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Examples Of The Dilemmas In The Crucible

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People believe that actions happen for many different reasons and tend to blame others before themselves. Some believe that the devil is doing the work in the body of someone else, and some believe that the devil does not, and some even believe in witchcraft. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, nineteen innocent people are hung for accusations of performing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. A group of young girls go out into the woods which is forbidden in Salem. They are sent into a frenzy when the town’s reverend, Parris, spots them dancing in the woods. The girls are led by Abigail Williams, a young teenage girl who lives with her uncle, reverend Parris. Abigail is not the most truthful girl, which ends up causing 19 innocent people their lives. Previous to these events, Abigail was a servant in the Proctor household, but was sent off after Elizabeth Proctor found out about the affair between Abigail and her husband, John Proctor. In Abigail’s case the more lies she told, the more lives she ended. One night, a group of girls decide to follow a slave of reverend Parris, Tituba, into the woods. All the girls brought an item thrown into the pot wishing for something to benefit them. Abigail wishes Elizabeth Proctor to be dead so she can marry John Proctor. Tituba sings her barbados songs while the girls dance around in a circle, which dancing in such ways in Salem is forbidden. Some of the girls undress while dancing and as Tituba sings and swings a dead

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