Research Paper On The Crucible

The Crucible Essay Witches and warlocks, hanging and hysteria, but could it all be real in today's society? In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, we have a witch hunt in the town of Salem. It all started with a girl named Abigail and her friends and a little dancing, chanting, singing, blood drinking and wishing people were dead, but when word got out about children being “possessed” the town freaked out about it. The girls told little lies to cover up what really happened that night, but one lie leads to another. Sooner or later people were accused of being witches all over. Using several people like Abigail, Proctor, and Parris, Miller shows true human nature. All people are not just one quality but some do their best, to do their

“Parris (to Abigail). Then you were conjuring spirits last night. Abigail (whispering). Not I, sir--Tituba and Ruth.” (Miller 17). This is one of the many ways that she shoved the blame from her to someone else, instead of taking the blame and shortening this problem. She also did her best to threaten and destroy people if they ever crossed her. “Abigail. Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night,

John Proctor is a perfect example of trying to get back into good graces but in order to do that he messes up. “Abigail: I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? It’s she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now!”...“Abigail: ...Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window? Procter: I may have looked up.” Everyone messes up but it’s really what you do about your mistake that shows you're really willing to fix things. John tries to fix it but kind of gives up on trying to make things better. “Proctor: You will not judge me more, Elizabeth. I have good reason to think before I charge fraud on Abigail, and I will think on it. Let you look to your own improvement before you go to judge your husband any more. I have forgot Abigail, and- Elizabeth: And I. Procter: Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin'. Learn charity, woman. I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart. I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house!” (Miller 57-58). This shows that even though he tries to fix