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The Hysteria In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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Have you ever had those nosy neighbors that start rumours about you or the people that live around you? Having those people around you can lead to discomfort and drama. People were accused of being communists in the 1960’s. Arthur Miller was exposed to it. The mcCarthy hearings inspired Arthur Miller to write The Crucible. I do agree that some of the characters in the crucible could have done more to end the hysteria in Salem. One person that i could think of is Abigail, the maid at the Proctor’s household. She could’ve been one to stop the hysteria in the play. Abigail was the one that set the witch hunt after having an affair with John Proctor. I feel that she could have not started the whole witch hunt. The affair that she got in with …show more content…

I feel that she could have because she blamed others so she wouldn't get hanged or whipped. Parris threatens a whipping if she does not confess to witchcraft while Hale is in her face telling her to confess. “And then he come one stormy night to me and he say, “Look! I have *white* people belong to me.” (Miller 594) Tituba is confessing to witchcraft. She could have not confess and deny everything and end up being accused of being a witch or she can confess and blame somebody else and not be hanged or whipped. So that's what she does to save herself. Tituba is blaming others of witchcraft that were there with the devil. Parris and Hale are both asking her questions. Hale wants Tituba to wake the child but Tituba has no power. “He say Mister Parris must be kill Mister Parris no goody man, Mister Parris mean man and no gentle man, and he bid me to ride out of my bed and cut your throat!” (Miller 594) Tituba confesses so she would have not get a beating that she is going to receive. Parris and Hale threaten to hang her so if she does not go along. Now she realizes that the only thing that will save her is to go along with the girls’ story and blame somebody

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