Loss Of Innocence In The Crucible By Tiffany Madison

“No one loses their innocence. It is either taken or given away willingly.” by Tiffany Madison. The Crucible is a play that starts off with girls getting sick and soon people begin to point fingers. Abigail Williams, the main character, falsely accuse many people leading to others to follow suit. John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and many others tried to prove their innocence that they are not involved with witchcraft. The events in the play The Crucible are similar to those in the events of The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
In 1572, King Charles IX led a group of assassins targeting against the Huguenot. Catherine de’ Medici, King Charles's mother, who is a Catholic and the most powerful person in France feels threaten

Through history, those who are in the high class position has more advantage of demanding things, while those who are in the lower class do not have as much power. Similarly to Catherine, who is the mother of the King and Abigail who is the niece of the minister in Salem, Reverend Parris. Both of them are in a high position. In society, people tend to believe in higher class people more because it is a common thought that high class people are more educated and knowledgeable, hence they were able to climb to the high class position of the social status. So when a powerful and high class person accuse another person, especially one of the lower class, it is immediately decided that the high class person is the right one. When the accusation is targeted towards another high class person, for example, John Proctor who is a respected farmer from The Crucible, the situation is put into suspicion and investigation. This shows that only high class people can compete with each other. Lower class people have no chance to stand against a high class

In the play, The Crucible, Rebecca Nurse was accused of killing Goody Putnam’s children, but they have no proof that she killed them using witchcraft. Just like The Crucible, Coligny was accused of murdering Francis and has become a target for his crime. The crime that Coligny got accused of committing showed no evidence that he did it and people have no proof either. These two characters were falsely accused without any proof. This matter for the future because it could lead to new inventions, so people would not falsely accuse others without proof. For example, in the past, DNA testing did not exist. Nowadays, DNA testing helps identify criminals after it is