Elizabeth Parris And The Salem Witch Trials

The Truth: During the late seventeenth century in Salem, Massachusetts Bay, Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams were found dancing in the forest by Samuel Parris (minister of Salem). Later on, both of them started to do violent movements and to scream randomly. A doctor theorized that the young girls were acting strange because they were bewitched. Afterwards, different young girls in the area started to have resembling behaviors. After all of this chaos, Tituba (Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados) and two other women were charged for witchcraft.

In the courtroom, the girls were acting erratically and only Tituba out of the three confessed about participating in witchcraft. She did this because she did not want to be executed. In addition, she claimed that their were other witches in Salem. As a result, Salem was consumed by so much

However, there were people that denied on their association with witchcraft then died because of their statement. In the end, the Salem Witch Trials were terminated by the Governor William Phips because his wife was being accused for being a witch. Furthermore, Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams did all of theses actions so they would not be punished for dancing.

The Film: Takes place in Salem, Massachusetts Bay during the late 1600s, “The Crucible” demonstrates how the Salem Witch Trials proceed. In the film, Abigail Williams does witchcraft to kill ex-lover’s (John Proctor) wife with a group of girls and Tituba (Caribbean slave) so she could become his wife. Then, Abigail and her friends start to blame others for making them participate in witchery. Eventually, Elizabeth Proctor (John Proctor’s wife) becomes one of the suspects. John Proctor attempts to save his wife, but in the end he had to be hanged in order to save her and his family’s name.

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