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Plot Summary Of The Crucible

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The film starts with a group of girls dancing in the woods, who get caught by Reverend Parris, the local minister. Parris’s daughter Betty falls into a “sickness”, which causes rumors of witchcraft to spread through the town. Parris's niece Abigail gets questioned on the events that took place in the forest. She claims that they were doing nothing more than dancing. Abigail then threatens the rest of the girls, and tells them not to speak a word of what happened that night. Abigail meets up with John Proctor, a farmer she has history with. He tells her to end everything happening with the rest of the girls. After Betty wakes up, Abigail starts pointing her finger at Tituba. Tituba admits to seeing the devil, and calls out multiple other villagers,

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