Assertions and Evidence.
In class on Thursday, we discussed the importance of thesis statements
as bold assertions that are insightful, meaningful, and essential. In
pairs, you developed provisional statements -- or assertions -- in which
you attempted to diagnose the deep social sickness that grips Salem,
and the assertions you came up with were very shrewd and well-phrased.
On Friday, we selected quotes that support your ideas.
In the comment box below, share your quote from Act I and explain how it
supports your assertion and why you think it is unique or significant.
Please have your post in the post box by the end of the day on Monday.
Thanks, Mr. Telles.
The people of Salem have grown an immunity towards changes within their community, so when a change does occur, they become uncomfortable and makes the town hysterical. "Thomas, Thomas, I pray you, leap not to witchcraft. I know you- you least of all, Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me. We cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl me out of Salem for such a corruption in my house." This particular quote shows how a "change" or phenomenon such as witchcraft can make the townspeople go insane. To the people of Salem, witchcraft is considered a major sin and the one doing it has to pay a big price for it. When the people of Salem do get a sense of witchcraft, they behave hysterically and blame each other. In moments, a town proceeding with their daily jobs creates ciaos when they get a whiff of something unusual going around in their neighborhood. Since the people are terrified at what the town might do to the person involved in witchcraft, if they do get blamed, they just pass the blame to others in the town just to get off the hook. The people of Salem have their own customs and when something out of the ordinary does occur, they simply do not know what to do, hence blaming one another and blowing the whole thing out of proportion.
ReplyDelete“You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (19) This quote is said by Betty to Abigail during the scene in Act 1, where all of the girls involved in the event in the woods, are left alone to talk. This quote is extremely important because it shows us a big part of what Abigail is willing to do and tells us what she was doing in the woods. Abigail was making a deal with the devil and performing witchcraft to remove her enemy, Goody Proctor, and gain the position of John’s wife. My assertion about the town’s sickness was that, all the villagers have underlying problems with one another, but none of them are willing to talk about it. They all have their own secrets and because it is such a religious town, I think, they’re scared to admit what they feel about one another, because it will reveal something about themselves. They are all focused on their own personal gain, and rank in social society, that they don’t care how it happens, they just want themselves to succeed. This phrase that Betty says to Abigail supports my assumption that the town’s sickness is greed and pride, by showing the reader the lengths that Abigail will go to, to get what she wants. Abigail was willing to kill a human being, so as to be with her husband. Who knows what lengths some of the other characters are willing to go to get what they want. -Mikayla Healey
ReplyDeleteThe towns people were paranoid, they weren't thinking clearly so instead of thinking about it logically they just wrote Betty being unresponsive off as something unnatural and that can not be explained by a doctor. "Aye, sir, he have been searchin' his books since he left you, sir. But he bid me tell you, that you might look to unnatural things for the cause of it.(9) This quote was said by Susanna she was sent by the doctor to tell Parris that the doctor doesn't have a diagnoses to what's wrong with Betty. The doctor doesn't have a medical explanation for what is happening to Betty, so he says that Parris should look for something else to explain why Betty is acting the way she is. No one knows why Betty is acting this way, so they just assume that it's something like witches so they can say they know why it is happening, it's an excuse.
