The Crucible is a play written about Puritans around the time of 1692 when the Salem witch trials were taking place. Women, men, and children were scared for their lives afraid that someone would call them a witch and they would be persecuted, put in jail, crushed, or even hanged. This gave the people an idea that if they wanted something someone else had, why not call them a witch let them get killed and take what they leave behind. This caused a mass murder of innocent people to die just because of greed and jealousy. In the play, The Crucible, a character named Abigail was seen in the woods by her uncle, Rev. Parris. A minister in the village of which they lived, and what he saw was a horrid site. A bunch of the girls from the village and one slave named Tituba, were dancing around a fire while some of them were naked. This scared the minister was so shocked that he did not know what to do. When he returned to the village, two of the girls were laying lifeless in the bed. Parris says “Now look you, child, your punishment will come in its …show more content…
Did Abigail really see Goody Proctor with the devil or was it a lie just so she could be hanged so she could get her husband John Proctor who she committed adultery with before this all took place? Yes, before all this happened Abigail was working for Proctor doing housework, until she was fired by Goody Proctor. When her and Proctor got a little thing going and they committed the sin of adultery, Proctor realized what he had done and fired her. But deep down Abigail still had feelings for him and would stop at nothing to get her revenge on Goody Proctor and get what she wanted. So when the town people heard that Goody Proctor's name was mentioned they headed to her home in the farthest part of the town to get her and take her to court to be judged upon witchcraft. When they took her to court and founded her guilty and John was founded guilty too, and they were both sentenced to
Abigail and the others did not want to be punished for their actions in the woods so they turned the blame onto others. They first accused
From there they call in his wife into the court and ask his wife if John was in an affair with Abigail she lies to the court and from there they see that she is lying and they accuse her. Later she tells them that she is pregnant so they decide to let her go and wait for a year so by John having an affair with Abigail was his
Blamed for the Salem Witch Trials The Crucible,written by Arthur Miller, is about the witch trials that began in Salem, Massachusetts and involved several horrors no one would want to experience. People were accused, hanged or even crushed to death while being questioned. Miller describes the horror perfectly and he insinuates that Abigail Williams was the girl to begin the Salem Witch Trials.
The Crucible is a play that takes place in a town called Salem in the late 1600’s during the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of the people that were accused of witchcraft in Salem because of a group of girls that were dishonest about doing something they weren’t supposed to. Among this group of girls was Abigail Williams who manipulated the other girls into going along with the lie which shows how manipulative, dishonest and selfish she is. Abigail can be described as manipulative because of the many things she does to get her way.
The Crucible, a play focusing on the events of the Salem Witch Trials during the 1600s, highlights the mass hysteria which plagued the people. In this play, a group of girls led by Abigail Williams claim to be the victims of witchcraft. Abby repeatedly puts blame upon others to better
She result to petty name-calling in order to cast doubt in John’s
The stage is set, the French and Indian War has recently ended and tensions between the colonists and the British are only just beginning. However, despite all these influential happenings the people of Salem are focused on something totally different. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible these colonists in Salem are focused on something never seen or thought of before, witchcraft. This word and thought throw this small town into a frenzy and even some of the surrounding towns are caught up in this. The suspected witchcraft tests the colonists spiritually, emotionally, and politically.
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to show the alarming similarity between the witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600s to the witch hunts of his own time, the communist investigations of the 1950s. Arthur Miller was an American playwriter. He spoke out against the government and, once was even questioned by the United States Government about his un-American views. In the 1950s through the 1960s the United States and Russia were in the Cold War.
With the Bad Comes the Good In The Crucible, a well-known play written by Arthur Miller, the city of Salem, Massachusetts faces a wave of hysteria, leading people to fear witchcraft during the late 17th century. The play is based on the Salem Witch Trials and portrays a concept similar to that of McCarthyism. When a group of young girls was found dancing in the forest, and the Puritan minister’s daughter, Betty, appears to fall into an unconscious slumber, the extremely religious city began to suspect witchcraft. Once the intimidated group of girls witnesses the reaction and attention that this incident brings them, the local minister’s niece, Abigail Williams, realizes that she can use it as an opportunity to get vengeance on her worst enemy
In the spring of 1692 an outbreak of which craft shadowed over the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Although which craft is non-existent it didn't stop these crazed occult activists from pointing fingers at people they have known there whole life. The Crucibles is a tragedy driven story based on the horrific events that took place in Salem. Nevertheless, all this talk of witches had to come from somewhere; surprisingly, it came from a group of girls dancing naked in the forest and drinking the blood of a chicken.
Abigail Williams, the girl that started this trial, used the fear of others to get revenge against John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth. Abigail used to serve Proctor. They had an affair. Elizabeth found out and fired Abigail. Abigail wanted to get rid of Elizabeth.
She ended up getting the girls accused of witchcraft by only saying that she saw them with the devil. At this point in the trials. John is angry and annoyed with Abigail's lies and decides that he would admit to adultery. This gets his
Her lie then backfires; she tells the court that John never had any relations with Abigail after John had already confessed to his sin. She takes blame for the affair when she tells the court “... But in my sickness... I were a long time sick... I thought I saw my husband somewhat turning from me...”
When they got home from the Court John walks over to Mary, the stage direction states, “Grasping her by the throat as though he would strangle her” (Miller 1129). Since she never told the court what actually had happen john went with what he said and start to beat mary for not telling the truth. He did warn Mary that he would strangle her but, he is not allowed to threaten her to tell something and beat for not telling her and that makes him a flawed man.
Abigail Williams was a very intense character in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, but according to historical documents, she may be a bit more of a nuisance than anticipated from the book. The age, things she did, and who she “loved” is all different. Some things were the same, but there have been a lot of differences. The Crucible portrayed Abigail Williams as a seventeen year old girl who was a servant for the Proctors.