Why Was There A Dark Force In The Crucible

Still at the Proctors’ house, two officers of the Court arrive to arrest Elizabeth.  They search the house and find the poppet, which contains a needle, and Elizabeth learns that Abigail has charged Elizabeth with attempted murder. Poppet’s were seen to be an act of witchcraft, like a voodoo doll in today’s time. Abigail has been stabbed with a needle whilst in the Parris’ house. Proctor pleads with Mary to testify against Abigail in Court because Mary was the person to make the poppet.  Mary is reluctant to do this because it would make her at odds with the other girls.  She is aware of Proctor’s affair with Abigail but again Proctor again does not wish to face up to his responsibilities and thinks he can make Mary appear in Court against Abigail, but she warns him that Abigail will accuse him of lechery. All too slowly, Proctor has come to the realisation of Abigail’s obsession with him, and this may cost the life of his wife, who is completely innocent. He is angry at his wife’s arrest, and accuses Hale of being like Pontius Pilate, but what he fails to realise is that he too has been like Pontius Pilate, trying to escape involvement in the affair by persuading others to act for him. It is only now that he comes to the conclusion that he will have

While in court one day, she sews a poppet for Elizabeth and leaves her needle in there. Abigail sees this and later at dinner, she stabs herself with a needle and accuses Elizabeth of doing so. This results into the police going to the Proctor household and questioning Mary about the doll. “Why, I meant no harm by it, sir.” Mary admits that the doll is hers, and tells Cheever that the cries of witchery are all pretense. This all leads to John convincing her to tell the truth. Mary tries to take responsibility, to help, but nobody believed her. Even though she did take responsibility for her actions, Mary had to lie in the end to save herself.

Abigail’s fear of prosecution and of losing John Proctor causes her to cry witch. When Reverend Hale asks Abigail if she called “the Devil last night” (42), she realizes her peril, and says “I never called him! Tituba, Tituba . . . “ (42), diverting the accusations from herself onto Tituba. Abigail notices Warren storing a needle in the belly of a poppet after sewing it in court. Abigail sticks a needle into her stomach the next day and cries witchcraft. Later, the blame of witchery falls on Elizabeth Proctor because Mary Warren gave her the stabbed poppet. Abigail designs to see Elizabeth Proctor hanged, and believes that John Proctor will be “singing secret hallelujahs” (152) with her when she does. Abigail cries witch on Elizabeth Proctor so that she does not lose John Proctor. The driving fears of Abigail and Tituba contrast in that Abigail’s are complex and twisted whereas Tituba’s are primal and straightforward.

Abigail on the other hand wants John to love her as he loves his wife and wants Elizabeth gone. “With bitter anger; Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be-” (Act 1, 23). Abigail felt distraught and angry at John when said that he will never see her again as she continues to talk about his wife so John feels guilty among himself. Abigail as well made a poppet in church for Mary Warren to give to Elizabeth as a “gift” although she had stuck a needle in the bottom of the dress by the belly. Abigail earlier that morning had been seen having a needle shoved in the exact same location. “She'll kill me for sayin that! Proctor continues toward her. Abigail charged lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!” (Act 2, 80).Handing Elizabeth with a poppet inserted with a needle was the most clever way for Abigail to charged Elizabeth of imposing with craft upon her. Knowing Mary Warren is afraid of her she took advantage of it to steal John Proctor from his wife.

Because of Abigail's twisted plot of sticking a needle in herself to signify Elizabeth's "familiar spirit" pushing it in, and Cheever finding a poppet in the Proctor's house, Elizabeth is charged with murder. Proctor realises what Abigail is trying to do, and feels remorse, as he is partly at fault for his relationship with Abigail. "I'll not give my wife to vengeance."

Benjamin Franklin dropped out of school at age ten due to lack of wealth. This misfortune caused Franklin, to be put to the test of challenges in adversity. However, he never stopped pursuing his education which ultimately lead to substantial inventions and America's founding fathers. Similarly, The Crucible, focuses on the conflicts of the Salem witch trials and the uttermost actions that can create dim ambitions. Arthur Miller's play “The Crucible”, exhibits characters that struggle through hardships which ultimately end in union. The Crucible is shown as a severe test or trial, it pertains to characters John Proctor, Reverend Hale, and Mary Warren because, they all faced adversity through several young girls unable to speak the

Both Salem, Massachusetts in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, and post 9/11 America are societies that dread witches or terrorists and tries to identify and eliminate them. When people find something that they are afraid of, they will do everything in their power to get rid of that fear. It will not matter to them what they have to do in order to eliminate their unease. Any fear that is great enough can take over people and make them do horrible, unjust things.