ReplyDeleteWitchcraft is an awful topic to think about; but when it comes to the people of Salem, they work themselves up to a whole other level. " HALE: This is a strange time, Mister. No man may longer doubt the powers of the dark are gathered in monstrous attack upon this village. There is too much evidence now to deny it. You will agree, sir?" (page 64). This quote reveals that the people know there is something going on in the town of Salem, but they don't want to believe it. The idea of witchcraft in Salem not only brings out peoples emotions, but it is also dire and distressing. The consequences of being a possible conductor of witchcraft are so immense and gruesome that some people are willing to lie under oath in the court just so they wont be accused of being a witch. They would rather accuse some other innocent person of the town that they don't really know that well, than get accused themselves and suffer the corollary. Witchcraft was a big issue in Salem at the time and many people were falsely accused due to other peoples anxiety, apprehension, and animosity. Back in the late 1600's, you never really could tell who is a real witch and who wasn't. Numerous paranormal activities occurred in Salem supposedly relating to the Devil and people literally went insane over it. When something so unusual, unconventional and bizarre happens in Salem with a suspicion towards witchcraft, people lose themselves; sometimes because they don't want anything to happen that wasn't meant to be, or they are hiding something that they don't want to be acknowledged.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of witchcraft in the book is absolutely terrifying when you sit down and actually think about. At the time that the book is placed in no one had an actual idea of what witchcraft really was. Because they had no idea what was going on it made everyone in the town be suspicious about what the girls were doing and what everyone in the town was hiding. One quote that shows that the town is in hysteria is during act one when one character says “Go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes”. This shows that the town is freaking out over the possible witchcraft that could be going on around their town. Another quote that deeply shows commotion happening is “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!”. This quote is said to Abigail by Betty. It shows that secrets are starting to come out and people are going to start being accused. The people in the town of Salem are starting to notice that paranormal and insane things are going on and they are literally going nuts over it. In the novel people start to accuse random people of performing acts related to witchcraft. When interesting things start happening the towns people automatically think that unnatural causes are to blame. Another reason why everyone is going insane is over the fact that the town of Salem at the time was very religious at the time and people start to think that someone misses a Sunday at church and they are automatically associated with the devil. The town remains in complete chaos at the end of act 1 and the idea of witchcraft still remains.
ReplyDeleteDuring this time period in Salem there was many rumors about witchcraft. Many people were very scared and freaking out because they were so paranoid and worried that they were going to be blamed for something they didn’t do or didn’t part take in. Everyone in the town is very suspicious of one another and most of the town’s people do believe in witchcraft because they are only looking for and answer to what is happening. One quote from the book the Crucible that shows that the people are blaming something else to just give themselves an answer is, “MRS.PUTNAM: Reverend Parris I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth. Believe me, sir, you never saw more hearty babies born. And yet, each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth. I have spoke nothin’, but my heart has clamored intimations. And now, this year, my Ruth, my only- I see her turning strange. A secret child she has become this year, and shrivels like a sucking mouth were pullin’ on her life too. And so I thought to send her to your Tituba-“ Mrs. Putnam has lost seven babies and is coming to the conclusion that the reason for all of her babies dying is because of demons and so she tries to get Tituba to talk to the dead. She was having a hard time with losing so many children and came to the answer that there is witchcraft and now everyone is freaking out and worried that they could be put on trial for witchcraft.
ReplyDeleteThe townsmen of Salem, Massachusetts start to get very paranoid when the rumor that witchcraft becomes a well-known topic around town. Witchcraft to some people may be a positive thing. Yet many of the townsmen think otherwise. In my opinion witchcraft is a belief that I myself would not want to get involved in. Much of Salem also agrees with my point of view. Many don’t agree with witchcraft, so a majority of town’s people decided to keep witchcraft their little secret. “Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think you’d best go down and dent it yourself. The parlor’s packed with people, sir. I’ll sit with her.” (p. 9-10) Abigail says this to her Uncle Parris. This quote shows that they are trying to hide something. They are trying to put a plan together so that they do not get blamed for using witchcraft. Witchcraft is a very severe action to be caught doing. Having the townsmen find out about witchcraft being used is much too risky. Parris in this quote wants to make sure that the people of Salem do not believe that he is using witchcraft. Yet his niece Abigail believes it would be much easier to go down to Salem and when asked about witchcraft to deny that no such thing has happened. Yes, Abigail makes it sound very easy, but she doesn’t understand that by doing that Parris could get an even bigger target on his back. Throughout act one we find many people not necessarily telling the truth and I see this being a huge theme during the whole novel.
ReplyDelete“You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (9) During act 1, a lot happens. Everyone is accusing each other of witch craft. This quote demonstrates the accusing. Betty is saying this to Abigail. In this scene, the girls are in the woods alone talking. I think everyone want’s the attention on someone els because they don’t want to be blamed for their own actions. Everyone has their own secrets. Salem is such a small town and word get’s around very quickly. Nobody has trust in one another. Abigail will basically do anything to get what she wants. Even if it involves killing her own husband. This quote did a good job supporting my assertion to why the town is so quick to blame people.
