewitched them and made them dance around…

witchcraft. Tituba, Sarah Good, John and Giles- not confessing. Confession leading to injustice would be another major theme presented thought out The Crucible. The Crucible, was a novel about the Salem Witch Trials that took place in 1963. The characters in the novel that Arthur Miller wrote about are all related to the theme that false accusations, mass hysteria, and confession can lead to injustice. This theme was shown through the different character like John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse,…

In The Crucible, people were being accused and were accusing others left and right; it was chaos. Just a few times this happened was when Abigail said that Tituba made her and the girls participate in witchcraft and when the girls, as part of their charade, began shouting out random names of citizens of Salem that they “saw” with the devil. The many women they named were brought to court and questioned soon…

town of Salem all started being paranoid, and because of the already rigorous society people lived in, the mentality of civilians were not stable any longer.9 Mass hysteria majorily affects main characters including Abigail WIlliams, Mary Warren, and Tituba. Abigail Williams was a very jealous woman, wanting to always get back at people for their mistakes.10 The hysteria majorily played a role into her life and the people that she accused of witchcraft. She has sent a shocking number of people…

same thing happening. In Act 1, Tituaba says, “And then he come one stormy night to me, and he say, look I have white people belong to me. And I look and there was Goody Good.” Parris responds to that, “Sarah Good?” Tituba then says, “Aye, sir, and Goody Osbourne.” (Miller 1262). Tituba is talking about the devil coming to her one night with people. She is accusing these people for being with the devil and being a witch. It’s just a lie to get herself out of being killed. Once she did, Abigail…

integrity. One quote is “You will not use me! I am no Sarah Good or Tituba, I am John Proctor!You will not use me! It is no part of salvation that you should use me!”(1231).This quote shows that John Proctor wanted to stand up for himself against the court because of the false accusations placed on him.John Proctor, in this situation, is trying to protect his pride because he doesn’t want to be pushed around like Sarah Good or Tituba. Another quote would be “Because it is my name!Because I…

much larger, in formal forms of writing, Act one primarily introduces the exposition, or rather the setting and introduction of characters and conflicts. Subsequently in the The Crucible, Miller did just that by introducing main characters such as Tituba, John Proctor…

that is made to believe that was a conjuring of the dark and evil souls of the dead. Miller pointed out several different clues in the play as to what had been going on. It was made to believe that the women had made a fire and danced around it while Tituba sang in her native tongue the song of the dead. A song that was to conjure evil spirits back to earth. This along with a couple of other minor events led to the beginning of The Salem Witch Trials. The people were so afraid of Lucifer and…

The year is 1692 and the holy town of Salem has just been disturbed by rumors that consist of the towns girls doing witchcraft in the woods. The suspicions are confirmed when betty’s father Parris finds them in the woods and the following day betty is unable to wake or move due to being “witched”. Meanwhile Parris and Abigail are arguing about how all the girls were doing was dancing in the woods. Later on multiple people walk in to confirm the rumors they have heard about the girls being…