Well the crucible is like Mccarthyism where everyone is blaming everybody for being a communist. Then the fingers start pointing at everyone calling people a communist like in the crucible except everybody is being blamed for a witch every thing they do .

Later that night, at dinner, Abby starts screaming saying that she has been stabbed. Abby says that it is Goody Proctor in spirit. They have a warrant for Goody Proctors arrest and go to the Proctor’s household. They search the Proctor’s house and find the poppet Mary made, after they Proctors have said they have no dolls in their household. Because of this scenario, Goody Proctor was thought to be a witch and sentenced to be hung unless she confesses.

Abigail and her friends went with Tituba into the forest planning on trying to summon the devil. Tituba stirred up a summoning potion in the pot which included an alive frog. The girls then watched as Abigail drank brood from the pot hoping to put a charm on Goody Proctors death. The next day they were reported and Mercy Lewis (one of the girls) exclaimed to one of the ministers that Abigail did drink blood. The ministers were outraged. Abigail of course tried to deny it. This is when Abigail started to act up around the town. She started to make up things to make people think that she was the innocent child. “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller, 19). This quote was said by Betty Parris because Betty knew that Abigail drank the charm. Abigail of course said she didn’t and said they were only ‘dancing around’. Abigail drank the charm to kill John Proctor’s wife because she was driven by

Although it is unknown who accused Elizabeth of witchcraft, Elizabeth is sure that Abigail did it. Elizabeth receives a doll from Mary, her servant, with a needle stuck in it. Abigail is found with a needle in her abdomen that day, and this leads to the arrest of Elizabeth. The arrest says Elizabeth stuck the needle in Abigail in some unnatural way. Abigail is lying, and must have stuck the needle in herself. Abigail knowing of the accusation and the doll, could easily stab herself with a needle, but make it look like Elizabeth did it. Before they all went to court Betty was sick in bed and shouted, “You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!”(18). This is referring to when the girls were caught in the woods. They were dancing, and apparently Abigail drank blood as a charm to kill Elizabeth. Abigail does all these things for her own personal

Power is the ability to influence an individual or a series of events, most humans crave power and the ability to be in control of others. In Salem Massachusetts the Puritan lifestyle gave individuals few freedoms and little power in one's daily life. They were not allowed to do anything that resulted in enjoyment, an individual's life was not devoted to one's self and well being but only to God. The Puritan lifestyle was a very restricting one, this caused Puritans to crave the power they could not grasp, until the Witch Trials in 1692. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, many characters including Abigail Williams and Mary Warren use the Witch trials to obtain power that they did not possess before the trials occurred.

Girls will be girls… unless the supernatural comes to play.Overall, the people of Salem will blame anybody or anything on the mere fact that a witch or Satanist is to blame. This is due to the fear of change and outsiders in the nation. In this quote there are rising suspicions about the possibility of witches, “MRS. PUTNAM, glancing at Betty: How high did she fly, how high? PARRIS: No, no, she never flew— MRS. PUTNAM, very pleased with it: Why, it’s sure she did. Mr. Collins saw her goin’ over Ingersoll’s barn, and come down light as a bird, he says!” (Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Pg 13) Consequently The rumors are already “flying” about the supernatural powers the girls might have. The actual start of the book poses the question of the

Our world has revolved around power, ever since ancient kings fought over great lands, and even to which sibling gets the last cookie. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely“ Lord Acton displays how power has the ability to change everything, and with more power comes greater consequences. In Salem a famous series of events happened around 1962 till 1963, and many people lost their lives because of the abuse of power. Abigail, Danforth, and Mary demonstrate immense signs of power in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, and how the influence of power can turn a simple town upside down.

Terror and superstition quickly spread throughout the town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 taking hold of all the townspeople’s peace of mind. It all starts with a Puritan girl, Abigail in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. In fact, because the belief of the Devil is present in Salem, many characters point fingers at others and blame them for their problems. Many accuse people of being witches because they are unable to find a reason for their problems causing the supernatural to become the scapegoat for true evil.