Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

The Crucible

 

            
             During the time of superstition that runs through many minds in a small community, the Puritans of Salem, Massachusetts, trial dozens of people who mayor may not be witches. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller examines what can happen to a town that believes into their religion and are superstitious of what can happen if you aren't into your religion. A local puritan of the town saw a group of girls gathering in the woods at night, dancing naked in the dark, to what it seems to be a ritual of some sort. One of the fundamental aspects in this play is the steamy relationship between Abigail Williams, a devious young girl, and John Proctor, a married man. Abigail worked as a servant to the Proctors", and during that time Abigail and John have an affair. Elizabeth Proctor suspects that something was going on and let Abigail go. Abigail is in love with John and is willing to do anything to get him back, even leading to witchcraft. In The Crucible, religion and superstition runs through the town leading everyone in the town in mass hysteria of the evil that may take over.
             The beginning of the play starts out when Parris, the town Reverend, says that he saw a number of the town girls dancing naked in the forest. Parris brought this information back to the town. When the girls were questioned about, most of them said that Tituba, reverend Parris" servant from Barbados, made them perform witchcraft and dance in the forest. Betty, one of the girls that was in the forest, comes down with the flu, or so the town thinks, or that she is possessed with evil spirits and the town forces Tituba to tell them why she has compacted with the devil. All of the girls continue to blame Tituba for this and she is accused of being a witch and performing witchcraft.
             Hale: "You must certainly do, and you will free her from it now! When did you compact the devil?.
             Tituba: "I don't compact with no Devil!.
             Parris: " You will confess yourself or will take you out and whip you to death, Tituba? .


Essays Related to The Crucible