Is Tituba A Victim In The Crucible Essay

Witchcraft, the practice of, and belief in, magical skills and abilities that are able to be exercised individually, by designated social groups, or by persons with the necessary esoteric secret knowledge. Throughout the play the Crucible, many are accused and hanged for taking part in witchcraft. However, all were not guilty of committing this offence, but were still punished and viciously killed. How is to blame for all of this and who were the victims? Tituba is not one of the main characters, but in spite of this her character has an interesting part in the play; she could be considered a victim or a perpetrator. It all just depends on a person’s point of view. Tituba can be referred to as a victim for many reasons. Some of those reasons

Goody Osburn were midwife to me three times. I begged my husband, I begged him not to call Osburn because I feared her. My babies always shriveled in her hands!”-Mrs. Putnam
“Take courage, you must give us all their names Tituba; the Devil is out and preying on children like a beast upon the flesh of the pure lamb. God will bless you for your help.”-Hale
Lastly, Tituba can be classified as a victim because Abigail is trying to blame everything that happened the night in the woods all on Tituba. One again because Tituba is a slave she cannot be taken seriously when it is her word over Abigail 's. Abigail 's accusations can be seen taken into account without input from Tituba’s side during this one scene of the play,
“You beg me to conjure! She beg me make charm-”-Tituba
“Don 't lie! To Hale: She comes to me while I sleep; she 's always making me dream corruptions!”-Abagail
“Why you say that, Abby?”-Tituba
“Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a stitch on my body! I always hear her laughing in my sleep. I hear her singing her Barbados songs and tempting me

She can be thought of as a perpetrator because she started the whole outbreak in Salem and caused many innocent people to die. However, she may not have been a perpetrator on purpose she was the initial cause and inspiration for Abby’s plans. This can be seen in the play when Abigail rises, staring as though inspired, after Totuba starts to yell names and cries out, “I want to open myself! They turn to her, startled. She is enraptured, as though in a pearly light. I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”. This is when everyone’s names in town start to pour out of every girls mouth, following Abby’s example of course. Another reason why Tituba is a preparator is because admitted to seeing the devil, thus causing everyone to have an outright panic over their families and loved ones. People really got scared when Tituba said, Devil, him be pleasure-man in Barbados, him be singin and dancing. It 's you folks – you riles him up 'round here. He freeze his soul in Massachusetts, but in Barbados he just as sweet,” because she was talking about how the devil was once sweet to her. This sparked a need to find the people behind all of the things that have been happening