... place in Act 2. Elizabeth and John Proctor are at their house when Ezekiel Cheever enters. Cheever has come on behalf of the court, and he notifies them that he has come to take Elizabeth to jail for the crime of witchcraft. Apparently, Abigail Williams, a cold hearted, troubled teenager has accused Elizabeth of ventriloquism. She had a poppet that she was sewing in church one ... , had at least one thing to worry about. If and when were they going to be accused? Many of the citizens of Salem feared that they wouldn't be accepted. At the end of Act 3, a court scene, John Proctor is tryin...

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... the end of the seventeenth century. It is a portrayal of young women who are caught practicing witchcraft and dancing, in a strict Puritan community. Essentially, they were merely being teenage girls, in a confined society where they needed to break loose. They made up a tale of being bewitched by local housewives, in order to clear them of guilt. This point was proven when Abigail ... tells John, "I am but God's finger, John. If he would condemn Elizabeth, she will be condemned." The cycle expands with each person accused: the supposed witch must decide whether to plead guilty to a cri...

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... of improper means of investigation and the charges were dropped. One will see in the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, that the United States basically despised Russia during the 1950's because Russia was a communist state. The United States named Russia The Devil (according to the play), because of their communistic ways and dictatorship over the people. The necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon ... listen, to her advantage. This again proves that Abigail had control of the town and the unexplained turned neighbor against neighbor. The social breakdown in Salem was th...

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