Analysis Of The Salem Witch Trials In The Crucible

The Salem Witch Trials. This period in history is known for its witch craziness and it

Paranormal fear. This is the period that the author Arthur Miller, from the cold war area that he

based his story, “The Crucible” A fictional play on the Salem witch trials. He wrote the play to

compare to the cold war communist accusations during the period he lived in. The play is

basically about the witch trials during that time in history.

The Crucible Witch Trials were very much based their evidence on spectral evidence and

eyewitness accounts. The trails were very unfair that anyone that sign a petition for your

innocence is also accused of being a witch. You also couldn’t you try proving your innocence

because a group

An example of such a witch trial in the book “The Crucible”, goes like this. Let 's say that people

around the area having been getting sick or strange things have been happening like some people

are seeing dancing in the woods. The people go into a panic when something really bad happens

to a group of girls, that claim to see spirits of witches tormenting them. People around the area

also claim that they are seeing “witch like things” like for example, a woman reading many

books, that the person claims that might be the devil bible or spell books. The people of the

town then begin put all their faith into those eye witnesses and spectral evidence from the girls.

This phenomenon brings a group of judges from a town far away. That is rumored that the

judges got rid of a pack of witches in the town. The judges when they arrive also put undying

faith on the eye witnesses and spectral evidence.

Let 's say a woman is sleeping in her comfortable house that she built. When a man with several

priests and high officials that have a cart with accused witches chained to it comes to your

doorstep. The high officials claim that she has been accused of witchcraft. She denies this

The jailers make cruel insults to the woman and withheld any water from her so that they

can get a confession of witchcraft out of the poor woman.

Finally the day of the trial arrives. They take the woman to the local church house which is being

currently used as the courthouse for the witch trials. Inside she sees many people that she knows

that are sitting in the bleachers looking at her. A group of girls sit on the left side while the

judges are sitting in front of the podium. They seat the accused in between the two front

bleachers. They begin the trail, calling anybody that has seen you do suspicious behavior. A few

people come up and make various claims, one includes the accused’s wealthy, greedy neighbor

who says that he saw through the window of her house. Chanting strange words while drinking

chicken blood in the middle of the night. She denies all the eyewitness accounts and claims that

she is innocent, that she did none of those things. Her family comes up with a petition that the

woman is not a witch signed by twelve people. The judges accept the petition and it seems like

the woman will go