Salem Witch Trials In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Life in the 1600’s was arduous for members of Puritan society. Strict social rules, including defined gender-specific roles, mandatory attendance at church, no self-indulging activities, and limited personal freedoms, forced people to repress their feelings and opinions to maintain a good reputation. God was involved in every aspect of life, and punishment fell upon those who were seen as not doing God’s work and deviated from the norm. The Crucible, a play set during the events of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts during this time, focuses on the mass hysteria which plagued the people and their reactions. A group of girls went dancing in the woods, and were caught by Reverend Parris. To avoid getting in trouble, the girls, led by Abigail Williams, claimed being the victims of witchcraft. John Proctor, who previously had an affair with Abby while she worked for his family, refused to believe the accusations of witchcraft. After Abby accuses his wife, Elizabeth, John does his best to prove her innocence, yet ultimately ends up being hanged himself. The events are tragic, and many people died as a result. Abigail’s “in the moment” survival is evident in her disregard for virtue in favor of reputation throughout The Crucible, whereas John Proctor ultimately decides integrity is more important than survival through his admission of guilt.

In the play of the crucible by Arthur Miller was about the witch trial in salem, massachute. A teenage girl named Abigail fell in love with a married guy named John Proctor. Abigail is doing everything to win John Proctor heart and be john proctor wife. Everything went wrong and she started to lie by accusing innocent people for being witches. Innocent people are getting hang up because of Abigail and her friends lies. The author's purpose of this play is to inform the audience about what happened during salem witch trials.

The devastating Salem witch trials occurred between February 1692 and May 1693. By the end of the trials many people were accused, nineteen were executed and several more died in prison. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, captures the hysteria that developed during the Salem witch trials. Crucible character, Abigail Williams, represents the repressed desires that many of the Puritans possess. Abigail’s readiness to abandon Puritan social restrictions sets her apart from the other characters, and eventually leads to her downfall. Abigail Williams uses manipulation and cruelty to create an atmosphere of terror and intimidation in her town. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Abigail Williams leads the hysteria in Salem by taking extreme measures to succeed in attaining John Proctor's love.

Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible takes place in a small Puritan town in Salem during 1692. In this time period there was a group of girls who pressed false charges on innocent people for witchcraft. These accusations on people has brought a lot of mass hysteria in Salem. During the witch trials there were more than 200 people accused and 20 people were executed. In particular, Abigail Williams starts gaining power by gaining respect and trust of the villagers, and judges.

“The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller takes place in a town called Salem this town has been struck with fear because the citizens believe that witchcraft has infiltrated their town. Some characters in the novel use this state of fear to pursue their motives by accusing others of witchcraft and spreading false accusations. The character Abigail in the novel has been a heart of accusation of witchcraft and frankly is the one responsible for starting this aimless witch hunt. Abigail is only fueled by her motives which are to try and gain the favor of John Proctor as well and to be given admiration for her efforts by her peers. Throughout the play “The Crucible” Abigail fuels the witchcraft rumors by manipulating

The play the Crucible, by Miller is aplay about the salem witch trials. One of the characters Abigail Williams is a girl who grew up without parents. Her parents got killed in an indian attach when she was just a young girl. Since abigail is motivated by power,her decision to execute what she thanks are witches create hysteria in the town by the end of the play.

Many crucial events lead to the Salem Witch trials. The trials ended in a gruesome manner, and conflicts were at the root of the cause. The Salem Witch trials were the result of illogical-mass hysteria, and were induced by grudge holding people who used the trials to harm their foes.

The Salem Witch Trials was an unnecessary event. In the Salem Witch Trials, “more than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil’s magic—and 20 were executed.” (Blumberg 1). If the judges who examined the accused witches were not dimwitted and believed that witchcraft actually existed, then maybe lives would’ve been saved.

In the play “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller is about a town called Salem, Massachusetts during the times of 1692-1693 where witchcraft was very common at the time. The main character Abigail Williams and her friends decided to go out in the woods and dance around which was not allowed in Salem. Abigail and her friends ended up starting rumors that they can see evil and started accusing innocent people for witchcraft. Abigail has an affair with John Proctor. The purpose of writing this story is to inform people was really happened in witchcraft trials.

Not only was Abigail Williams the catalyst of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, but she was immoral and revenge-seeking. The Crucible, a historical play written by Arthur Miller demonstrates our antagonist, Abigail, making bad things happen to good people. Her destructive behavior causes her to lie at the expense of another person’s life. Nobody in Salem was safe, regardless of their social status or their relationship with Abigail. She acted recklessly without any hesitation. Abigail wrongfully accused many innocent people which lead to their death, through her lack of morals and deception, feeding her desire for revenge.

In 1692, during the Salem witch trials, a large amount of people were accused of witchcraft, which resulted in the deaths of nineteen innocent people. These events were recalled in The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller. The play starts with a group of young women dancing in the woods and doing witchcraft. They are then caught doing witchcraft and must answer to the court. One of the young women, Abigail Williams, blames innocent people of doing witchcraft and practice with the devil so that no one focuses on her. In the meantime, she also accuses people she does not like, just so she can use this as an opportunity to get back at people. Thus, by cause of these actions, Abigail Williams is the main cause of the events in Salem.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an interpretation of the Salem witch trials of 1692 in Puritan Massachusetts in which religion, self- preservation and self-dignity play a vital role. The three factors I listed played a huge role in John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Reverend Hale, Danforth and many other lives. Many other characters such as, Abigail Williams and her friends can be characterized by being greedy, bitter, and selfish. In the play, Miller reveals how people can go against their own morals, therefore they can protect themselves. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, he reveals to readers how fear escalated in Salem because of people's desire for personal gain.

The Crucible, the classically tragic play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is majorly based on the real-life events that happened in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1690’s. The play follows events now known as the “Salem Witch Trials”, a time full of mass hysteria with frightening consequences. Two of the main characters, John Proctor and Abigail Williams, both demonstrate power, but in entirely different ways. Abigail, the main antagonist of the play, is

The city of Salem is small filled with witchcraft caused by Abigail Williams. In the beginning, Abigail is found guilty for dancing in the forest with Tituba, Paris’s slave. Although, Abigail denies the fact that she and the girls were involved in the witchcraft. Parris who is Abigail’s uncle is worried about his reputation and losing his power from this scandal. In this scene, Parris seems to worry more about his reputation amongst the community instead of Abigail’s contribute to witchcraft. The community praises the status of those who have the power of the citizens of Salem leaving them with no voice. For example, Betty says, “You drank blood, Abby, you drank

In the Play “ The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. The play is full of suspense, mysterious, and tragedy. Based on the play we can see the same thing that happened a long time ago is happening again throughout the years. The Salem Witch Trial has been according in Modern years. For example The Holocaust, The 911 terrorist attack, and many more events throughout the years. There were innocent people that we accused and blamed for things they have not done like in The Salem Witch Trials. In the 1600s, many England immigrants’ settled in New England. Many immigrants were Puritans and the Puritans didn’t like their church in England. They were very devoted people because they would read the bible and had strict rules in the community. In the 17th century, witchcraft was a crime in their town. In 1620 - 1700, sixteen colonists were executed. This execution happen because of Betty Parris which she was nine years old and her cousin Abigail Williams which she was eleven years old. Every month they would hang different people that was accused of witchcraft because that way they would have a lot of people watching the hangings in the town. Many innocent people were killed due to to jealousy, lying girls, and the town division by wealth and power. The Salem Witch Trials Hysteria of 1692 was caused by jealousy, lying girls, and due to the town division by wealth and power.