ReplyDeleteThe people of Salem all seem to have secrets that they do not want to be revealed. When someone else's secret is revealed bedlam occurs and all begins to make this person's troubles worse. By making this person's troubles worse there own wrongs if revealed may seem milder. "Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about; I think you'd best go down and deny it yourself. The parlor's packed with people, sir...." (The Crucible, pg. 10). All in the town assumes that Betty is involved with witchcraft not that she may simply be sick. By making Betty's illness seem worse than it really is they escalate it into something that would make her the center of attention. By making Betty and her family seem unholy, the attention is taken away from others in the town and they can continue to do there wrong without the attention of others. The people of the town comes to the parlor to find out what is going on with Betty this grouping together causes them also to come together and make their own assumptions of what is going on and allows the situation to escalate. This particular quote is of significance because it shows that in the town each man is for himself and they only want to make sure they are safe then make the situation of others worse. All in the town are very selfish people who may want to follow the rigid society but finds it challenging, as a result they become selfish. I think that later on in the book many characters will really start to protect themselves and make the situation of worse which will untimely lead to the death of many innocent ones.
ReplyDeleteDuring this time period in Salem there were many rumors about witchcraft going around. The town was very paranoid and suspicious about what was going on. The only answer they can come up with is witchcraft. Everyone in the town has some kind of secret and to keep their secret safe they will blame other people in the town and keep the attention away from themselves. As everyone is fighting they are using witchcraft as an excuse. A quote from the Crucible that shows someone having a secret is, “Betty: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctors wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor” This quote is showing Betty proving to Abigail that she witnessed her drink the blood of a chicken to kill Goody Proctor. She told Betty to never say that again because she didn’t want her secret to get out. Not only does Abigail have a secret but, all the girls do from that night in the woods. They were dancing, one was running around with no clothes on, Abigail was drinking the blood but because the only thing that everyone else knows is that they were in the woods dancing and now Parris’s daughter is sick, they are all considered to be practicing witchcraft. And because of this idea of witchcraft everyone seems to be going insane even over the littlest things, witchcraft is the answer to the townspeople in the crucible.
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ReplyDeleteIn "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller everyone seems to be in need of a scapegoat. All of the influential characters pray on the weak. Even the slaves are turning people into targets. "TITUBA, in a fury: He say Mr. Parris must be kill! Mr. Parris no goodly man, Mr. Parris mean man and no gentle man, and he bid me rise out of my bed and cut your throat! They gasp. But I tell him "No! I don't hate that man. I don't want kill that man. " But he say, "You work for me, Tituba, and I make you free! I give you pretty dress to wear, and put you way high up in the air, and you gone fly back to Barbados!" And I say, "You lie, Devil, you lie!" And then he come one stormy night to me, and he say, "Look! I have white people belong to me. " And I look-and there was Goody Good." (p. 470) Only some of the townspeople really do believe that witches are real. The way they see it is their town is plagued with good luck and they are facing a rough patch. A lot of the characters are churchgoing, God fanatics so they know that God isn't punishing them. If God isn't punishing them it must be the Devil, but the Devil doesn't do his own work. The conclusion in their minds is that he must have a whole bunch of witches under his spell. This causes everyone to panic and push the spotlight somewhere else, because everyone has something to hide. If they don't push people under the bus they might get hung instead. My quote shows the reader why everyone might be blaming everyone else.
In this time period in Salem many people were being accused of witchcraft. Alot of things were happening that different people didnt understand and since they were all very religious they did not look to God as being the cause of it. People were becoming very paranoid, blaming others, and hiding many different things, so they came to the conclusion that witchcraft was taking place. The secrets that people in the town were hiding was a big part of the hysteria and Abigail tried to hide many secrets. As you know secrets get out though "Betty: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctors wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor” in this Scene Betty tells everyone about Abigails secret and to some people this may seem as if she's practicing witchcraft. Because of the events and paranoia that take place in the town everybody turns to witchcraft as the answer.
