The Witchcraft Hysteria in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

The Witchcraft Hysteria ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^         In 1692, in capital of Oregon Massachusetts, the superstitious notion of witches existed in a society of beardown(prenominal) Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted turn turn out of the ordinary was commitd of existence a witch and then the accuse would actually be forgiven if the fault their accusations on an new(prenominal) individual. This was the main idea of a monkey entitled, The melting fix by Arthur Miller. In this play a group of young girls act up and are then criminate of being witches. These girls then hellish other muckle in put up to string out of trouble and plane pretend to be bewitched in nominal head of the coquette during a trial. This leads into the deaths of almost innocent people who were accuse and mechanically found guilty. I believe, in many ways the people of Salem were responsible for the witch ferocity.         The psyche with the most influence was the character, Abigail. Abigail had an subroutine with a man by the name of John follow. reminder broke contact with Abigail and washed-out time and interest in his wife, Elizabeth. Abigail starts jealous because of this and Abigail, a a couple of(prenominal) other girls, and a servant from the Caribbean named Tituba dance around in a localize that they believe it allow kill Proctors wife. Rev. Parris, Abigails uncle, sees this and reports it.

When Abigail is questioned round this, she denies everything and doesnt check the truth about what really happened. The news of her and the other girls rum actions gets around and the frenzy starts. Without Abigails superstition, and her tutelage or telling the truth, I think the events in The crucible wouldnt dupe gotten as serious as they did or even started.         John Proctor was another(prenominal) catalyst to the witch hysteria in Salem. John Proctor has an bout with Abigail, but he... If you want to get a extensive essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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