The Crucible-Salem And The Accused

Salem and the Accused
An excerpt from Crucible, Stating the equitable way to arraign people. During the time of the Salem Witch Trials, many innocent people were under the accusation of being and/or dealing with witches or the devil to cause mischief among the citizens of the town. These allegation influenced the rifts in the town, and caused an isolated community in which everyone had a fear of be accused or affected. At the time, the actions they conducted could have seemed etiquette. Although, the townspeople had several other options to conduct a fair trial. There are numerous steps the Crucible by Arthur Miller should’ve taken that might have saved or more effectively condemned the accused: confirm all evidence was absolutely irrefutable

A major mistake the courts made, was to allow the trial to be held publicly. Due to the public trial, people tried to insert themselves into the investigation to get attention to sway the decision of the judge one way or another. In the Crucible, Act 2 Giles Corey says his wife was accused, Walcott, a man with a disliking toward Martha Corey, said she bewitched his pigs. “Now he goes to court and claims that from that day to this he cannot keep a pig alive for more than four weeks because my Martha bewitched them with her books!” (pg. 1175, line 25) With all the inputs of others, the court decidedly put Mrs. Corey behind bars. In this case, if the trial had been held privately, Mrs. Corey would still be walking free.
Many of the trials held in the Crucible were unjustly and unfair. Some of the steps the Crucible by Arthur Miller should’ve taken were: confirm all evidence was absolutely irrefutable in every aspect, to not accredit every accusation people made, as well as hold all court proceedings in private with an unbiased judge and