ReplyDeleteThe people in the town of Salem all have a sort of social sickness, that causes them to turn against each other. Many people are dealing with hard times which causes them to lose faith in those around them. Feeling guilty about their own wrong doings can cause people to accuse others for their own problems. It seems like everyone in the town is looking for someone to blame and some hope that by finding a scapegoat it will distract others from their own secrets. A quote that I think illustrates this need to blame someone else, is from a scene with Betty and Abigail. It is clear that Betty is beginning to feel ashamed of what she did in the forest, and wishes to eliminate her own guilt by shifting attention to Abigail. She believes that what she did was wrong, but what Abigail did was far worse. Betty says, “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!”(page 19) Abby was trying to tell Betty that they did nothing wrong, and that there was nothing to be afraid of. Since Betty still feels guilty of what she did, she tries to make Abby feel guilty too. It is not just Betty who tries to make others feel guilty to protect her own secrets. Many other people in the town of Salem attempt to shift the spotlight on to another's mistakes to hide their own. This quote expresses how quickly people turn against each other when they are trying to protect themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe people from Salem all have a hard time trusting each other. This is the reason the characters in the book jump to witchcraft and start pointing fingers. “Thomas, I pray you, leap not to witchcraft. I know that you – you least of all, Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me. We cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house.” (The Crucible, 14) Parris expressed how scared he is to Putman and his wife that if the village found out about the chaos in his house, he would be punished. In modern society, if someone accused another of witchcraft they would be considered insane by logical reasoning. In those times however, witchcraft was considered tampering with the devil. It came with serious punishment which commonly included hanging. People in The Crucible are suspicious of each other, even those that are close to them. Even Parris is scared of being accused. So when his daughter Betty has gone ill and rumors spread that it was because she was practicing witchcraft in the woods, he is afraid of what the town’s people might do to him and her. He tries to avoid this, telling Putman not to go there, that it is just a sickness but in reality he is not so sure himself. He desperately tries to get to the bottom of this before the people from Salem try to punish him and his daughter for the practice of witchcraft.
ReplyDeleteAs the situation escalated and rumors spread, the biased opinions and paranoid feelings of the town's people interfered with the pursuit to find the truth of the matter. With more judgments and false acquisitions made, the town's people internally destroyed themselves and lost all trust among themselves that they once possessed. "I've not said a word. No one here can testify I've said a word. Is she going to fly again? I hear she flies." (pg. 25 Giles) This quote said by Giles expresses the judgment among characters and the disbelief in each other's truths. Also, Giles himself is being mislead by rumors asking if Betty in now flying, which is disproved through the people around him. The progression of Act one starts with girls playing in the woods, to girls and other women being witches who are going to bring hatred into the town. During this time period, religion was a serious matter which was publicly seen and practiced. When members of the community stopped fervently attending Sunday worship, it was known by all and many of the people began to judge and create false acquisitions. Some of these acquisitions were falsely accusing people of witchcraft. The quote said by Giles is unique, because he outright says it, while most people will talk gossip and judge others behind their back. Even though Giles' remarks were false, he came out and publicly made known what people were saying and believing. Furthermore, Giles helps to end the gossip and false statements by allowing the accused to clean their name of what people think.
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ReplyDeleteDuring this time in Salem, Massachusetts it seems that everyone had something to hide. To protect their own secrets many passed the blame onto weaker individuals, turning them into scapegoats. During Act I Betty declares "You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor." (19). This quote shows that the girls were lying and that they really do have something to hide. Betty just let out one of Abigail's biggest secrets which could lead others to believe that she is practicing witchcraft. Abigail, as well as the rest of the girls, all have secrets to keep hidden from that fateful night in the woods. They were all running around the woods naked, dancing and preforming what some would call witchcraft. Because of the widespread paranoia spreading throughout Salem, everyone is blaming each other to protect their own secrets.
“You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (9) Throughout act 1 everyone in salem is blaming one another of being a witch or of preforming the act of witchcraft. Most of the blame is on Abigail. and it is rightly so because she is caught running naked through the woods, dancing, and other things that the people consider to be witchcraft. Also one of her biggest secrets is spilled to everyone by Betty. Which causes even more trouble for Abigail. Other than Abigail, many people stopped attending church on sunday and many people considered to that to be a very strange act and began to point fingers at them. Overall with the talk of witchcraft, many people began to get paranoid and everyone started pointing fingers at eachother.
