How Did The Salem Witch Trial Affect The Crucible

girls did or they will go against her. Mary is not only scared of the girls, but she is also scared of what the judges would do if they found out what she did. Mary has to hide the truth about what really happened with the girls in order to not get killed or hurt.

In act 3 brought into the court Proctor brings Mary Warren to testify against Abigail about her villainous plan that got Elizabeth proctor arrested.Confessing about the doll being in the presence of Elizabeth. Mary tells the court how Abigail pretends with the help of the other girls. On act 3 still Mary states “ It were pretense, sir.” Giving Abigail up about her plan to get at Elizabeth. “ I cannot lie no more. I am with God, I am with God.”Abigail states”.”I have naught to change, sir. She lies”.”: I—I cannot tell how, but I did. I—I heard the other girls screaming, and you, Your Honor, you seemed to believe them, and I—It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I—I promise you, Mr. Danforth,

The Crucible is a famous play written by Arthur Miller, an American playwright who has

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.

Good and Evil were currently planning on going to war, fighting with all their might. This happened frequently, located at the center of a person’s character- the heart and soul. The armies fought countless battles and this one was no exception. The war would be named later, with all the human’s friends repeating the gruesome details of the battle. The human would be known and categorized by this and whether Good or Evil prevailed in his heart.

“Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.” this is a quote by Walter Kirn. The Crucible and the Salem Witch Trials are very similar to the time of McCarthyism and it the most likely reason the why the book was written. “It was not only the rise of "McCarthyism" that moved me, but something which seemed much more weird and mysterious.” (Budick 1985) a quote by the author himself proving it was a factor that made him write the book. They were both witch hunts one literally one not so much a witch hunt as a communist hunt. Events in the play and events in McCarthyism are both very similar. A general thing that happened during both is hysteria, a mass feeling of fear in a way. They were both about people

Miller, Proctor, and Giles Corey, another important role in The Crucible, are similar in that they all admitted to their “crimes,” but refused to blame others. Miller was expelled from a script-writing project in New York because he had communist relations. He was questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee, or the HUAC, about his political beliefs. Miller admitted that he had attended a few informal Communist Party meetings a long time ago, but when the HUAC asked him who else had participated in the meetings, Miller refused to give names. He was charged, tried, and convicted of with contempt of Congress in 1957 (InfoTrac). Although an appeal overturned this conviction a year later, these events show that Miller was willing to stand up for what he believed was right. In The Crucible, Proctor and Corey have the same trait.

Throughout the trial in the courtroom, there was so much controversy about whether Abigail was at accountability for all the witchcraft, or if others were apart of it too. In the courtroom there was the prosecution side (witnesses; John Proctor, Mary Warren, and Hale) and defense side (witnesses; Abigail, Tituba, and Rev. Paris). The prosecution commenced with their opening statement, stating “ Hello Jury, we are charging Abigail Williams for perjury, intent, and malicious………. she confesses to lying for her own pleasure, don’t let her escape.” The defense initiated with their opening statement, stating “ Hello Jury, Abigail, 17 accused many, she may have committed perjury and malicious, however she was not the only one. This town is gullible,

The play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller recounts the events from 1692 to 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, otherwise known as the Salem Witch Trials. Though set in colonial Massachusetts, the somewhat fictional piece serves as an allegory for the post-WWII Red Scare, or more specifically the McCarthy Hearing in the 1950's. Both incidents of mass hysteria had taken place almost three centuries apart, however, share the tragic theme of innocent individuals being accused and convicted of crimes without evidence. As well as, how the prior can be caused by economic instability and provoked public fear. The same theme of human nature is portrayed as Abigail, a young woman desperately in love with the older John Proctor, uses the growing suspicion of witches in Salem to attempt to get rid of Proctor's wife, Elizabeth. Several other girls of Salem follow Abigail as she begins to test the limits of who she can successfully accuse of bewitching her, this goes on until she feels confident enough to accuse Elizabeth Proctor. In quest of her goal Abigail, as well as her followers, become blinded by their new power in society, to the point of abuse. This abuse includes the witch hysteria that erupted in Salem due to their finger-pointing of 'witches' and overdramatic acting of being bewitched in court. Later John Proctor, Mary Warren, Giles Corey, and Francis Nurse try to disprove the accuracy of Abigail's and the other girls' claims. Unfortunately, Mary Warren ends up turning on Proctor,

The purpose of my paper is to compare and contrast Arthur Miller’s The Crucible with the actual witch trials that took place in Salem in the 17th Century. Although many of the characters and events in the play were non-fictional, many details were changed by the playwright to add intrigue to the story. While there isn’t one specific cause or event that led to the Salem witch trials, it was a combination of events and factors that contributed to the birth and growth of the trials. Some of these events included: a small pox outbreak that was happening at the time, the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter by Charles II, and the constant fear of Native attacks. These helped in creating anxiety among the early Puritans that

In the beginning of the play, Mary Warren’s character is well known as being wimpy and afraid. She is under Abigail’s control and will do everything she says. According to Sara Constantakis in Literature Resource Center, “she is weak and easily influenced. She is one of the girls who took part in the voodoo ritual and is terrified when the talk of witchcraft begins, as she knows people who are convicted of being witches are hanged.” This opinion of Mary is further proven by her action of not telling the truth about what happened in the woods because she knows Abigail would kill her. Abigail even screams “I say shut it, Mary Warren!” (Miller, Act I). Mary is always listening to Abigail’s demands, even when she knows the right thing to do. Mary Warren is seen as a poor little mouse who is too quiet to ever stand up for herself. In addition to this, Mary wants to confess about what happened in the woods, but Abigail won’t let her. Mary cries, "Abby, we've got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin', and the other things!" (Miller, Act I). Mary knows she is innocent and for that reason, she is ready to own up to her sins, however Abby knows that she

Mary says, “(in terror). I cannot(2,990),” John “strides and catches her(2,988),” John says, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me(2,990)!” As Mary is “struggling to escape him(2,993).” She continues telling him, “I cannot do it, I cannot(2,994)!” John then says, “(grasping her by the throat) Make your peace with it(2,995)!” Then, “He throws her to the floor, where she sobs, “I cannot, I cannot . . .(2,998).” John is very stubborn and prideful. When his wife is convicted, he thinks he has to save her. He goes to the point of physical abuse to get his way. John makes Mary his punching bag, someone he can take his problems out on. He physically abuses her even though Mary is not the reason Elizabeth is convicted of being a witch.

The Salem Witch trials started in 1642 over the possible witchery of the children in a Massachusett town called Salem. It all started with children under the care of Parris begin to scream wildly. When a doctor came to check on the children his answer was “ They are bewitched.” Over time more children begin to show the same symptoms and as a result the trials begin to stop this. Salem Witch Trials ended with 19 hanged and over 150 accused of bewitching the children. Abigail Williams is the most to blame for the Salem Witch Trials, because of causing Hysteria, Personal goals or desires, and responsible for the deaths.

The play opened with the girls doing something considered taboo in Puritan society, dancing in the woods. The girls involved in this were Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, Mary Warren, Ruth Putnam, and a few others. Tituba, Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados was also with them. All of the girls involved were caught by Reverend Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem. When Reverend Parris catches the girls dancing in the woods, his daughter Betty Parris becomes

and his whip” (240). On one occasion Mary was tied to a tree and beaten