How Does Arthur Miller Present Power In The Crucible

Power in our society nowadays is very misgiven and abused. When people have power they tend to use it for their own benefit and to manipulate people into believing them. In the play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller dramatizes the Salem witch trials of 1692 in order to show his audience how easy it was to be accused and hung for witchcraft. In the Crucible a group of young girls were caught dancing in the woods and in order to not receive a punishment they lied saying they got witched. The girls blamed many people of the town of being witches and caused conflict all over the village. People in the village had power by influencing others to lie in order not to receive the consequences of witchcraft. Abigail shows power in the play by influencing the girls and what to say and do. She threatened all the girls she will hurt them if they open their mouth and say the truth. Abigail threatens, “Let either one of you breathe a word, or the edge of the other thing and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will being a pointy reckoning that will shutter you.”(Act 1). Abigail tells them she will shutter them with something that will hurt them in a dark night. Abigail and the girls were in Reverend Parris 's
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Abigail speaks, “Why-? Why do you come, yellow bird?”(Act 3). Abigail is lying by saying she sees a yellow bird to get everyone 's attention in the court and make the girls go along with what she says. Abigail says she sees a yellow bird to get Judge Danforth’s attention and manipulates him she is getting witched. Abigail and Mary Warren are in the court and Abigail is pretending she feels a cold wind mary warren sent to her. Abigail shivers, “I-I know not. A wind, a cold wind, has come.”(Act 3). Abigail is lying by saying she feels a cold wind Mary Warren sent to her. She gets all the power and attention in the court and gets Judge Danforth to believe