ReplyDeleteIn the story “The Crucible”, the town of Salem becomes hysterical all at once. Paranoia spreads quickly throughout the town. When things started getting weird they blamed witchcraft. There are many reasons that make the town go crazy. A big reason why the town goes crazy is because they all feel guilty for something. They feel like they must blame others so they won’t get in trouble. Also, the town is experiencing some hard times which are causing people to blame others. Many of the problems they are experiencing can result from natural happenings, not witchcraft. “I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house and suddenly-mark this- I could pray again!” (Giles, P.40). He feels guilty about not being able to pray so he knows that he could easily blame his wife, because of the way she acts while reading the book. Just because she acts different doesn’t mean that she is practicing witchcraft. He doesn’t really think she is a witch, but is trying to steer attention away from his own self. When events like this happen to the people of Salem, they jump quickly to the idea of witchcraft. Scapegoating is a common theme in this town. Everybody blames someone else so they won’t get in trouble. Also, because the town is so religious I think, many people are scared of admitting things they did because they might be seen as following the devil instead of God. Many of the people, who were, accused of practicing witchcraft, were young girls. These girls were mostly just experimenting because they were curious. Just because they did these crazy and unusual things doesn’t mean that they should be accused of doing something so drastic. Another reason people, act this way is because of fear. They do not like the way young kids are behaving. Towards the end of act I, you notice that many people are quick to blame others; first starting with weak people that are easy targets and going up the social latter to the higher more powerful people. Many people are willing to do whatever it takes to not become associated with witchcraft.
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ReplyDeleteIn the fear of being accused, the town of Salem was forced into some sort of panic. Therefore, in he confusion of it all they are blaming one another in order to protect themselves. In this town, no one was safe due to the ruthlessness of some in the town. Most accusations were based out of hatred toward others in the community. Anyone "conjuring spirits" were brought to court and almost all were sentenced to death, or hanging. The quote I chose to support this was said by Parris and Abigail. "Then you were conjuring spirits last night!" said Parris. "Not I, sir- Tituba and Ruth," responded Abigail. In this case, Parris accused Abigail of witchcraft and blamed her for Betty's "sickness". Panicking, Abigail used Tituba and Ruth as a scapegoat, blaming them for the crime. Though Abigail did drink chicken blood, as to kill John Procter's wife, she made herself out to be innocent by accusing others. Parris also feels vulnerable due to the situation. He feels as though the people of the community would frame him as a bad person if he did not find an excuse for his daughter’s strange act. He did not want his enemies to ruin his reputation in the town and get him hung like many others. Therefore, in response he accuses Abigail, without even knowing all of the details. Even if she has been tied in with witch craft which she has, he used her to protect himself. I thought this was very selfish of him. Being Abigail's uncle, you would think he would stand by her and defend her. Instead he does much the opposite. Today this may not be the case, for I know my uncles would rather protect me rather than protecting themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe town of Salem, Massachusetts was forced into hysteria by a fear of the unknown. Once someone got sick from a disease not a single person could diagnose, there was immediately speculation of withcraft and foul play. “I'd not call it sick; its death, y'know, its death drivin' into them, forked and hooved.” (pg.13) As word spread through the town, rumors spread and more people suspected that there where witches within the town. This town was very quick to judge others, for fear that they would be blamed for withcraft themselves. If they where blaming others, nobody would suspect them of doing anything wrong. This caused an outbreak of blame and trials, nobody wanted to be blamed, so at first it was the weakest and the poorest being blamed of withcraft. As the town searched for the proper scapegoat, people would continue to die or be put on trial to be killed at a later date. This caused an outbreak and a lack of trust throughout the town, which caused them to avoid the underlying reason.
ReplyDeleteIn the fear of being accused, the town of Salem was forced into some sort of panic. Therefore, in the confusion of it all they are blaming one another in order to protect themselves. Throughout Act 1 of The Crucible, the blame is being put around from person to person of witchcraft being performed. When finally approached in a group of her recent activity Abigail goes on to say "(Abigail points at Tituba) She made me do it! She made Betty do it!" pg 43. This quote proves directly how the blame is quickly being passed around from person to person. Whenever something odd happens, our society initially looks for something or someone to blame. This book is an absolute perfect example of our biological human nature. Although the book is fiction, it is based on true events. In reality witchcraft may never have been performed, but the altercations of the possibility and the belief went on to kill many innocent people, not even based on good reason or fact.
