Not only does she deny doing witchcraft, she also manages to accuse Tituba of having full responsibility while she is the one who starts the whole thing. At the end of the chapter, she also frames some other citizens, saying that she sees them with the Devil. Her affair with John Proctor is furthermore exposed to the audience. Betty, Reverend Parris’s daughter, reveals that Abigail attempts to drink blood as a charm in order to kill Elizabeth Proctor, who is John Proctor’s wife. Moreover, when Reverend Parris confronts Abigail about being fired by Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail denies any wrongdoings.
So when the proceedings of the witch trials come to town the Putnam s take that as a way to take Rebecca down. They accuse her of killing their babies be conjuring up her spirit and killing them before they come out of the womb. Unfortunately for Rebecca she fall victim to the mass hysteria in Salem, and is thrown I jail because of it. So being the good Christian she is when Judge Danforth asks her to confess she does not. Rebecca Nurse one of the kind and innocent people in the Crucible fall from power do to the happening of the Salem Witch
Although Anna plans to run to Mompellion for help, she is struck to the ground and is powerless to stop the mob hanging Anys. Before she dies Anys claims to have had sex with the devil and asserts that many of the village women have done likewise. Mompellion arrives, too late, and tells the assembled villagers that the real work of the devil is what they themselves have done in killing an innocent woman. He cause them to repent their actions. Key quote: “You are a good mother, Anna Frith ...
My babies always shriveled in her hands!’’ She claims that everytime Goody Osburn was a midwife, her babies would die in her hands therefore agreeing with Abigail on Osburn being a witch. Anne Putnam claims Goody Osburn is a witch yet is lacking evidence to support her claim. She does not have an explanation for her babies’ deaths so she blames Osburn for her misfortune with her deceased
The historical significance of Susannah Martin’s trial is in communion with each other convicted witch, in that an idea can lead to destruction, not only destruction of the lives that were taken due to this idea, but almost to the colony itself. In order to explain the life of Susanna Martin it is first necessary to explain the life of the Salem witch trials. The era of the witch trials lasted less than a year, from the first arrests on March 1, 1692 to the final hanging on September 22, 1692. In 17th century New England, witchcraft under British law was seen as a felony and a crime committed against their government, and the punishment for the crime was hanging. There is often a
While these two events were decades apart they had many similarities. They both began from false accusations, both spread unnecessary panic, and both used fear to gain power. The Salem Witch Hunts were a cause of mass hysteria that came from accusations made by Abigail Williams, Betty Paris, Mercy Lewis, and Tituba. These girls were caught dancing in the woods and accused of being witches due to some of their peculiar behavior which included screaming, bending into awkward positions, and making strange sounds. To keep themselves out of trouble the girls said other women in the community were practicing witchcraft.
Introduction "Almost as soon as it had begun, the hysteria that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended" (Linder - page 1). The Salem witch trials occured in 1692 and ended in 1693. Women were accused of being witches and using witchcraft to harm other people in the village. The trials began when three young girls became ill with an unknown disease. A local doctor diagnosed the girls as being possessed by the devil.
Continuously throughout the text she performs acts of deception which tragically condemn others to death just to cover her lies. Miller exhibits that power lies with those who have people to impose it upon. This power is demonstrated most effectively in Mary Warren’s retraction in Act 3. When Mary confesses against the witchcraft is Salem Abigail and the other girls abuse the power of unity and accuse Mary of spiritually attacking them. Abigail says, ‘Oh please Mary!
Analytical Essay on the individual living in Salem in The Crucible Being a part of the Salem community was something dangerous because no matter what you did, you were bound to be accused of witchcraft. In The Crucible, it starts out with Tituba being accused, Reverend Parris’ slave, because of her coming from Barbados, being of low social status in the town, and because the girls needed someone to blame it on. Tituba was then being whipped, so she needed to accuse someone else. In this case she was accusing out of fear for her life; she then accuses Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These two women were two poor women of low social status and here they are being accused.
Wherever there is a blaming there is punishment. During the 1690’s there was a mass hysteria going on in Salem. Witches were the new scare and anyone and everyone was one. In the Crucible it explains the madness going on and how big of an impact it became. Although the Salem witch trials happened over 300 years ago, the lack or difference in punishment can help provide lessons that the United States are still leaning from today.