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The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials
- Key Events and their
significance
- 1. Betty falls "ill"
- 2. Village physician decides that the girls are bewitched
- 3. Tituba confesses to doing witchcraft
- 4. Abigail accuses Rebecca Nurse for witchcraft
- 5. Arrest Warrant is issued for Giles, followed by George Jacobs Sr. , and Elzabeth Proctor
- 6. John Proctor was hanged
- 1. Betty falls "ill"
- Concerns and Thinking
- Perspective on witchcraft
- people who go against god
- In salem: co-operation of motal humans with devils in order to harm others
- those who followed satan
- Who were accused?
- women who were seen as different and as social outcasts
- older women who were independent and nonconformists
- women who were seen as different and as social outcasts
- use of power given by the devil to harm others
- people who go against god
- Perspective on witchcraft
- Themes in the play: (in relation to the Salem Witch Trials)
- Intolerance
- accused were arrested and hanged quickly without hard evidence
- intolerance of with activities
- accused were arrested and hanged quickly without hard evidence
- Hysteria
- behaviour exhibiting excessive/uncontrollable emotion
- Anyone crying out hysterically let others believe that they saw the devil
- uncontrollable fear causes people to think illogically --> cloud their judgement
- Use of hysteria to accuse neighbours
- behaviour exhibiting excessive/uncontrollable emotion
- Good v.s. Evil
- Witches are considered evil --> affillation with Satan
- Satan is evil
- Tituba is forgiven as she claims to want to be a good christian
- God is good
- Anyone who believes in god and praises him is good
- Witches are considered evil --> affillation with Satan
- Religion
- "Church as government" system
- e.g. Salem
- e.g. Salem
- Against the law: Anything that does not abide to the word of god
- "Church as government" system
- Intolerance
- Other Portrayals
- The examination of a Witch by Tompkins H. Matteson
- accused witches were not trusted and respected
- lost all respect and trust from the community
- lost all respect and trust from the community
- similar to the play
- accused witches were accused of lying if they defended themselves
- accused witches were accused of lying if they defended themselves
- accused witches were not trusted and respected
- Half-Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood
- emphasizes the innocence of those accused
- emphasizes the innocence of those accused
- The examination of a Witch by Tompkins H. Matteson
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