ReplyDeleteWitchcraft is such an odd and mysterious topic to think about and discuss. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in Salem Massachusetts during the witch trials. The town is throw into a panic when the first rumors of witchcraft began spreading throughout the town. No one exactly knew what witchcraft was, all they knew was that you would be killed for it. The quote “You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” said by Betty to Abigail is the first sign of panic in the book. Even though Betty was participating in the dancing, she blamed most of the doing on Abigail to make herself seem more innocent. In spite of all the panic and accusing, people had no choice but blame others to save themselves. The ones that were blamed were the poor and defenseless. Most would suspect that they would be responsible for witchcraft because of their poor appearance and reputation. To protect themselves they must blame one another. Eventually the accusing got way out of hand to the point that people were being hung by the numbers everyday. As sad at it was, the innocent was tried guilty everyday. The accusers were a group of selfish, young girls that had nothing better to do then play awful games that ruined people lives. The Salem witch trials were a horrible and gruesome time in Salem history that is shown through the story of The Crucible.
ReplyDeleteHysteria has broken out in Salem. Accusations are being thrown at defenseless women, saying that they are witches working for the devil or have summoned him for evil purposes. For the majority, many of the townsfolk have been brainwashed to believe the possibility that even their wife has traded their souls. However, as chaos rises, people who do not believe the Satan’s work is at play are taking control of the situation to convict people, with whom they have personal issues. Also, there is the possibility that a person stands accused and in order to defend themselves they merely blame others for doing the demon’s work, hoping to save their own hide. In most occurrences, their endeavors were successful. One quote that can display this is found in Act 1 which is said by Abigail on page 43, “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” Through this, she is defending herself by accusing someone who already has suspicion placed upon them. This is an example of not only taking advantage of the situation for her personal gain, but defending her name in the town. In fact, it is stated that Abigail drank blood in an attempt to curse Elizabeth Proctor, which is a far more severe voodoo than the other girls had been performing, but through this action she is able to defend her honor and stand free of consequences. This quote is unique in the way that Abigail admits to having performed witchcraft but pins her actions on Tituba, saying that she was forced to. She is the only person to have done this and shows just how far she will lie to defend herself, even after the worst has been discovered, she is fighting to remain innocent. In conclusion, Abigail is only one of many people who have reacted in hysteria and non rational thinking to achieve certain goals through the chaotic situation at hand.
ReplyDeleteIn this time in Salem there has been great misfortune throughout the town. There has been this that people cant control and just bad luck. Since everyone is so religious in Salem they believe there is something more going on than just bad luck and misfortune though. They believe that this is the work of the devil or some supernatural being. But if it so happened to be the devil then he would not have done it himself and would have had a servant to do it for him. This brings up the topic of witchcraft. Anybody could be a witch and no one feels safe so the easiest way to make yourself look innocent is too take the attention off you and blame someone else. Now everyone is blaming people of witchcraft and the town is going berserk. An example of someone blaming someone else is, “Now tell me true, Abigail. And I pray you feel the weight of truth upon you, for now my ministry’s at stake, my ministry and perhaps your cousin’s life. Whatever abomination you have done, give me all of it now, for I dare not be taken unaware when I go before them down there.” (pg. 11) This shows Parris blaming Abigail for Betty being sick. This shows that someone living in Salem would blame someone else for a common thing like getting sick.Everyone in Salem is going nuts with talk of witchcraft.
ReplyDeleteSalem's people had a way of spreading word very quickly. They believed everything they heard. You cluldnt trust anyone in the town once you told one person something everyone knew. "Uncle ,the rumor of witchcraft is all aboht " "the parlors packed with people" (abigail act 1) .the town was so small that every thing eas such a big deal. People were getting blamed left and right.to stop the finger from being pointed at themself they would accuse someine else. Most of the people in the town were so parinoid that if one little thung went wrong it was a big deal. In such a little town word traveled fast, people only believed jn there ways,and there was alot of rumors and paranoia
ReplyDelete“ She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name, Mr. Hale; that’s a sure sign of witchcraft afloat” (38). This quote is saying that the people are suspicious of someone that’s in the town, and that person/group is doing witchcraft. Later on, they found out that it was Tituba that was doing witchcraft and the girls were just dancing around Tituba. The girls didn’t really practiced witchcraft, it was mostly Tituba. Somehow, TItuba conjured Ruth’s Putnam dead sisters and they came out of their grave alive, which was extremely weird. My assertion was that Tituba were practicing witchcraft, which causes the whole town to go berserk because the town’s people think that practicing witchcraft is horrendous. To the town’s people, they think that practicing witchcraft is a curse. In my opinion, practicing witchcraft is horrible because witchcraft is compose of black magic, which is a really dangerous type of magic. I think this quote is significant because it foreshadows what is going to happen next in act 1.
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